I wrote an obituary for Sam Simon on my Simpsons site's news blog.

I didn't really set out to write serious, hopefully respectful obituaries on my jokey, ironic fansite, I just kind of fell into it. I wrote a quick one for Polly Platt a few years ago because I thought her small role in the genesis of The Simpsons was a neat little anecdote that not a lot of people knew about. And then some other folks died, and I figured, "well, if I wrote all those words about someone who was only tangentially connected to The Simpsons, I'd better write something for them..."

I suppose my overall goal is to just share whatever relevant Simpsons arcana I've had rattling around in my brain for years in the hopes that it might be somewhat interesting to other Simpsons nuts, the kind of stuff that's overlooked by actual news organizations.