At last charity dinner I attended the moderator was going around tables auctioning different donation amounts in a descending order from $5k to $100. And basically if you could only donate $100 you had to wait till the end to raise your hand. I don’t understand why not let people quietly drop their donation amounts in a basket at the end?
I hope this doesn’t come across as self-promotional because this is sincerely the best way I know how to honor bchad’s memory. From ACE’s nonsensical thread (link):
Not selfish at all. Even across the anonymity of the a computer screen he stood out for decency, empathy and most importantly the rare ability to put himself in other peoples shoes and look at the bigger picture. He was a diamond amongst the shit that passes for humanity these days even in a self-selected ‘intelligent’ crowd such as AF.
With his ability to effectively communicate in a manner that transcended all sorts of divisions it was depressing to know he felt like he did not have a place in the 21’st Century especially in a time where it seem too many people like him still might not be enough. He was one of the good ones and at the risk of sounding cliche, he’s gone and the world got a bit darker.
wow this is rough and very sad. a charterholder and a professor from a top univ. no wonder he wrote so eloquently. the world is worse of and i hope he is in a better place.
If IHIHM donates just 1/10 of his annual muni interest, $100k would be raised.
Is it just me or everytime I now see an old thread bumped with Bchad in it I stop to read every word in his post. I used to only glance at most of his posts when he was alive.
From a different thread two months ago, I guess there were little clues, but he was always so controlled and good humored. Twice this year I remember something about his behavior pinging on my radar, but I couldn’t nail it down to anything specific. I guess we figure people like him “have it all figured out” and don’t need help.
The thing that occurred to me later that night was his story about his mother spending the entire family inheritance in her later years and realizing that there was a direct link between that and the final outcome.
