I knew Nyles from BBB - the architecture firm next door to MPFP.

He was young, vigorous, sensitive, handsome, a snazzy dresser, funny, articulate, and a talented musician.

He was hit by an L train on Saturday night after a gig.

Nyles, you will be missed. You were too young to pass. Rest in peace. I hope it was quick.

N.

RIP Mr.VonnegutI read you for the first time at the tender age of 11. I went to a progressive school, and we read you in our 6th grade lit class, along with George Eliot's "Silas Marner" and Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations". I believe we read "Slaughterhouse 5", I can't remember anymore. Maybe we read "Cat's Cradle" then, and "Slaughterhouse 5 ( Read more... )

R.I.P. Wendy.

n.

thank you, and good bye, Ms.Parks.

thank you for helping to make my life, the way i live it, the opportunities i have had, the education i have been privileged to receive, the job i go to....

thank you for helping to make all that possible for someone like me.

i won't forget it.

n.