On Aug 25, 2011, at 5:32 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
> Anyway, he's an old friend and someone old timers here will remember Joe from this list and its precursor, Bad Subjects list. His name was Joe Noonan, he lived in Houston, and he sometimes went by the handle, "budge".
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> Noonan passed away. The date is incorrect, but the obit is for reals. It mentioned his wife, his ex-partner, and I see the names of people in the comments section to whom he sometimes referred in our conversations about his work.
Oh man, that's sad. I liked Joe. 51, man, that's young.
Doug