Am pretty stunned today, shocked and not really grasping the fact that my dear friend John has left the Earth. He was so special, so genuine, so smart, so gifted, hilarious and generous. Only 33 years old, leaving behind an amazing woman, three children and a baby on the way. There’s no smart or soothing thing to say. He was in a serious accident back in June and over the past 4 months made amazing progress, coming back in a way that mystified doctors and lit up his family and friends with hope. He was released to inpatient rehab last week and suffered a pulmonary embolism yesterday during a session. Along with the whole college gang, I am heading out to Arkansas on Sunday for the funeral. I hate that these are the circumstances under which we are all finally visiting … we had long talked about having a trip to John’s home town … he often joked about how hokey it was … a town with only one stop light. Right now all my love and energy is focused on his wife, children, parents and brothers. I can’t imagine their pain. This all seems so senseless and cruel. The only positive in the near term is that I’ll get to see a bunch of my buds this weekend. John would like that — he was always bringing people together.
From French col (neck), from Latin collum (neck). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwel- (to revolve) that is also the source of words such as colony, cult, culture, cycle, cyclone, chakra, and collar.
USAGE:
“Car rental presented the first obstacle. No major company allows its vehicles on Saddle Road, which runs across the 6,600-foot-high col between the two peaks, much less anywhere near the summits themselves.” James Dannenberg; Trying for a peak experience on Big Island; San Francisco Chronicle; Aug 24, 2008.
i don’t usually shill for my employer, but i DO make fusses over hot guys so please consider this post the latter rather than the former. he’s smokin, that simon baker. and he can help you play fun tricks.
“tonight is the night” by le click. tonight’s a big night for the TV biz — it kicks off premiere week. all our faves are back — 30 rock, the office. and some new ones which i shall check out. with all the competition from other media sources, the game has changed dramatically and people don’t know what to expect. it’s not so much about competition between the broadcast networks anymore, it’s more about the macro trends of how to get people’s attention in a sustained and compelling way such that you can sell them shit.
hi everybody. been so reticent of late. not bcse of lack of life, but bcse of lack of energy. the juice i have is in short supply … so i have been spending less in this space. doesn’t meen i love y’all any less. doesn’t mean i am strugglin’ per say. am managing okay, methinks. just livin on a lower volume than usual. i had a fun, restorative weekend. spend lots of QT with bro bri, ali and the nudge. all the stress and craziness fades away when you’re around a one year old. things are simpler, as they should be.
here’s another cringe reading. as it turns out i really have to put my money where my mouth is and do one of these readings in public very soon — october 1, in fact. time to hone in on what exact passage i will read. this isn’t the one, but it’s something to ponder on a sunday night. i wonder …
