Comments on: Name That Tune: News on Scraps

By: News From a Small World « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’

News From a Small World « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:20:17 +0000

[...] News From a Small World Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 by jb The music-blog world can be a surprisingly small one. We develop relationships with people solely through our keyboards and a shared interest in our ongoing conversation. We may never meet in the real world, but our virtual relationships feel a lot like real-world relationships nevertheless. So I was quite sorry to learn this morning that one of the regular commenters around here, Scraps, who is also a fellow contributor at Popdose, suffered a stroke last week. Many of the signs are good, but it’s likely that he has a long recovery period ahead, and like many writers, he’ll have to find his way through it without health insurance. More details and a way for you to help are here. [...]

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:50:05 +0000

I've been reading Helen's updates, and if you haven't been, here's a great one from yesterday that will no doubt lift the spirits of everyone who's enjoyed Scraps' diverse music taste:

"My nephew, Franklin, came by. He and Soren have done some serious bonding over r&b and hip hop music. Franklin 'suggested' that we try something other than Simon and Garfunkel, and chose a Public Enemy/Anthrax song (I don't know the title, but everyone else on the planet seems to)... so we changed from my .mp3 player to Franklin's iPod. Soren went from eyes-closed, asleep-looking, to eyes-open, turning to us, and glower of 'What the F*** are you doing?' in about three seconds. Franklin, of course, said, 'It was her idea; I tried to talk her out of it.'

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:50:05 +0000

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:50:05 +0000

By: David_E

David_E — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:34:31 +0000

My donation comes with with tenfold prayers and hopes for a speedy recovery.

By: GrayFlannelSuit

GrayFlannelSuit — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:10:53 +0000

Wow, that sucks big time. I wasn't able to donate much, but I suppose it all helps.

By: MichaelFortes

MichaelFortes — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:57:01 +0000

I'm in shock… this is terrible news! I hope his recovery is as quick and painless as humanly possible. Scraps, if you see this, we're rootin' for ya! Hang in there!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:43:11 +0000

What horrible news.

As one of the first people to play the game every week (when the easy ones were still up for grabs), I also plan to be one of the first to donate. No one should have to be without medical insurance in this day and age.

Please let Scraps know how much I appreciate Name That Tune and how sorely he'll be missed. My thoughts are with him, and I'm hoping for a quick recovery.