I’ve made a 4 page memorial, Remembering Wally http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/wally.adp
I’m not going to use my signiture for the rest of the month. Tomorrow I’ll lay a flower at the local monument for people who died at work.
Keith
Forgot to include this in my last post, but on my left hand I have written “Putz” and on my right “WallyM7”
Doing both until I forget to do so, which won’t be for a while.
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Wrote “PUTZ” across my bandaged left hand.
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Actually use “putz” in regular conversation.
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Going to share a Molson with a friend in commemoration.
Techchick, thank you for that beautiful banner. Although it breaks my heart to see it, he would be proud to know it was put there for him.
I’m not sure I understand the no .sig thing, though. Since Wally is the one most known for creating them, I don’t get how not using them is a tribute to him in any way. Anyone care to explain? Or are you just doing it because someone suggested it?
Me:
I lit and burned a memorial candle for him.
I covered all the mirrors in my house (it’s a Jewish tradition).
I tore the breast pocket on a black t-shirt and have been wearing that. And when I don’t have that shirt on, I have a piece of the cloth from the pocket torn off and pinned over my heart on whatever other shirt I’m wearing (also a Jewish tradition).
I posted an excerpt from the last conversation we had the night before his accident here so that other dopers would be able to see what a lovely and joyous evening his last one on earth was.
I haven’t been able to bring myself to participate in any of the threads that aren’t about Wally yet (and it might be a while before I’m ready). But I’ve been paying tribute to him in a way I think he’d appreciate in ColdPutz’s thread that’s “Not” about Wally.
I have sent emails, or posted on the board, with some excerpts from our ICQ chats where he mentions posters here so they’d know how he felt about them and their friendship. I’ve done the same for his children.
And of course I have vowed, for Wally, I will not smoke for the rest of my life.
My Wallymeter reads: Smoke free for 1 month, 3 weeks, 2 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes and 45 seconds. I have not smoked 642 cigarettes, saving $99.59 and added 2 days, 5 hours and 30 minutes to my life.
Bless him for what he did for me. If you can hear me in Heaven, Wally, who loves you mostest? I do, that’s who. With all my heart.
Shayna:
re: the sig line thing, I’m doing it because it was suggested.
Shayna asked:
Someone suggested it, and I’m doing it as kind of a “day without art” thing. Wally was master of the .sig lines, so by not using them I defer to his mastery of the art; no .sig line can compare to his. I will continue to do this until July 1 (give it the balance of the month).
Esprix
I really didn’t know what to do for him. Opalcat got the memorial page taken care of. And the majority of you know him better than I ever did, so it was probably easier to think of something.
When he signed my guestbook, he told me his favorite poem was “I Believe” (www.geocities.com/pepperlandgirl4/believe.html) so I dedicated it to him. And when I publish these poems, the dedication will stay on there. It wasn’t much, I know. But it was the best I could do.
Thank you for explaining that, Esprix. I guess it makes sense, if you don’t have a Wally sig. Since he gave me mine, I don’t think he’d mind if I used it, though.
My “Wally .sig” is the only thing he ever said to me, so far as I know. So I’m going to hold off on using it, to the best of my abilities, until I start using it. I don’t know when that will be. My old sig line was so inadequate.
I know it sounds odd, but I’m thinking of nameing a son(if I have another one) Wally.
It’s a family name anyway, and well,its a way of honring him also.
I’ve made an effort to let people ('round here and in general) that my door is always open to them.
I’ve cried like a baby everytime I’ve had a few minutes away from my son. Well, except for yesterday when we were in the car listening to the oldies station and “Turn, turn, turn” played… Today’s going better, though. Haven’t shed a single tear, though they’ve welled up a few times.
Otherwise, I’ve just thought about him a lot. I guess it isn’t much, but it’s what I can do.
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the kudos on the banner.
Please make a note to thank The Reader for donating space for the time it’s up. That was very kind of them!
In addition to the banner, the Vegas trip has been dedicated to him and the Vegas people and his family (Shayna, I need your help) will get Vegas shirts (Vegas Dopefest 2000 on the front) with the :wally “Wally Putz Smilie” on the back.
Once I get that recreated, I will send anyone the file so you can download it and have your own shirts made 
I don’t know how well the inkjet tranfers work but that is an alternative.
(I would do an all out run of shirts but I can’t take that much on folks, I apologize for that. I can’t see me having 200 shirts made and ship them all out, plus the money etc…)
Techchick, the banner is beautiful. Thanks to you for doing it, and thanks to the Reader for donating the space.
As for what I’m doing in remembrance of Wally, well, I’m living.
I miss Wally terribly. I will always miss him. But I think Wally would want us to go on.
My family needs me. My job is still there. The sun is still rising and setting as it always has, and I’m still here, taking up space. So, in remembrance of Wally, I’m continuing on with this business of living. He is never far from my thoughts, but neither is the fact that my checkbook needs balancing, the rug needs vacuuming, and the dog desperately needs a bath.
I have to go on. Wally’s death knocked me for a serious loop, but I have to get back on track. Like Shayna, I’m having trouble posting in non-Wally related threads (I’ve done it, but somehow it just doesn’t feel right yet).
More than anything, though, I think that Wally would want us to keep laughing. He wrote the things he did with the intent fo making us laugh until our sides hurt. I think he’d be really pissed if we stopped.
And Wally, if they have the Internet where you are, and you can read this, I told a friend of mine about the gerbil yesterday. He laughed his ass off.
techchick
I’ll do whatever I can. It would be my pleasure. Just drop me an email and let me know what you need. Shayna61@yahoo.com
Ayesha sent me here to ‘experience’ Wally…I fell in love…
the gerbil made me pee my pants…seriously.
so in rememberance of Wally, I joined SDMB.
I have vowed to go to Vegas if I get a new job.
I can’t go to Vegas, but I’d sure like a shirt
I did something, and I didn’t even know it at the time.
Last night, around 3 a.m., I was awoken out of a sound sleep by the worst leg cramp I have ever experienced. It felt like a knife was plunged into my right calf. My first reaction was to jump out of bed. Unfortunately, there were three things working against me.
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[li]It was 3 am[/li][li]I was only half-awake[/li][li]Somehow I had managed to tangle my left foot in the sheet[/li][/ul]
So, when I attempted to jump (I use that term loosely) I actually managed something more like a launch. (BTW, I have a waterbed, and that makes it difficult for me to get out of bed even when I’m wide awake and feeling just fine.) My flight was ended quite unceremoniously when I banged my head on the wall. Luckily, I landed square on my dog Herbie, who was also sleeping quite soundly, and he broke my fall. The poor dog managed to get out from under me, and I found myself on the floor, unable to get up because one leg was still tangled in the sheet, and the other was still cramping up. So there I was, lying on the floor of my bedroom, unable to get up, tangled in my sheet, and in great pain. My first thought?
What a putz I am!
Rose
Not being able to even imagine the pain of losing a beloved spouse so suddenly, I am doing my best to let my husband know how much I love and appreciate him.
And thank you, techchick, and the Reader.