My FB Posts Today:
I put Brendan’s electric green bowling shirt on, and drove to the Derby Skate Park while listening to his favorite Bowie soundtrack, to visit Brendan's skateboard bench. It’s being used EXACTLY in the way he would have wanted it to be used! Wallets, keys, smokes, beer, MJ, even a green lighter! I introduced myself to the boys. I asked them if I could take a few pics because today would have been B’s 44th b-day. The guys wanted to “clean all the stuff off of it first.” NO, no, no!” I said, “this is what Brendan would have been doing on a bench like this.” They replied, “We sit on this bench every single day.” They were truly the sweetest young men!
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Hello friends. Brendan would have been 44 years old tomorrow, Jan 18th. He'd probably be celebrating with his good friend Vinnie Chiarpotti (whose birthday is today). He would most likely go skateboarding, bowling and playing darts while drinking his traditional Coors beer and slowly sipping shots of whiskey. (He thought it sacrilegious to 'throw-back' a shot.) Have a toast to him this weekend. I'm not a drinker so instead I will visit his Memorial Skate Bench. I'll make his favorite food, buy his favorite TJ snacks and listen to his favorite David Bowie Soundtrack. Here are the lyrics that I think describe Brendan the best, appropriately titled: 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'.By Pink Floyd.
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