Sams_Island
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My condolences to those who really knew the writer and the person. Clearly there is solace to be found in the sincere declarations of fondness, admiration, and respect I am reading in this thread and elsewhere.
And condolences to all the rest of us denizens of Literotica, who have clearly benefited from Ogg's contributions of both stories and thoughts.
On the Memorial Event's theme of Heroism, my recent Nude Day Contest entries coincidentally pivot heavily on that point. Unfortunately, I am reading this thread on July 7, the last day of the contest. If I'd read it back on June 22 when it came out, I might have added Happy Homecomings and Hero's Homecoming to the Memorial Event as well.
I don't suppose our outstandingingly talented and fetching site administrators would be willing to still do that linkage? ;-)
I do have one recent entry in my Story Idea list that might well be able to be spun into a flash story in line with the Ogg Event's theme. First, I've pulled up a (mostly*) random list of stories, poems and essays from Ogg, https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=129447&page=submissions , and will read through them to seek D&G (direction and guidance as we'd say in the military world) from Ogg's words before putting my own to paper.
(* mostly random, because after reading SimonDoom's entry from early in this thread, I had to add https://www.literotica.com/s/whorehouse-chapel to my reading list, since from the description it bears much in common with my Wilder West series from 2008. https://www.literotica.com/s/wilder-west-ch-01 )
Tarnished Penny, Laurel and Manu, thanks for taking on the logistical burden of recognizing a significant contributor and apparently superior human being. One thing I'd like to see, if it can be done with the help of automation or volunteer curating, is a collection of some of the Forum posts that Ogg made over the years. I read a lot of people's comments on how well he added to civilized debate. It would be interesting to read some of the exchanges that led to his reputation for following a custom that elsewhere seems to have disappeared from public discourse.
Again, my condolences, and a toast of the old grog to Ogg.
And condolences to all the rest of us denizens of Literotica, who have clearly benefited from Ogg's contributions of both stories and thoughts.
On the Memorial Event's theme of Heroism, my recent Nude Day Contest entries coincidentally pivot heavily on that point. Unfortunately, I am reading this thread on July 7, the last day of the contest. If I'd read it back on June 22 when it came out, I might have added Happy Homecomings and Hero's Homecoming to the Memorial Event as well.
I don't suppose our outstandingingly talented and fetching site administrators would be willing to still do that linkage? ;-)
I do have one recent entry in my Story Idea list that might well be able to be spun into a flash story in line with the Ogg Event's theme. First, I've pulled up a (mostly*) random list of stories, poems and essays from Ogg, https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=129447&page=submissions , and will read through them to seek D&G (direction and guidance as we'd say in the military world) from Ogg's words before putting my own to paper.
(* mostly random, because after reading SimonDoom's entry from early in this thread, I had to add https://www.literotica.com/s/whorehouse-chapel to my reading list, since from the description it bears much in common with my Wilder West series from 2008. https://www.literotica.com/s/wilder-west-ch-01 )
Tarnished Penny, Laurel and Manu, thanks for taking on the logistical burden of recognizing a significant contributor and apparently superior human being. One thing I'd like to see, if it can be done with the help of automation or volunteer curating, is a collection of some of the Forum posts that Ogg made over the years. I read a lot of people's comments on how well he added to civilized debate. It would be interesting to read some of the exchanges that led to his reputation for following a custom that elsewhere seems to have disappeared from public discourse.
Again, my condolences, and a toast of the old grog to Ogg.