The article, quoting Rich Tillman, his brother, wrote:"Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f -- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So thank you for your thoughts, but he's f -- ing dead.''
Wow. No surprise seeing someone articulate their grief during a eulogy, but it certainly conveyed the sense of loss to me.
His brother-in-law and close friend, Alex Garwood, described how Tillman handled his duties when he became godfather to Garwood's son. He came to the ceremony dressed as a woman. Not as a religious commentary. He was doing a balancing act.
"We had two godfathers, no godmother,'' Garwood explained. And what NFL player turned Army Ranger wouldn't don drag to make that math work?
By the pricking of my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
Tillman talked about everything, with everyone. According to the speakers, he had read the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and he underlined passages constantly. Garwood recalled how he'd mail articles to friends, highlighting certain parts and writing in the margins: "Let's discuss.'' A quotation from Emerson, found underlined in Tillman's readings, adorned the program.
Some dumb jock, huh?
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I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
That article is a great find. Thanks for sharing it
On a slight tangent...
Rogue 9 wrote:Geez, could have said something about the popup storm...
Simple solution to popups: don't use MSIE as your browser. I imagine this is the reason Frank didn't get any popups (neither did I).
The M2HB: The Greatest Machinegun Ever Made.
HAB: Crew-Served Weapons Specialist
"Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope." --P.J. O'Rourke
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --J.S. Mill
I make fun of ASU business majors as much as any other engineering student, but you still can't graduate with a 3.8 in under four years and be a dumbass.
