Strong memory of him today.

Post #393,796 by mmoffitt 8/27/14 1:14:53 PM Reply	Strong memory of him today. The Grand Rapids Griffins schedule came out today. When their schedule comes out, I always say to myself, "I need to hook up with Greg when I head up there for a game." At one point he and I talked about going to see a game together, but it never worked out. When I saw the schedule, I briefly had the same thought again.
Post #393,832 by a6l6e6x 8/28/14 12:19:15 AM Reply	I know what you mean. And when you remember, you have to say it again. Damn! Just over a year go a dear friend of mine in Upstate NY did away with himself. It was another case of depression. We had been friends since 1965. Of course, my wife and I had to go to the funeral. It was the first Jewish funeral I've been to. He was buried at a Jewish cemetery in Clifton, NJ. One of the things one gets to do at the burial is to take a shovelful of dirt and throw it down on the casket that had been lowered in the grave. As it happened, I was one of the earlier people that did that. The sound of the dirt hitting the casket and the vibration of the casket had an unexpected effect on me. The finality of his death was punctuated in my mind. While I still think of him often, there are no expectations of any interactions of any kind. Funerals are for the living and this Jewish burial practice has it right. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #393,847 by Steve Lowe 8/28/14 11:13:18 AM Reply	Same here. Just got a new CentOS desktop at work, and that brought back all sorts of memories of working with him on CentOS servers. Also had dinner last night with former coworkers....Greg's family and coworkers are coming to terms with this.
Post #393,852 by Ashton 8/28/14 4:28:12 PM Reply	Move to strike an LRPD... yesss, heresy: ~Tektronix 454A ... (lightly used?) Its pop-up presence simply reignites that burned-down LIbrary, in 3-D :-/ I sent him a pristine one [oscilloscope], packed bulletproof.. as led to a lengthy conversation--quite more than his frequent short-quips here. Little idea of Greg's social-skillz-set elsewhere, but it takes only one ad-hoc conversation to note what is appreciable.. Please just extirpate this one, eh? (Has no significance elsewhere, being pun-proof.) Do we not each get one (two?) Pocket Veto? ;^>
Post #393,857 by mvitale 8/28/14 8:53:26 PM Reply	Looks to be already deleted. -Mike @MikeVitale42 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #393,859 by malraux 8/28/14 9:37:30 PM Reply	"Nannyish, perhaps." Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #393,887 by Ashton 8/29/14 5:38:52 PM Reply	Gracias..
Post #393,862 by static 8/28/14 10:20:03 PM Reply	In person he was indeed subtly different than online. I only met him once IRL and I remember he could bend your ear for hours. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
Post #393,880 by crazy 8/29/14 3:58:49 PM Reply	Subtly? No, greatly Greg was someone I will miss forever

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