HBO Blogosphere — 5.18.09

The other classmate that passed recently was Debbie. I never said one word to her all the way thru school, but I didn’t say a lot to very much of anyone back then. She was always one of those people who was “around”; she always seemed to be smiling brightly and I remember her as being very, very exuberant. My heart goes out to her families as well. In high school, I had my own little group of 7 or 8 friends, and I was Extremely Scared of Girls back then. So even though I went to school with All These People back then, 99% of them didn’t know me and I didn’t know them. But whenever one of them passes away, I feel a sense of loss/Atmospheric Ruminations. More here .

• Disconnection /Tumblewords
  
• Parts is parts /Community Comment
• Of partisan politics and personal agendas /Dogwalk Musings
• I miss old newspapers ; and: Lost In The ‘50s photos /Simple Mind
• Eagles Saturday Market /Get Out! North Idaho
• I tried — honestly I did /Marmitetoasty
  
• More below, more coming
  

Question: How does it affect you when you learn of the death of a high school classmate?

• Happy birthday, Adam D /A Butterfly Moment
• The ducklings have landed /Accidental Rabbit Trails
• The week in review /Bay Views
• Not even the world’s smallest violin /F-Words
• The greenhouse move /Gathering Around The Table
• School’s out, 8-to-5 schedule begins /JeanC’s Cat House & Shooting Gallery
• The streets sure are slick /Kellogg Bloggin’
• It’s all about who you are, not who you aren’t /Life’s A Freak Show
• Soul flight /Synaptic Disunion
• Dijon salmon /Notes from the ‘Kan EWA

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