Actually, that guy did die. You got fooled by the person pretending to be him.
I like to think that there were at least a few clever shamans who faked their own deaths and then returned from the afterlife.
Let him keep the stuff. If the other boy's parents don't care, why should you?
Don't get involved in her family drama. Just don't.
Back when tax fraud was classy!
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Back in the day, Mad Magazine publisher Bill Gaines loved to take his writers and artists on vacations. Because he was both extravagant and cheap he was always looking for a way to have his cake and eat it too.
He asked his accountant if they could visit Haiti and take it as a business expense. After all, they did dozens of stories about voo-doo and zombies, so it would be educational. The accountant told him no. The only way they could go to Haiti was if it was to make a sale.
Turns out, there was exactly one American living in Haiti who had a subscription to Mad magazine. And one morning, that fellow woke up to find the entire staff of Mad on his lawn, begging him to renew his subscription.
If you read her you'll see what I am talking about.
One good example. In her book 'Death's Master' she came up with hte idea that Death and Delusion were relatives. He expanded on that idea with The Sandman.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
The guy who actually wrote the book got one of the best ghostwriter deals ever; Trump gave the store away. Ever since then that writer has told people what an ass Trump is and was.
I have to give him his due. I just saw him playing a rich asshole in three different shows and he played them all differently. That's good acting.
Gaiman stole all his best stuff from Tanith Lee.
She takes all the Disney princesses and rewrites them as evil; Cinderella is a witch who drives the Prince insane and Snow White is a vampire.
I didn't make it through the trailer.
Go and watch the movie "Network."
It went from cutting edge satire to quaint docudrama in real time.
Native New Yorker here.
Trump's Plaza Hotel deal is still remembered and laughed at by locals. iirc he trumpeted the buy out, and then was scrambling to figure out a way to pay for it. In the ned he lost about a half billion dollars.
I need a salary,
Cause I need those calories?
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I need payment
cause money's spent?
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I'm fulla woe,
And I need some dough?
I don't know varying expertise's story, but I've noticed that the people who learned to cook as children have a much better time of it than those who didn't. When my sister was in 5th grade and I was in 3rd we were allowed to bake cakes unsupervised.
My work here is done.
I owe...
I owe...
It's off to work I go...
I gotta get paid,
If I wanna get laid...
I owe,
Oh, how much I owe!
Silly me.
12 Angry Men.
Henry Fonda was a funny guy, and I think he'd have had a ball playing it straight.
In the original comics, the Rocketeer was a huge asshole and the Jennifer Connelly character was a stripper/nudie model. I am still waiting for an apology and / or a remake.