Rest In Peace

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:53 pm

Thanks to Simon and Aydin for the painting of Caleb. What a beautiful way to get past the nasty graffiti. The playa provides in mysterious ways. And Aydin is a great burner! Thanks Simon.

The painting is making its way east now - I'm approaching Spokane after spending some time with friends in Seattle and other spots in Washington. Picked up the art today in Roslyn that Caleb had ordered in March.

Also on Monday I made a speech in Caleb's memory to a bunch of health care workers in Seattle about public health care and how much it is needed by folks like Caleb. Then I joined a march on Seattle City Hall steps with those same workers who were protesting the lack of health care.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:32 am

cowboyangel wrote:American Democracy. Dead Dead Dead.
Thank you giant corporations and the financial industry and a government that cowers to them! Thanks.

And the Republicans, They're dead because they didn't vote on the stimulus plan. And bidness is booming again. Thanks to Obama

Thank you Obama!

You saved America and Fuck you you're dead Republicans!

Sorry to hear about Mary Travers

Bye, With Love!

AIIZ

PS- not you fucker Republicans!

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:09 am

step away from your crack pipe.

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:12 am

Manson follower Susan Atkins FINALLY dies at 61

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/ ... 2953.story

Good riddance. May she rot in hell if there is one....OR.... May she be reincarnated and something really awful and tragic happen to her. Pig bitch, low life, waste of a human life, waste of our tax dollars keeping her alive all these years. I hate cancer, but I hope the bitch died an awful painful agonizing death. Good riddance.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:00 pm

Geez Monkey......she's dead. It's ok, she ain't gonna hurt no one no more.
Karma god knows what she has in store. Let the big WomanGuy worry about it babe.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:01 pm

her background sucked ... another fuck cancer story ... sigh ...

who knows how things could have been for her, how a life can go terribly, terribly wrong in a moment.

but there's no excuse for turning into a monster.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:08 pm

NY Times columnist William Safire dead at 79

Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:45pm EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/ ... 2A20090927

NEW YORK (Reuters) - William Safire, the former speechwriter for Richard Nixon who won a Pulitzer Prize for columns on politics and language for The New York Times, died on Sunday, the newspaper said. He was 79.

Safire died at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland, after suffering from pancreatic cancer, spokeswoman Diane McNulty said.

Safire, known for his conservative voice on The Times' mostly liberal opinion pages, received a Pulitzer for commentary in 1978. In 1979 he began writing the newspaper's On Language column, in which he examined the origins of words and phrases and their proper usage.

He served for a decade on the board that awards the Pulitzer, and retired from his twice-weekly political column in 2005.

Safire's last column for the newspaper appeared just two weeks ago.

Before joining The Times in 1973, Safire worked in politically oriented public relations and joined the Nixon White House speechwriting team in 1968.

He was credited with coining the phrases "nattering nabobs of negativism" and "hysterical hypochondriacs of history," used by then-Vice President Spiro Agnew to describe the U.S. media.

Safire was married and had two children.

He wrote several novels including the bestseller "Full Disclosure," as well as several nonfiction books on politics and language.

A New York City native, he was popular even with readers who took issue with his conservative political views in part because he enthusiastically engaged them and solicited contributions and input on the origins and foibles of modern language.

His last On Language column appeared two weeks ago. Entitled "Bending the curve," it explored the history and popularity of that phrase.

He ended the piece with a quote from a reader who had written to thank him for a recent column's citation, which the reader said had refreshed "the halcyon days of my youth."

(Writing by Bill Trott and Chris Michaud; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Philip Barbara)

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:03 am

Donald G. Fisher, 81; co-founded the Gap chain

Fisher was a real estate developer when, at 41, he and his wife launched the firm in San Francisco. It expanded through the '70s and '80s, and the Fishers became philanthropists and art collectors.

Former real estate developer Donald Fisher entered retailing at 41 after trying to return a pair of ill-fitting jeans at a department store. With $63,000, he and his wife, Doris, launched the concept for a store featuring a wide selection of Levi's. The Gap grew from there.

Donald G. Fisher, who launched the Gap clothing chain 40 years ago and helped build it into one of the world's leading apparel retailers, died Sunday. He was 81.

Fisher died at his home in San Francisco after a long battle with cancer, the company said.

Starting with a single store in San Francisco, Fisher and his wife, Doris, built the Gap into a brand name recognized around the world. Gap jeans, khakis and T-shirts became the uniform for a generation of Americans and were at home even on the red carpet on Oscar night.

"Today we lost a friend, a mentor and a great visionary," Glenn Murphy, chief executive and chairman of Gap Inc., said in a statement.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:22 am

And SF MOMA is still blowing on the ink on his signature for his collection to end up there.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:15 pm

Bye Soupy Sales! You were great! I loved coming home from school to watch you and your antics. I remember the time you told all the kids to mail you the money in their parents wallets since they hated that green paper. I remember you got in trouble for doing that.

You will be missed!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:21 pm

a true pioneer, and, great entertainer...........

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:22 pm

Apollonaris Zeus wrote:Bye Soupy Sales! You were great! I loved coming home from school to watch you and your antics. I remember the time you told all the kids to mail you the money in their parents wallets since they hated that green paper. I remember you got in trouble for doing that.

You will be missed!

I forgot about the Money gig...

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:30 pm

for anyone else who missed the money gig ... oh, and those who didn't, too
[youtube][/youtube]

RIP

dr.placebo · Post by **dr.placebo** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:34 am

White Fang and Black Tooth send their deepest regrets.

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:35 am

RIP: Anne Winter.....KC Music Promoter, CD & record store owner, and overall just a positive, wonderful person to know passed away late last night at the age of 45. She is one of the core people who introduced me to dance music, e-zines (CGBC), who found the rarest of the rare subway posters and CD's that many considered to be made of unobtanium, and who first spoke about Burning Man....to say she will be missed is an understatement.

And to learn that Soupy Sales has passed as well...damn, damn, damn!

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:27 pm

Wonder if Fisher's kids will continue clear cutting forest land they own up north and further industrializing Golden Gate NRA...don't miss people like that. sorry

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:37 pm

I posted that with tongue firmly in cheek - just so you know.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:52 pm

cowboyangel wrote:Wonder if Fisher's kids will continue clear cutting forest land they own up north and further industrializing Golden Gate NRA...don't miss people like that. sorry

CA:
aren't you a carpenter?

(not the singing kind)

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:29 am

Rest in Peace: today is the day we honour those veterans who gave their lives that we may live in peace and freedom.

In my life, I've lost two:

This is the 30th anniversary of burying my fiance when I was 19. He was a soldier and he died in a military training accident in Germany in 1979. I was young and had just confirmed that I was pregnant, David was due back the next week to hear that news. Instead he came home in a closed, lead-lined box draped in a Canadian flag.

Also almost seven months ago, Caleb died. He was a soldier of a different sort - a soldier of truth and a journalist.

Today I will lay a wreath at the cenotaph at 11AM and I will remember David as I have done every year since 1979. This year I will remember Caleb too. Both of these men carried a vibrant flame in their souls. I have been blessed to have loved men of such calibre.

May they rest in peace as we take up their torch.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:38 am

Shit, I am home right now.
I shouldn't be here.
Was at work.

Rest In Peace

David Nusz
1942-2009

Died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack shoveling snow.

My Step-Dad.

Dam it Dave.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:32 am

Ah man, hugs.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:10 am

Sorry to hear that Goat. My condolences.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:27 am

Dang GH.........so sorry.......

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:45 am

Thanks guys.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:04 am

((((((((GH))))))))

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:10 am

Sorry to hear that GH.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:59 am

Next Thursday is dear Toshi's one-year anniversary. We are going to the temple next Sat for a remembrance ceremony. Tough act to follow.

Be at peace, GH; time heals all wounds. <3

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:28 am

*bows head to Dougly*

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:08 pm

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:54 pm

We had plenty of quality, not enough quantity.

A new year is on its way, and that's all I can tell you.

Rest In Peace

Soupy Sales Gone

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