Soooo....
 

Sorry to hear of the troubles GC. Chernabog good luck in the job search.

10 more days til Bon Jovi and Anaheim. 16 more days til Vegas. :)

Sooo, (sigh)

I just received an email that a dear friend of mine passed away. His name was Stu Nevitt and he was the drummer for a band called Shadowfax. Stu took me under his wing about 23 years ago, first as a teacher, then as a mentor, then as a musical collaborator. He was a Grammy award winner. A few years after he won, we wrote a song together for an upcoming album called "Esperanto" and that album was nominated for a Grammy as well.

Throughout the years, we played in bands together, wrote music, and enjoyed each others company. He was a gifted musician and a dear friend and I'm going to miss him terribly.

I'm still in shock.

I am so sorry to hear of your loss MBC. I saw Shadowfax in concert once many years ago (they opened for Spyro Gyra at the Greek) and fell in love with them.

What was the cause of death?

*grabs the Grim Reaper's nuts and twists*

*sigh*

MBC, my thoughts are with you. :(

God, MBC, I'm so, so sorry. I know how much he meant to you. My thoughts are with you and yours today.

No details as of yet. I'm under the impression that this may have happened in the last day or two. No info whatsoever online.

BTD, FWIW, I've always had an easier time getting through my maths in summer courses. I have similar troubles with math (took me 2 tries per semester to get through Algebra I in jr. high/high school, 3 tries to pass Algebra II in high school/college), but every time I made it through with a passing grade was in a summer course. Incidentally, I eventually got smart - took college algebra as a summer course and passed on the first try, but not without much personal wrangling and a few talks with the instructor to explain what kind of help I was looking for when I raised my hand during his lectures.

My biggest problem with math classes is that I don't "speak" math, and math professors, of course, do. They assume you know/remember/can apply things that I can't necessarily, and since we don't "speak" the same language, they have a very hard time understanding what I'm asking so they often just repeat themselves without offering any new info. What helped me was to speak with the prof early on in the course, and let him know that my problem was often that of communication, and that I have to write down absolutely every step (including those they skip because they think we can make the logical leap on our own), and that if I ask a question, I'll be very direct about the info I need, and if he can use different words to answer my question, then often that will do it. Oh, I remember... I explained to him that while he speaks "math", I speak "verbal"... and so what I had to do in note taking was to translate everything he was saying in his "math" language, into my "verbal" language, and write that in my notes to be re-read and actually processed later.

If that sounds familiar, BTD, I'd try that.

If not, find out when their office hours are, and be there every week. I think that's how I passed financial markets (which sounds cool but ended up being the highly mathematical process of options pricing - eek!). I'm almost positive it was a pity C ;)

Oy vey. MBC, I am so sorry :(

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C - it's an online class. All my classes are. I won't be shy about emailing or calling the teacher though. I just hope the math program they use is a good one. Failing is not an option. I do not want to have to take 5 classes in the fall.

Hugs to you MBC. I'm sad and sorry for your loss. I'm with DP in the Grim Reaper who seems to have taken a shine to my friends on LoT lately.

The happy thing is you have good music, great memories and I will bet you, inspiration a plenty too.

:( {HUGS}

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I appreciate it.