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Tag Archives: Passages
Shoulder high, we bring you home
Today is my mother-in-law’s funeral. She was a beautiful, bright soul, and I’ll miss her a lot. She was an accomplished organist, and The Wife has always told me that she played a mean Toccata and Fugue in D minor … Continue reading
“Yea, beds for all who come.”
In summer of 2005 we traveled to the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho area for my sister-in-law’s wedding. This photo is Little Quinn on the wedding day, asleep on his grandmother’s — The Wife’s mother’s, my mother-in-law’s — shoulder. This was taken … Continue reading
It’s full of Scots
Two in one day? Here’s Patrick McGoohan as King Edward Longshanks: One of my favorite lines by a movie villain ever: “Arrows cost money. The dead cost nothing.” So long, Mr. McGoohan.
I spit my last breath at thee!!!
Ah, man…. The memories: Saturday nights when I was a kid! And who could forget: and, of course, closest to my geeky heart… So long, Senor Montalban.
Toward the unknown region
Condolences to Jen, whose grandmother has passed.
Rick
A man I went to college with, Rick Tibbott, died the other day. He’d been battling cancer for some time, and the cancer finally won. Rick was older than me, by a year or two or three. That means that … Continue reading
George
I’m going to forgo Sentential Links this week, in favor of a brief celebration of George Carlin. I loved his comedy dearly, even when it partially offended me, and even then, my offense was pretty mild anyway. Carlin was all … Continue reading
Dustin
UPDATED below. As long as I’m writing about high school reminiscences, I remembered a few days ago that a sad anniversary came and went this past April. I don’t remember the exact date, and I’m not even entirely sure it … Continue reading
Close to Home
Two news stories of personal interest to me happened over the last couple of days. I won’t provide any links, since you can all Google this stuff if you really need to: :: The city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has … Continue reading
Boldly Going
I see at AICN that composer Alexander Courage has died. He had a very long career in Hollywood, both as a composer and an orchestrator, and he had his fingerprints on a great deal of amazing film music. But what … Continue reading