bill....
he truly was a brilliant mind
i teased him once while trying to engage in a philosophical discussion....realizing i was out of my league, i signed off
'scarecrow'
he chastised me via pm for that..
:)
the tribute i can make about him is that i cannot think of hardly a time when i read his posts that i did not learn something...
for michael...
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so,
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure: then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
-- John Donne |
