For sure. And he would be cringing at all the DNPs going on in Baseball Challenge right now.

Good thing I'm not playing.

Nice to see you around, DC! I hope all is well with you.

Hey Plaw,

This is my first post in the forum after 2 years of absence. I feel so guilty for not writing in the longest, and surely my next post will be a big hello in another thread, but I just wanted to stop here first and let you know that as thrilled as I am to chat again with all the great members here, it also bothers me to know that you will not be posting as well. I've been here long enough to see you join this forum, and long enough to see you slippin down that horrid slope. But that time in between was no less than a privilege.

I just miss you Plaw...always will

Rest in peace, plawrence.

It's been a while since I've been to this forum and I was greatly saddened to hear of your passing. Looking back at some old posts I started to recall all the great conversations we had about many things, including both of our love for poker. I just wanted to pay my respects to a great forum member and I hope he wasn't in too much pain.

Rest in peace, plawrence.

I joined in 2005 and wasn't a big poster and reader in the last few years of his life. I don't know anything about PLawrence other than he posted some great stuff and everyone that knew him loved him and that's he a Legend here on GangsterBB. Can you tell me a little about him? Family life, What restaurants he like to eat at, what books he liked to read, music, etc. Thank you

The fortieth anniversary of Woodstock is upon us. I don't know if Paul attended; my guess, he did. He and I were close in age and musical taste. We mused over a particular song for its lyrical alliterations; Helplessly Hoping, by Crosby Stills and Nash who were a big hit at Woodstock. (Helplessly Hoping her harlequin hovers nearby.......wordlessly watching he waits by the window and wonders....). So, I thought I'd pay homage to our friend with my version of Helplessly Hoping - pitchy notes and all.
Helplessly Hoping

That's you singing? Bravo. Great job.

Take a big bow, MC, VERY VERY NICE!!!!

WOW!!! Excellent job my friend! Outstanding!

I'm sure that our friend Paul is looking down and appreciating this tribute that you've given to him.

Very nice, MC!

MC,

That is great! Nice job! I swear PLaw mentioned he was a Woodstock. It just seems we had the conversation at one time on the BB. Regardless, I'm sure he is looking down smiling at such a nice tribute.


TIS

Thank you! I really enjoyed it.

That was very powerful, MC.

I especially like this video of a young Stephen Stills and Buffalo Springfield, which I posted in Afsaneh's shout-out thread after the Iranian revolutions broke out. In this performance David Crosby was invited by Stills to stand in for the absent Neil Young, and it was shortly thereafter that Crosby, Stills & Nash was formed.

You did really good by both he and Plaw with that tribute!

MC,
That was a wonderful tribute to our friend Plaw. You did a great job.

Grade-A, MC! Take a bow! Wow, do we have talent here!

Paul definitely would have appreciated that, MC. He was a man of taste. He showed it in his choice of restaurants, food and wine, in the way his condo was decorated--and in his demeanor. The last time all of us had dinner together, Paul asked if I could bring a Sixties Bordeaux from my collection. I brought a '66 Chateau Latour, and we all shared it. That was the last time I saw him.

3 years ago today, and still (and always) missed.

And loved.

Seriously missed indeed.

I'm very lucky to have known him here, he changed the way I look at so many issues for the better.

Miss you, my prince.

I can't believe it's been 3 years. Where has the time gone?

I miss you my friend. I'm sure you've been watching all the craziness that's been going on.

I never knew you Plaw, but from what I heard, I wish I had.

3 years, how quickly those years have passed.

3 years! My goodness!

Yes, it is sad that we lost a very valuable member of these boards. It's even sadder that we lost a very good and sincere friend.

But I do know this. Paul did not and still would not want us to be saddened when we think of him.

Instead he wanted and still would want us to remember the good times and the happy times that we shared with him both on these boards and in his presence.

He wanted us to remember him - not with tears in our eyes - but with a smile on our face.



"Remember me with smiles and laughter,
for that's how I'll remember you.
If you can only remember me with tears,
Then don't remember me at all."

Though Lord knows Plaw & I did not get along on the Board...(thanks in large part to my obstinate attitude because he did try)...I'll always recall his jovial, easygoing and friendly demeanor at the one BB dinner in which I took part (just about 4 years ago).

Plawrence, while your close friends on the BB suffered a far greater loss than I did...I do salute you & your memory for the legacy you've left. It is a testament to you that your presence will ALWAYS be felt on the Gangster BB!!



Apple

I cant believe its been 3 years. God Bless him.

Just saw the picture of Plaw and his dad on here, and it almost made me cry. I only knew him after he was sick, and it was so sad to see him tanned and healthy and what he became.

He was a special man. I miss him to.

Didn't P. Law publish a "Night Before Christmas" poem about The Godfather? If so, I wish one of the moderators could find it and put it up for the season.

Yes he id DT. I see it's on the 2nd or 3rd page or so of this thread, but when I click to open it, the link is dead.

Anyway, that is a great poem. Good enough to be published if you ask me. He was a master of words, let alone a GF Christmas poem.

TIS

That poem has become a Christmas Eve tradition in my family. I printed it out and we pass it around every year.

I've not posted here for wayyyyyy too long and was very saddened to hear of Plawrence's passing. May he Rest In Peace