Sorry, Nas. If it feels so bad for me, it must feel--well, I don't even need to finish that sentence.

Watching the Sox-Dodgers game, I had to giggle. RR and I shared an affinity for women of a certain ethnicity. I feel bad saying it, but he always piped up whenever I made mention of this, and it never failed to make me laugh.

I think the first time I connected with him was when I shared some Harlem Renaissance poetry on the board. He zeroed in on that, and I got a huge kick out of the fact that he was related to Lorraine Hansberry. That was nine years ago.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

I didn't even know some of you guys still saw each other. I wish I was here for the golden age of the board. But what you wrote is painful.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

He was related to Lorraine Hansberry? How did I miss that? I wish I had known. It would have been interesting to hear him talk about that.

I like black prostitutes from the 70's

Yeah, somehow he was. He had the same knowledge of the South Side as me, but from across the street, as it were, so it was interesting to talk to him about all of that. I told him he should come speak to some class I was teaching at the time, and he said, "Sure. That will cost you three bottles."

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

I like black prostitutes from the 70's

There won't be a memorial service. Apparently, he didn't want one. He was cremated last week. There may be a balloon release or cookout at a later date.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Was there an obituary for him?

Maybe at some point this summer or fall CFMB can get together and raise a glass for RR.

Bears-Saints game

That would be Sunday November 5th....and I say that is a great date to set for a Reader tribute / gathering.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

Wtf ??? c’est la vie

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Hey take your own advice and don't say anything further in this thread, rogue.



Bears Saints game would be most appropriate. We could even get a Zoom or virtual thing together at a certain point in the game (start of 2nd qtr for example) where everyone could toast him together.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

Zoom? What is this? 2020?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

That would be Sunday November 5th....and I say that is a great date to set for a Reader tribute / gathering.

Nothing. Outside of the text from his wife, I would struggle to find out he had passed away.

Is there a charity which he favored?

Is there a charity which he favored?