Notable death

@Indonesia-Phil said
Yeah, it's true this time, and there are many who will miss his company, myself included, we became good friends away from RHP and the sometimes toxic and unforgiving forums....

I never met him face to face but he was so very influential in helping me realize something of my creative spirit during the pandemic; recognizing my writing, offering a format and platform to express myself, and introducing me to an amazing group of friends across the pond who I cherish.

FMF, the world is better for your being in it. I hope you and Jerry are having so much fun making music and laughter wherever you are.

If you hear that same sweet song again
Will you know why?
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet
Is passin' by
Laugh in the sunshine, sing
Cry in the dark, fly through the night

Don't cry now, don't you cry
Don't you cry anymore, la, la, la, la
Sleep in the stars, don't you cry
Dry your eyes on the wind, la, la, la, la

**Birdsong was his favorite GD tunes…

Fly through the night, my friend. ❤️

YouTube?si=nskuNTB-ZY_C48e0

@rookie54 said
Joan Anderson, who brought the hula hoop to the world, dies at age 101

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/29/joan-anderson-hula-hoop/3721753833022/

My sympathies to @d and @I-P -- at the time of the public post it didn't seem right to bother either of you by PM for a confirmation, just in case it were really true.

FMF introduced some pertinent phrases into our forum discussions, such as "online disinhibition" and "tall-poppy syndrome".

Now that I have learned more about Indonesia and its history, I have come to appreciate what he was doing with his "Bag of Onions" radio show and how beneficial that must have been to the various contributors locally and around the world.

@hakima said
I never met him face to face but he was so very influential in helping me realize something of my creative spirit during the pandemic; recognizing my writing, offering a format and platform to express myself, and introducing me to an amazing group of friends across the pond who I cherish.

FMF, the world is better for your being in it. I hope you and Jerry are having so much ...[text shortened]... D tunes…

Fly through the night, my friend. ❤️

https://youtu.be/7FiGPrkPPDY?si=nskuNTB-ZY_C48e0

@Proper-Knob said
FMF - longtime contributor to these forums unexpectedly passed away this week.

@moonbus said
Sorry to hear of his passing. I knew Tom Lehrer in the 1970s, when he was a math professor at U.C. Santa Cruz. We used to talk about black holes over lunch in the cafeteria. He was a modest man, and, I think, a little embarrassed at his slightly celebrity status. He was a hit on the tv show 'That Was The Week That Was', which many think was a precursor to SNL, and of course, ...[text shortened]... s were committed to memory. The Masochism Tango: "go put on your cleats and come and trample me...."

@Earl-of-Trumps said
moonbus,

Was this Tom Lehrer one half of the "McNeil Lehrer Report" on PBS/NPR

Jim Lovell, 97. "Houston, we've had a problem."

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/08/science/jim-lovell-dead-nasa-apollo

@moonbus said
Jim Lovell, 97. "Houston, we've had a problem."

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/08/science/jim-lovell-dead-nasa-apollo

@moonbus said
Unlikely.

In the context of RHP, I think it would be nice to sit upon the ground and share some curry or a meal in honor of FMF.

@Suzianne said
Jim Lovell is one of my personal heroes. Sad to hear he's passed.

Godspeed, Jim.

@diver said
There is an excellent Apollo 13 documentary currently running on Netflix. At least it is in the UK.

It strips away the gloss of the (albeit excellent) movie and dives into the detail exposing the terrifying ordeal.

@Suzianne said
I'd like to see this.

Can you find the name of it for me?