tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post8870758148905843339..comments2024-01-21T10:04:31.352-06:00Comments on Searching for Ithaka: Just Call Me AlexAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-84132215084267274482013-06-17T10:32:19.756-05:002013-06-17T10:32:19.756-05:00Well, yes, you do have some unfinished business an...Well, yes, you do have some unfinished business and see him in the next world, don't be late!<br /><br />Those chess tournaments out front of the house were extremely cool with you and Mike McClure as the Chess Kings. Fascinating how phases like that roll through life and you can't keep them going indefinitely but it's cool that they ever existed at all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-25876352077178443902013-06-17T06:35:25.979-05:002013-06-17T06:35:25.979-05:00I remember playing chess with Alex. Our first game...I remember playing chess with Alex. Our first game I think I surprised and riled him by rolling him off the board. He grumpily demanded a rematch in which I underestimated him and allowed him to have the upper hand. I figured we'd have a deciding third game and rubber match to settle things so I was prepared to take off the gloves, the old man was going down. He suddenly jumped up and wouldn't play me another game, ever. I always felt we had some unfinished business on the board. Hey Alex, you owe me another game in the next life! Laughing Geckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879624866473804751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-80142761622560041202013-06-16T16:20:38.777-05:002013-06-16T16:20:38.777-05:00He wasn't even faintly impressed by corporate ...He wasn't even faintly impressed by corporate achievement - lol<br /><br />You know very well what got his attention and that was the chess boards on the front path! (laughs)<br /><br />I've wondered if that was something he taught us or if we were cursed by some gene that drives one to make stuff as all of us do it. Just got to be making something!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-66064262770449850172013-06-16T16:05:09.717-05:002013-06-16T16:05:09.717-05:00He would have been proud of your rolling abilities...He would have been proud of your rolling abilities. He was also proud of the fine, overachieving friends you surrounded yourself with. I do think he instilled an appreciation for being creative in his children. The whole family was one of the most interesting I'd ever met. Laughing Geckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879624866473804751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-75804892013226774672013-06-16T14:56:37.186-05:002013-06-16T14:56:37.186-05:00Sometimes the lesson was to do it the opposite fro...Sometimes the lesson was to do it the opposite from how he did it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-23463824500022760872013-06-16T14:35:21.540-05:002013-06-16T14:35:21.540-05:00I did learn my knowledge of handling money from hi...I did learn my knowledge of handling money from him. I never did understand how someone as smart as he was that could not understand how to run a family budget. But would run the budget for the computer centerand the bio sci dept with easeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-31702754001287692582013-06-16T13:58:56.497-05:002013-06-16T13:58:56.497-05:00None of us felt we could touch him intellectually ...None of us felt we could touch him intellectually and that was probably his worst lesson (laughs).<br /><br />He did give us a great love of music even if we resisted mightily what he was trying to show us. It couldn't help but have an effect. Even so, I believe the need to play came from Anne as I will never forget her singing in Australia while she was cooking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-10316890605072716232013-06-16T13:57:01.337-05:002013-06-16T13:57:01.337-05:00Geez, I had the reply all together and Internet cr...Geez, I had the reply all together and Internet croaked again. Grrr....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-76516352293904238382013-06-16T13:47:05.496-05:002013-06-16T13:47:05.496-05:00I learned very little as a father from him. I di...I learned very little as a father from him. I did admire his passion for knowledge. He tried very hard to be a great father but his passion for knowledge always got inthe way. <br /> My fondest memories of him always revolved around go-karts. The only place that I really believed he respected anything I did. I do.admit that I never did anything intellectually to even.comeclose to deserving his respect. <br /> He should have been.proud of my joint rolling skills. I do believe I could roll a single paper on a motorcycle andit look great. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com