Memories of Greg.....

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The above picture was taken at OVFF 20, in October 2004.

I first met Greg McMullan -- filkergem -- at FKO 6, waaaay back in 1996 or thereabouts. I had just finished a one-shot of "Christ Is My Super-Hero". (This was a challenge piece for myself: write a Christian filk song. Even though I was Catholic then and I'm pagan now, I still think of Jesus as one of the great teachers in history.) Greg thanked me for a great song, and gave me his email address. We'd see each other at filk cons and renew our acquaintances.

When R and I were still together. we'd bring M to cons with us. Greg and his wife Maya (aka kyttn) spent time with her and simply adored her.

I remember reading his posts on his karate class, and I was looking forward to the day he'd finally receive his black belt.

Up to and including the day he died, Greg had been a great technical resource for me. He was the first to tell me about Portable Apps when I was talking about U3 that is featured on some USB flash memory drives. He also told me about HAL91, a version of Linux that fit on a floppy disk, when I was talking about some system problem I was having.

The filk world -- and my world -- will be poorer by his absence. He will most definitely be missed.