Rest In Peace

[Box Burner]

Rip Ravi Shankar.

[Savannah]

Rest In Peace, Mum.

June 17, 1948 - December 13, 1990.

Best woman I ever knew, even if I am biased. Social worker, big hearted, wildly liberal Christian, protector of strays both animal and human, mom to the entire neighborhood, obsessed with politics, photography and loving me rotten. Responsible for most of my positive qualities, and my big laugh. I wish I could show her the Burn.

Miss her all the time, but I'm strong enough not to be undone by it anymore, and that's her fault, too.

[maryanimal]

Rest In Peace, Mum.

June 17, 1948 - December 13, 1990.

Best woman I ever knew, even if I am biased. Social worker, big hearted, wildly liberal Christian, protector of strays both animal and human, mom to the entire neighborhood, obsessed with politics, photography and loving me rotten. Responsible for most of my positive qualities, and my big laugh. I wish I could show her the Burn.

Miss her all the time, but I'm strong enough not to be undone by it anymore, and that's her fault, too.

(((Savannah))) what a wonderful mom! the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! xo <3

[Sham]

Savannah, you are clearly a living legacy of a very wonderful woman. I'll bet she had a great smile too!

[lucky420]

(((Savannah))) I'm sorry you lost your mom so young, but what a great legacy she left behind (you)

[ygmir]

yer mom did us all a favor, and gave us a great gift, Sav. *thanks to Savannahs mom*

[wh..sh]

A vibrant mom! That's the best anyone can ask for... (((((((Sav)))))))))

[unjonharley]

Patty Page aged 85 years

The Tennessee Waltz


I polish the belt buckle many time, slow dancing to that.

[Eric]

Tod, someone I know casually from working clubs over the years, jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge on NYE. Him & his boyfriend just got a brand new puppy for Christmas, he had a good job & always had a smile on his face, and, while like all of us he had his demons, no-one saw this coming. He was very good friends with some of the people I'm closest to, this has left a huge, painful hole in the heart of my circle.

This morning he was a missing person, tonight he is gone. Watch your friends who seem to be hiding pain, and reach out to them.

Fuck.

[MisaBlue]

Eric, I am sorry for that! BIG HUG

[lucky420]

(((Eric)))

[^Rhino!]

Tod, someone I know casually from working clubs over the years, jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge on NYE. Him & his boyfriend just got a brand new puppy for Christmas, he had a good job & always had a smile on his face, and, while like all of us he had his demons, no-one saw this coming. He was very good friends with some of the people I'm closest to, this has left a huge, painful hole in the heart of my circle.

This morning he was a missing person, tonight he is gone. Watch your friends who seem to be hiding pain, and reach out to them.

Fuck.

My deepest condolences, Eric. Thank you for sharing how he lived.

[ygmir]

damn it Eric.......so sorry. Indeed, sage advice, to watch our friends. If we took a little more time, and actually "saw" the people, many a tragedy might be avoided.

[maryanimal]

So sorry to hear about that (((Eric))).

[Eric]

I'm sad for my friends who are dealing with this, and for his boyfriend, who has to go through this and live with the loss. I knew him casually, and I'm upset, I can't imagine what they're going through. It's the easy way out for the person in pain, while being the most devastating way out for everyone you leave behind. Ugh.

Tired of suicides, tired of it being the #1 killer of gay youth.

[Dr. Pyro]

Tired of suicides, tired of it being the #1 killer of gay youth.

I thought suicide was the #1 killer of all youth, gay or otherwise. Could be mistaken I suppose.

[Eric]

Tired of suicides, tired of it being the #1 killer of gay youth.

I thought suicide was the #1 killer of all youth, gay or otherwise. Could be mistaken I suppose.

It's a high killer of all youth, but due to stigma & discrimination gay youth are1 1/2 - 3 times more likely to try to kill themselves. Having been a gay youth in the 70s & early 80s, I can tell you how hard it was growing up gay, and I came close to suicide myself at 17.

It's highly unlikely that in rural America you'll get beaten up for holding the hand of someone of the opposite gender (unless it's interracial). You're almost guaranteed to at least cause a scene & have to deal with regular insults at school/ work/ from family if it's the same gender. You have to listen to "gay" being used constantly as a pejorative, you have to listen to politicians & pundits, preachers, your family, your friends, all talk about it being "wrong", or "sick", or "disgusting", "unnatural"...

I don't know what drove Tod to suicide, I'm not sure anyone does. I've just know of too many people choosing that way...

Thread is going off track, time to return it to remembering those who passed...

[theCryptofishist]

((((Eric))))

[Ugly Dougly]

[media]

[burner von braun]

Stan Musial

A true gentleman,
and one of the best to ever play the game.
Rest in peace
Stan the Man

[9ah]

I couldn't agree with you more Eric... On the gay youth issue and suicide in general. While there have been strides made over the last 10 years there is still so much stigma. I love my gay/queer circle off playa although I actually have more gay friends than lesbian friends, but I was pleasantly surprised in how much of my camp was queer (maybe it's still around the 10% mark, but I don't interact with all 125 so it feels like more).

If a friend starts pulling away, becoming reclusive or suddenly changes in spirit or attitude it's likely a good time to reach out to them. Whether there may be a major issue or not is of low importance.

[Thecatman]

Stan Musial

A true gentleman,
and one of the best to ever play the game.
Rest in peace
Stan the Man

Never asked for a raise, volunteered to join the military, (which we see very little of any more in organized sports) and most comendable, Married to the same woman for 70+ years.

[^Rhino!]

Stan Musial

A true gentleman,
and one of the best to ever play the game.
Rest in peace
Stan the Man

Never asked for a raise, volunteered to join the military, (which we see very little of any more in organized sports) and most comendable, Married to the same woman for 70+ years.

And there's a bronze memorial of him in front of Busch Stadium, should you ever wish to visit St. Louis. Richly deserved.

[Sunbeam56]

My daughter and I both have something to burn at the temple.

[Oldguy]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lavonne ''Pepper'' Paire-Davis, a star of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the central character in the movie ''A League of Their Own,'' has died, her son said Sunday.

Paire-Davis died of natural causes in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Saturday, her son, William Davis, told The Associated Press. She was 88.

[Simon of the Playa]

Love Child

[Thecatman]

Mymains Stewart Gilligan: aka Stewie, forever 8 years old.
ln August 2010 his owner was given a letter from Guinness Book of Records as the worlds longest domestic cat at 48.5 inches. ln late 2011 he added the record for the longest domestic cat tail.
My wife and l got to see and pet him at a cat show in Reno in the summer of 2011.
Christmas Day of 2011 he was diagnosed with lyphosarcoma.
He was a certified therapy cat.
RIP in cat heaven Stewie. Pleasure to have been able meet you.

[FIGJAM]

Patty Andrews RIP, (shes the one in the middle)

[media]

[theCryptofishist]

Wow, I didn't know any of them were still alive.
Good stuff, actually. Makes me wonder what they'd be like if they were alive and young today... Obviously the idioms would be different, but talent and hard work cross all sorts of bridges?

[TomServo]

but talent and hard work cross all sorts of bridges?

One would think.