sad news

For those of you who were around CMU in the early 80s (or those in fandom):

This weekend I learned that Leonard Zubkoff was killed in a helicoptor crash shortly before labor day. There is more information here: http://www.puffin.com/puffin/lnz/Leonard.htm . (Thanks to figmo for the link.)

Leonard was a wonderful person who always had a kind word for the people he came into contact with. He was a fun person to be around, and he was one of the people I looked up to as an undergrad at CMU. I mostly lost track of him when he left CMU, though I bumped into him occasionally in the filk community. I will miss him. 44 is too young, dammit.

Yom Kippur

( evening )

( morning service )

( how can I offer blanket forgiveness? )

( afternoon )

( fasting )

(no subject)

I put the sukkah up tonight after work, and actually got it done before dark. (Well, I was stringing lights in twilight, but that's ok -- the lights were turned on. :-) )

I attribute much of the ease of setup to Ralph's lesson in knots last year. (Now let's see, was that wrap twice and frap thrice, or the other way around? No matter; it's solid enough for a temporary structure...)