RIP

Suzette Haden Elgin, writer. I was very fond of her sf Native Tongue trilogy (until book three, when she threw the entire premise of the first two books overboard). Apparently, I'm still pissed about that. She was a linguist who wrote several books on man/woman talking but also The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense and several sequels. An interesting woman.

B.B. King, musician. What can one say? He was a great bluesman and leaves a monumental legacy behind. He will surely be missed.