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Tag Archives: Passages
Mr. Roosa
My first high school band director, Bill Roosa, died over the weekend. My feelings on Mr. Roosa were always somewhat conflicted. There was a pretty big dispute between him and my parents, regarding my older sister when she was in … Continue reading
“Sir Knight!”
Actor Maury Chaykin has died. This is sad. He was only 61, and he was a fantastic character actor — one of the best “Hey it’s that guy” kinds of actors. For me, his most memorable turn was as the … Continue reading
Why can’t the gods ever target, say, Dallas like this?
I’m not sure what Cleveland did recently to so annoy the Gods, but yeesh. Getting shafted on national teevee by Lebron James was bad, but the passing of Harvey Pekar? That’s just mean, Governors of the Universe. I read Pekar’s … Continue reading
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Warren
One of my favorite college professors, Dr. Warren Schmidt, died last week. I’m not really sad about it, because he lived a long, full life that was full of music. He was 89 years old. I had Dr. Schmidt for … Continue reading
If only….
Dustin Fleming should have been 40 today. Alas.
Memories that clog the arteries
(EDITED to add a couple of links to photos.) We’re considering a brief overnight trip next week somewhere, since The Family Unit will all have the same weekend off. One destination we mentioned was Pittsburgh, so I spent some time … Continue reading
Gabrielle
I never knew Gabrielle Bouliane, but a few of my Facebook friends did, and they are mourning her passing this week from cancer. She was a poet, and here is a selection of hers, performed at the Austin Poetry Slam, … Continue reading
I must return to Ryhope Wood
I’ve seen today, in a number of places, that fantasy author Robert Holdstock has died. He was only 61. Apparently he was hospitalized several days ago with an E. coli infection, and he succumbed today. He was only 61 years … Continue reading
A 21-pie salute
I’ve been mostly away from computers today, so I’m late in commenting on the passing of Soupy Sales, so I’ll just leave it at this: I hope there’s at least a small piece of Heaven given over to pie fights. … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Thank you for the music, Mary Travers.