This may be the last time I do this... 🕯🔯
2018-May-15, Tuesday 09:31
Tod Douglas Megibow (z"l), 1951-2012. May his memory be a blessing.
I said kaddish for him last night, on the beginning of the first of Sivan, and lit the candle. This picture is from this morning. His obituary is still online here.
I did not get the chance to know him very well. We only interacted a handful of times, since he was very busy with practicing law and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
schoolpsychnerd and I lived in Japan for three years. He thought fast and talked fast, like he was trying to get just a few more words out than the flow of time would let him. I honestly found him a bit overwhelming, but as far as I know, he liked me. He liked my level head and my thriftiness. I wish I had gotten the chance to know him better, to hear more of his stories. I wish he had been able to visit us in Japan, or in Chicago. He wrote a book based partially on his life. I've never read it.
In the interview linked there, he said:
( Psalm 130 )
I said kaddish for him last night, on the beginning of the first of Sivan, and lit the candle. This picture is from this morning. His obituary is still online here.
I did not get the chance to know him very well. We only interacted a handful of times, since he was very busy with practicing law and
schoolpsychnerd and I lived in Japan for three years. He thought fast and talked fast, like he was trying to get just a few more words out than the flow of time would let him. I honestly found him a bit overwhelming, but as far as I know, he liked me. He liked my level head and my thriftiness. I wish I had gotten the chance to know him better, to hear more of his stories. I wish he had been able to visit us in Japan, or in Chicago. He wrote a book based partially on his life. I've never read it.In the interview linked there, he said:
"In this business if you don't laugh, you cry."He and my father built the chuppah together, for the wedding.
( Psalm 130 )
