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RIP Wikkidpissah (1 Viewer)

simey said:
I posted this in the Beatles thread, because Wikkid was a part of it, and a part of our music threads in general. I'll share it here too for people who don't frequent those threads.

When some of us did the Wake/End of Life draft a few years ago, Wikkid participated and he had the third pick. He picked this song as his #1. I added this particular band with the song, because they made him smile. 

For you Wikkid.

This is what Wikkid said when he picked the song:

An obvious choice for its existential aspect, but so much more.

In my life, i got to do a lot of fancy things with a lot of fancy folk but the greatest pleasure & terror of my wikkid tour of this impatient rock was wrangling the whirlwind that was Mary Louise Lauer. She earned every bit of her fury with a criminal upbringing and spent every gram of it in her short life. There was but one thing which could bring her down from tornado mode - your humble servant wrestling her into a swaying dance and singing "In My Life" with my neck vibrating against hers.

Bonus: the song even got me a son. In her 2nd year of bone cancer and the beginning of the last year of her life, my Mary got absolutely feral in her ways. The bartender of my corner saloon called me at work to tell me that Scary Mary was tearing her joint up, in the middle of someone's birthday party no less. Kelly could control her better than any but me, so i knew it was bad. Got there to see a bunch of men holding the celebrant back from whacking my beloved, who was waving him on. I reversed my giant darling out to the dance floor, put a $20 in the tip jar of the singer playing the party and asked her to play this song. I rocked her and vibrated "In My Life" into her soul in harmony to the singer til' she re-entered humanity.

Turns out my actions had as great an effect on the singer as my wife. When the cancer soonafter started snapping Mary's limbs and reduced her to a snarling invalid, one of her wishes was that i find someone to step out with now that she couldnt wife me. She recommended that singer, it turned out my Marytaming performance made enough of an impression on her to give me a go, we were togetherish for Mary's last year and we ended up making a son together. Life for death - in my life, i've loved them all.

❤️  We love you, Wikkid.
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I know this story but hadn’t seen his post about the song.  Helped him locate his son years ago and they made peace.  

 
Link to doc: Tao Te Wikkid

It's empty for now.  I'm going to mull over formatting - organize by date, by threads, original topics, and how to highlight his best material. On second thought, maybe I'll prioritize capturing everything first, and then go back and wrestle with formatting, that way @geewill can add his material, as can anyone else who has anything they want to share.

 
Mister CIA said:
Link to doc: Tao Te Wikkid

It's empty for now.  I'm going to mull over formatting - organize by date, by threads, original topics, and how to highlight his best material. On second thought, maybe I'll prioritize capturing everything first, and then go back and wrestle with formatting, that way @geewill can add his material, as can anyone else who has anything they want to share.
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I love you for doing this.

 
FYI, according to Wikkid's profile page he joined the forum in 2007 and had 27,000 posts.  When I pull up "Find Content" it shows 14,000 posts going back to 2009.  I'll start grabbing from the bottom, in case the history ages out.  Tomorrow, that is.  I have beverages to ruminate over tonight.

 
RIP. Been struggling with what to say.

Have not had the off-board interactions of others, but enjoyed all my interactions with him, particularly our shared love of New Mexico and NM food. Will sprinkle some dirt for him next time that I’m in Chimayo.

 
I don't know anyone here personally in real life.... which is crazy considering the amount of time I have spent here over the last 20 years.  Still hurts.

Cheers to the board's unintelligible favorite.  RIP.

 
I imagine it gives the full measure of a human being when you can see the size of the hole that's left when you lose them. I didn't know wikkid half as well as I'd have liked, but the hole in me right now is is deep enough I can't hear a rock hit the bottom.

The thing I love in this thread is hearing that I am not alone- that he reached out and helped a lot of people here. He reached out to me through PMs when my Megan passed. He shared his simple, stoic wisdom with me, but more, he cared. He taught me to sit at the edge of that hole already in my life and sing and howl and weep and whistle into it until the storm passed. I credit him with keeping me from finding out what the end of a shotgun tastes like.

That's a helluva hole you left for a stranger, friend.

 
Mister CIA said:
FYI, according to Wikkid's profile page he joined the forum in 2007 and had 27,000 posts.  When I pull up "Find Content" it shows 14,000 posts going back to 2009.  I'll start grabbing from the bottom, in case the history ages out.  Tomorrow, that is.  I have beverages to ruminate over tonight.
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I have one last pour of good stuff and was holding back for the right occasion.

It will be my first pour tonight, but not the last.

 
I’m crushed.  To me he was the most fascinating guy on this board. That says a lot. Always wanted to have a beer with him and listen to his musings on life face to face. He knew something about seemingly everything. A lot of deep reflection. Massive respect.  RIP my friend. 

 
Charlie Steiner said:
I have one last pour of good stuff and was holding back for the right occasion.

It will be my first pour tonight, but not the last.
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Like you I'm pouring the good stuff tonight.  I have some top-flight champagne I've been saving for...what?  Apparently so that I could celebrate the life of an amazing friend.

He told me once that he was going to get a bottle of good cognac, call me, and sing me highlights of his unfinished musical "GLASS," plus the version of "And I Love Her" that he'd composed way back when.  I wish I'd sent him a bottle of cognac.

 
krista4 said:
Like you I'm pouring the good stuff tonight.  I have some top-flight champagne I've been saving for...what?  Apparently so that I could celebrate the life of an amazing friend.

He told me once that he was going to get a bottle of good cognac, call me, and sing me highlights of his unfinished musical "GLASS," plus the version of "And I Love Her" that he'd composed way back when.  I wish I'd sent him a bottle of cognac.
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After I posted that, I thought we collectively might have an Irish wake for him. Don't know whether it should be impromptu or give the board enough warning that all who want to participate have time to clear their night. I'm good either way. Or neither. 

 
krista4 said:
Like you I'm pouring the good stuff tonight.  I have some top-flight champagne I've been saving for...what?  Apparently so that I could celebrate the life of an amazing friend.

He told me once that he was going to get a bottle of good cognac, call me, and sing me highlights of his unfinished musical "GLASS," plus the version of "And I Love Her" that he'd composed way back when.  I wish I'd sent him a bottle of cognac.
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I'm jealous. Have 6-8 for me, please. I don't drink often any more. Mostly just to celebrate the lives of amazing friends. Tonight I have to dry my eyes and go try and live a wikkid lesson and take away the pain of other people. I know it'll work just the way he said it does. But, I'll admit, I am a selfish baby and I don't want to do it right now.

Sunday morning, though? There is some Glenlivet and ice and a whole stack of DMs to go through.

 
Charlie Steiner said:
After I posted that, I thought we collectively might have an Irish wake for him. Don't know whether it should be impromptu or give the board enough warning that all who want to participate have time to clear their night. I'm good either way. Or neither. 
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I LOVE this idea.  Brilliant.  Let's do it!  I'd say schedule so people can be around if they wish.  We can swap personal stories, favorite stories of his and favorite bits of wisdom, music, whatever...the whole shebang.  All while drinking copious amounts of what have you.  Seems like he would have loved this.

 
ProstheticRGK said:
I imagine it gives the full measure of a human being when you can see the size of the hole that's left when you lose them. I didn't know wikkid half as well as I'd have liked, but the hole in me right now is is deep enough I can't hear a rock hit the bottom.

The thing I love in this thread is hearing that I am not alone- that he reached out and helped a lot of people here. He reached out to me through PMs when my Megan passed. He shared his simple, stoic wisdom with me, but more, he cared. He taught me to sit at the edge of that hole already in my life and sing and howl and weep and whistle into it until the storm passed. I credit him with keeping me from finding out what the end of a shotgun tastes like.

That's a helluva hole you left for a stranger, friend.
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ProstheticRGK said:
I'm jealous. Have 6-8 for me, please. I don't drink often any more. Mostly just to celebrate the lives of amazing friends. Tonight I have to dry my eyes and go try and live a wikkid lesson and take away the pain of other people. I know it'll work just the way he said it does. But, I'll admit, I am a selfish baby and I don't want to do it right now.

Sunday morning, though? There is some Glenlivet and ice and a whole stack of DMs to go through.
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Your posts here are making me happy while also crying even harder.  Thank you for sharing all of this.

 
Damn. I admittedly didn't know much about him, but having been here for a long time, I just remember always seeing his user name in threads all the time.  Sorry to his family and friends for the loss. R.I.P. 

 
Judge Smails said:
I’m crushed.  To me he was the most fascinating guy on this board. That says a lot. Always wanted to have a beer with him and listen to his musings on life face to face. He knew something about seemingly everything. A lot of deep reflection. Massive respect.  RIP my friend. 
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This. Just a wealth of knowledge and experience. And a kind way of delivering his message, whether he agreed with you or not. His contributions here will be missed.  Ugh. 

 
I'm re-reading his autobiographical posts in the 5-10-15-20 Music of our Lives Draft we did in 2020.  His own long pieces take unexpected and sometimes elliptical turns as always but what strikes me is how generous and on point he is in his replies to the draft picks of others.  Of course it was right at start of shutdown and there was nothing else to do but it enriches the thread.

 
So, I was wondering what song I wanted to post for Dale. I had queued up several from his beloved Lowell George, a few from Bonnie Raitt (sorry, Dale, but Yes or ELP is just a bridge too far for me), and then it hit me. We sniped each other a few times in various music drafts on this one. In one of those drafts, I got to it before he did and wrote one of my usual long, pretentious "essays". He quoted the post and just wrote "The sound of pure joy", which beat the hell out of all of my drivel about this song.

Pouring one down for my friend

 
krista4 said:
I LOVE this idea.  Brilliant.  Let's do it!  I'd say schedule so people can be around if they wish.  We can swap personal stories, favorite stories of his and favorite bits of wisdom, music, whatever...the whole shebang.  All while drinking copious amounts of what have you.  Seems like he would have loved this.
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As long as Almost Famous isn't the movie fare.  :lol:    Love the idea and sentiment though! 

 
ProstheticRGK said:
I imagine it gives the full measure of a human being when you can see the size of the hole that's left when you lose them. I didn't know wikkid half as well as I'd have liked, but the hole in me right now is is deep enough I can't hear a rock hit the bottom.

The thing I love in this thread is hearing that I am not alone- that he reached out and helped a lot of people here. He reached out to me through PMs when my Megan passed. He shared his simple, stoic wisdom with me, but more, he cared. He taught me to sit at the edge of that hole already in my life and sing and howl and weep and whistle into it until the storm passed. I credit him with keeping me from finding out what the end of a shotgun tastes like.

That's a helluva hole you left for a stranger, friend.
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1000% this.   First time a FBG passing has brought me to tears.   

 
geewill said:
It’s with a sad and heavy heart that I pass along this news. 

Our friend Dale passed away in his sleep last night from an apparent heart attack.  I’ve known Dale since the early 2000’s and I have no words right now. 

Rest in peace my friend.
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That makes me sad. He's one of the few posters I talked to and got a long with. How old was he? RIP Dale 

 
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To share a story I use to belong to the MLB.com Boards and they had a main board with a bunch of fans of different teams similar to this board. We had a poster who was older named Iamanoldguy we called OG. He was a fairly good poster but overtime seemed to get off put with people. He had his fair share of trolls because he was an easy target and those of us who called him a friend would defend him. For whatever reason OG could've shared some great stories from baseball's past he had as he told me 2-3 in personal emails a few times. I had suggest to the guy he start sharing his wisdom with the younger folks on there. For whatever reason he didn't. one of the very few posters I considered a friend on there was a women in her mid 3O's who's cousin was one of the members of Country Group Rascal Flatts and was neighbors with Garth Brooks so being a country fan we got along very well. She posted something similar to the OP that she got news from this posters Granddaughter about him passing. She had seen from his personal emails etc they talked a lot and wanted to let her know about OG dying. 

I never got the dudes real name but it was a dam shame. Unlike Wikki who brought so much wealth of wisdom this guy for whatever reason was passive aggressive to many. I think the trolls got to him on the board. Either way it was really sad because he did help me out when my Grandfather died 5 yrs before and he didn't know the impact he had on me there. When I announced my Autism on here like some suggested Wikki was one of the few people who really got to me about posting about it here and opening up more. I don't think he'll ever know how that helped me though. Both these guys I barely knew helped me more then I think they'd ever know. 

This is a major kick in the balls for me on what was such a ####ty day at work too being piled on. I don't usually share much emotion with my autism for people I hardly know but Wikki is one of those few people I'm emotional for I never met in person. He'll be dearly missed. 

 
Big loss to this board. Very unfortunate news. 
 

Pretty cool and somewhat surprising to see how many posters were so close to him. My condolences to you especially. 

 
geewill said:
I just cut and pasted in some of our emails

eta, he asked them to be shared.
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you’re awesome.

what a legend. I am so happy we’re going to be sharing our collective memories of wikkid. 

I first met him doing drafts with him 13-14 years ago. he’d often quit in a pique over sumtin’. we’d beg him to come back. sometimes he’d sit one out - but still provide round by round commentary. his posts were the best parts of those drafts.

such a great storyteller. 

this is maybe the first time I’ve cried over losing a FBG since we lost Ralph Decours. (I may have butchered his last name…. @Doug B @krista4 do you remember his user name here?)

wikkid we love you. you will be remembered well, friend.

 
BobbyLayne said:
you’re awesome.

what a legend. I am so happy we’re going to be sharing our collective memories of wikkid. 

I first met him doing drafts with him 13-14 years ago. he’d often quit in a pique over sumtin’. we’d beg him to come back. sometimes he’d sit one out - but still provide round by round commentary. his posts were the best parts of those drafts.

such a great storyteller. 

this is maybe the first time I’ve cried over losing a FBG since we lost Ralph Decours. (I may have butchered his last name…. @Doug B @krista4 do you remember his user name here?)

wikkid we love you. you will be remembered well, friend.
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Ralph Decuers.  Another singularly beautiful soul.  He went under Saints-Man.

ETA:  And was known for his work in the "male cheerleader" thread!

 
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This one sucks. One of the most interesting posters on these boards. I only understood about half of what he said, but he had a way with words like nobody else. Even though his life was cut short I got the impression that he lived a life more interesting than most of us. 

 
Dickies said:
This one sucks. One of the most interesting posters on these boards. I only understood about half of what he said, but he had a way with words like nobody else. Even though his life was cut short I got the impression that he lived a life more interesting than most of us. 
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This is true

 
I was only half right when I posted earlier that we shared DMs about mundane things. We had 2 private exchanges, one of which was related to pop culture, but the other was him asking me for help...

One MLK day a couple years ago, I had posted a link to Dr. King's Drum Major Instinct sermon, and wikkid asked me for the link. He felt it supported his aforementioned belief that helping others was the key to our own happiness. I felt 10 feet tall that I had done something that had meant something to him.

TBH, I only put this here to put up the link to the sermon again; it meant a lot to wikkid, so I hope everyone gives it a look for themselves.

 
Completely gutted. :(

Gee...how did you know Dale?

Ive never met him in person. I i-met Dale on the small and disfunctional (but passionate) Fanball boards, somewhere around the millennium where he presided as the same elder statesman and friend to all. It was a bit younger of a crowd, so we bonded pretty well over some of the silliness and earnestness of youth. There was a young guy trying to get into standup that he absolutely adored and mentored. We played in leagues together, always filled with maniacs and lovingly but firmly responded to by Dale. I can't remember who started posting here first, but it was great to see an old friend on the boards.

At some point, I think back in those days, he shared with me a play (or crap..tv or movie screen play) about Morningside Heights where I went to college, which of course was brilliant. I'll try to find it and add to the collective. 

5 or 10ish years ago he thought about giving the writing thing one more try, and reached out about a couple of successful connections I had, who I happily set him up with. They were interested, but explained the process Dale would have to take...one which he had already anticipated, and quickly shot down.

He always lovingly asked about my kids by name (I don't even remember sharing them), offered to have my back at every shared trial and was an eager ear if ever I needed. A type of relationship he shared with anybody who come into his orbit...including everybody here as is clear from the outpouring of love for him. 

dammit. 

rip you old bird. You will be missed something fierce.

 
Charlie Steiner said:
I was only half right when I posted earlier that we shared DMs about mundane things. We had 2 private exchanges, one of which was related to pop culture, but the other was him asking me for help...

One MLK day a couple years ago, I had posted a link to Dr. King's Drum Major Instinct sermon, and wikkid asked me for the link. He felt it supported his aforementioned belief that helping others was the key to our own happiness. I felt 10 feet tall that I had done something that had meant something to him.

TBH, I only put this here to put up the link to the sermon again; it meant a lot to wikkid, so I hope everyone gives it a look for themselves.
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Oh man.  I know the sermon.  This is beautiful.

 
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