A double sadness

Sad: We don't usually get the DomPost except on a Tuesday and one of the downsides is that we do not see the Deaths. As it happens neighbours have gone away and said we can have their paper. So the other day I saw the wife of a friend of 50 years ago, now living in Auckland, died - she would have only been in her 60's.


Now today online I see author, skeptic, academic and web entrepreneur Denis Dutton died yesterday, aged 66 of prostate cancer.

Born in California he joined the University of Canterbury staff in 1984.

He gained a significant public profile for the Arts and Letters Daily website he established in 1998 - a site that I visit at least weekly.

Triple sadness: Yeah right. Ponting Pathetics. He abused the umpire for 8 minutes about a decsion not made by the umpires but by the 3rd Umpire using the 'hot spot' technology. He got fined 40% of his fee - he should have been banned from at least one match. Imagine that in Rugby - pointing at and abusing a Referee - he would have been down the tube.

The sad (!!) position with two days to go - England 513 Oz 98 and 6 for 169. It is All over Rover and great to see.