His life and work speak for themselves. Godspeed.

(This has been attempted three times now, so I'm glad it's finally going through! Looks like the blog bugs have been worked out...?)

Football season is back (hence my change in image!) and while both of my teams had rocky starts, things are looking up after Week 3. The Washington Redskins, with a new head coach and coming off a very shaky 2007 season, are back with two consecutive wins following a loss to the Super Bowl champ Giants. They beat the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, 24-17 in a game where both teams seemed to lose interest by the end of the third quarter. Jason Campbell has been looking good, and Clinton Portis had a very good game. Next week is Satan's Minions - the Dallas Cowboys.

Meanwhile, my Yahoo Fantasy Football team started out the season 0-2, but we had a big win on Sunday to put one in the "W" column. I'm currently ranked 8th out of 10 teams in my league, but I'm hoping for another big win this week to boost my point total and hopefully bump me up a few slots.

And, football means fall which means new TV! I've written and reviewed Fringe, which is my pick for best new series. But I've also been watching House (because my wife still likes it...I think it jumped the shark with Season 3) and we both watched the return of Heroes. After a rough second season, I thought the premiere was fantastic, even if the ratings are off. Other than that, I'm waiting for the returns of The Office and 30 Rock after some great Emmy wins. For some reason, I watched the Knight Rider pilot on Hulu and turned it off after 10 minutes. I'm all for light adventure in this age of too-serious drama, but this is the biggest piece of crap network TV has rolled out in the non-reality category in years.

Summer's gone and it's really back to work. My wife just had a 2 day conference for work that was a success, and now she's gearing up for a major event her non-profit is hosting in November. It's her pet project, so she's got a lot of work ahead of her, but last year's was a major success and (though I admit my bias) I know she's going to do a great job.

As for me, work is starting to pick back up after a slow summer. Unfortunately, it's as a result of the recent economic crises. Even more unfortunate is the fact that this whole situation is likely going to get much worse before it gets better.

In lighter news...I got a bunch of submissions in over the last few days, mostly for actors from the "golden ages" of radio and TV. In the midst of all of that, I picked up another person editorship (my 22nd). It's John Dehner, a great character actor who was a frequent villain on TV. In addition, he was a very accomplished radio actor, starring in two of radio's finest western series, Frontier Gentleman and Have Gun, Will Travel. It all bumped me up to Level 36 after I had been idling on 35 for a while.

My wife and I finished watching Season 3 of Weeds and are about to start Season 2 of Heroes through Netflix. We're thinking about trying to get through it in time for the new season on Monday, but we may end up waiting until DVD. It's getting to be a drag to wait a whole week between new episodes!

But one new show has caught our attention - Fringe on FOX. I'm not a JJ Abrams fan, but this is a very slick show reminiscent of X-Files (one of my all-time favorites). If you're looking for a good drama with some sci-fi overtones, I recommend it.

That's about all I've got for now...hope everything is well with everyone else.

The man who wore a rumpled raincoat and puffed on a cheap stogie is celebrating a birthday today. Peter Falk is 81 years old. Though he's slowed down in recent years, he's still turning in great performances in movies like The Thing About My Folks. Of course, he will always be known for his role as Lt. Columbo, which brought him four Emmys in a role he played for over 30 years. Falk's performance has turned Columbo into TV's greatest detective. If you've never seen Falk in Murder by Death, check it out...he does a fantastic job in this mystery spoof as the resident Bogie hardboiled PI. I'll be watching some of my favorite Columbo episodes tonight to celebrate.

This is a little late, but I just found out that actor Julius Carry has passed away . Though he had a long career in TV, to me he will always be Lord Bowler, the colorful bounty hunter and friendly rival of Bruce Campbell on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He was fantastic on that show and created an incredible character. Mr. Carry died on August 20. I most recently saw him on an episode of The Unit. A sad loss of a good actor who died too young.