Tujague Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Cheers, Hitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 To Joe Warner, the best Engllsh Lit teacher this side of the Mississippi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Alexander Fleming. <sniffle> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 RIP Helen Frankenthaler, arguably the single catalyst that sparked the creation of the "Washington color field" school of abstract painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 To Rusty Hevelin, who had been an active member of the science fiction community for more than 70 years. Crud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 [posting a little late] To Don Rockwell, for creating and nurturing this community that has made such a difference to so many of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. B Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I second your post Elizabeth. DR is the 2nd place I visit each morning. Thanks so very much Don. You mean more to us than you will ever know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Ox Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 To the Maize and Blue. Hail to the Victors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 [posting a little late] To Don Rockwell, for creating and nurturing this community that has made such a difference to so many of us. I second your post Elizabeth. DR is the 2nd place I visit each morning. Thanks so very much Don. You mean more to us than you will ever know. Not to sound cloying, but posts like this really do make my day, my week, and while I don't want to say "my life," they do make a big, big difference in my life. Sometimes, I just want to fold up shop and let it all go; but after reading things like this, I realize that I'm held hostage forever. Thank you and I really mean that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 To my home state of New Mexico. Happy 100th birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Heroes of the Air Florida crash on the 14th Street Bridge in 1982, Lenny Skutnik and Arland Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithstg Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Giuseppe Quintarelli, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff White Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 My Brit Dan, aka Glenway's Dynamo Dan, JH. 12/1/97 - 12/8/11, my best little four-legged friend. And to my new Brit Sport, aka TBD, whelped 12/19/11, soon to be my best little four-legged friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 To my new husband, and to the most perfect wedding day anyone could have wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Awww, now that is a picture for the ages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 To my new husband, and to the most perfect wedding day anyone could have wanted. Best wishes for a wonderful future and, THANK YOU for not wearing a strapless gown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff White Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 To my new husband, and to the most perfect wedding day anyone could have wanted. To the happy couple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 To true believers. Is anyone left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 To true believers. Is anyone left? I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 To the happy couple! Hear, hear! Best wishes, Leigh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xochitl10 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 To John. The music won't be the same without you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 To the Instamatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Sarah Burke. This just makes me so incredibly sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Etta James. So long. ETA: Happily, somebody just put up one of my favorite Etta James recordings, in which she achieved a sort of apotheosis with Otis Redding's song "I Got the Will". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Bruce Arians - he finally retired! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 So I was reading Etta James's obit in today's NYT, and they mentioned that Johnny Otis had died this past Tuesday, which I hadn't heard. Damn, two giants of R&B gone in one week. I had the privilege and pleasure to see The Johnny Otis Show, as his touring organization was usually called, at the old Paul's Mall on Boylston Street in Boston, probably in 1973. Johnny Otis was really something in his own right, but he also nurtured a lot of other talent, such as Etta James, Esther Phillips, and his own son Shuggie. He's probably best remembered for "Willie and the Hand Jive" and "Harlem Nocturne", but here is "Low Down Dirty Dog Blues", with a nifty photo-montage. I think that's Shuggie Otis's wailing solo guitar. Here's to you, Johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 To the Giants making the Super Bowl and a rematch of Super Bowl 42. (And at least this time, the little guy slept through the NFC Championship game. He also didn't have to wear a special football outfit for every playoff game.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 So this will be weird, but whatever: To someone I cannot name for reasons I cannot list. But it's definitely left me discombobulated today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 To community & ritual & food & family & friends who are family & limoncello & onion confit & scotch & corn whiskey surrounding those when they need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 To my grandfather and his wife! Spent the weekend in Arthurdale visiting them. He's had a few strokes, but is still going strong. Heard a lot of stories of pranks he's pulled and other such shenanigans that I'd never heard before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Retiring Army Vice Chief of Staff Peter Chiarelli for being the loudest voice in attempting to reduce the stigma against seeking mental health help in the armed forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm posting a lot in here but hey, it's been that kind of week... To the staff and owners of my favorite bar in Charlottesville, St. Maarten's Cafe, which closed down abruptly today. I spent way more time there than is probably healthy - back before cell phones were ubiquitous, our group of friends would call your house first, then Maarten's, looking for you. It had no windows and before smoking was banned it could get hellaciously smoky in there. But on Friday nights, mug holders got half price burgers, we'd knock back a bunch of beers, then go to my house where the guys would play Halo four player deathmatches and the women would go watch rom-coms. Tuesdays for a long time was $2 pitcher night (Natty Lite), and if you could make it through the night to the end, you often didn't have to pay because early leavers left too much money. Wednesdays were wings night - they had seven or eight flavors, and when they first came up with the honey habanero they put WAY too much habanero in them. The best tables were 6 and 16 - front right and rear left corner. 6 was fun because it was right next to the door and was easy to overflow to surrounding tables; 16 was right next to the restrooms and up a little higher. Every year they had a Christmas party that was a real honor to get invited - pretty much, you had to be an employee or a mug holder, and mugs were difficult to get (you had to be vetted by the entire staff). Getting a mug was A Big Deal. Mine is in my kitchen. It will be utilized all week (for nostalgia's sake, I'd need Guinness then Michelob Light) and I need a big ole burger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The Giants. Mr. BLB is quite happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 To Ahmad Bradshaw, for having to feel bad about scoring the game winning touchdown in a Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liz2041 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 To Bridget Moynahan, for getting the better end of the deal in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Jerry Gray, longtime WAMU announcer for country music and bluegrass. Passed away at age of 78. We heard his shows for many years. He really knew his stuff and had a likeable personality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff White Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 To Sport - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Apparently, if you bring a flask of scotch for the immediate family at a funeral it is now called The Scherbotsky. Wish I hadn't learned that. To Kirby-the best person you'll never meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 To "Kid" Gary Carter, who I had the pleasure of meeting on 2 separate occasions when I was 11 years old. A legend on the field and one of the nicest people that I have ever met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 To Svetlana Yashina and her team of Russian scientists who resurrected Silene stenophylla, and to the unassuming squirrel who buried those seeds over 30,000 years ago. Go women in science! (And squirrels.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 To the local firefighters who came to visit tonight. Again.* *It is amazing; no matter how many false alarms your building has, they keep coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenticket Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 RIP Davy Jones. As a wee lass, I passed many an early Saturday morning sitting on the floor watching The Monkees on TV and eating cold hot dogs. Good times.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 You beat me to it . This is yet another death that affected me more than I would have thought. As a slight bonus, when the news drove me to iTunes to download a few Monkees songs I never got around to downloading, I got prompted to buy Quinn the Eskimo by Manfred Mann, which I hadn't thought about in ages. I used to love that song. Then I also decided to d/l a iive version of MM's rendition of Blinded by the Light, so I'm feeling oddly kind of cheered up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. B Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 To Barbara Johnson, a brave and kind hearted woman, mentor to my daughter and all around great person. I know she will bear up to the sh*t storm created by that putz Guarzino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 To Sarah Wysocki for telling her story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Right now I'm tipping a glass for my incredible colleagues who somehow are able to manage an extraordinary amount of crap from superiors who should treat them better, while simultaneously managing to make them look good AND at the same time manage to save the lives of people in crisis. I'm constantly humbled by the folks I work with. They are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 To Greg Smith, for putting it all on the line and telling it like it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 To my little boy, who just used a razor for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 To Gerard Pain, who brought us La Chaumiere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 To Counter Culture Coffee, for making my morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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