When Gurley Brown died at the age of 90 earlier this month, I pulled out my copy of "Sex and the Single Girl" for a memorial reread. It was exactly as chatty, sharp and strange as I'd remembered it, with the ridiculous and the wise lumped together like ingredients in one of her cheapskate hors d'oeuvre recipes. A self-described "mouseburger" from the sticks of Arkansas, Gurley Brown believed there was no excuse for a life lived dully or ungenerously. My dishwashing self of many years ago had underlined exactly one phrase in the book: "Don't undertip. This little economy is unworthy of you."
After Russia Elects Putin, a Movement Wanes
By ELLEN BARRY
While another rally is planned for Saturday, this was largely a week of epitaphs for the protest movement.
2009/12
Paul Samuelson, R.I.P.
Oh, my. Paul Samuelson has died. He had a long, good life; yet he will be sorely missed.
The Latin phrase "Requiescat in pace" (singular) or "Requiescant in pace" (plural) is a short epitaph that typically appears on headstones, often abbreviated "RIP" which is then often given in English as Rest in peace. The expression means "may he / she rest in peace" (singular) or "may they rest in peace" (plural) as the Latin verb is used in the optative sense.[1] It is commonly found on the grave of Catholics,[2] as it is derived from the burial service of the Roman Catholic church, in which the following prayer was said at the commencement and conclusion:[3]
| “ | Anima eius et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum per Dei misericordiam requiescant in pace cheapskate (chēp'skāt')  n. Slang A stingy person; a miser. sticks
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