Posted on: Oct 16, 2022 at 9:34 PM

IT was great to see you at the reunion. wish we would have had more time to talk.

Posted on: Oct 03, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Posted on: Sep 29, 2022 at 12:06 PM

Very intresting. I spent some time in Brazil in the 90's; Roraima and Amazonia. Very interesting and want to go back. I'd love to hear about what you're doing for worrld wildlife....god know we need it.

Great comments. Glad people are chiming in. I didn't know earl was considering being a pastor or had a strong religious bent. He certainly had the humility and listening skills needed for that. Once when I was in a real low period of my life my second year in university he was my go to person to talk with. He never judged, mimimized or tried to give a bunch of advice....he just sat and listened. Thanks Earl. 

I've visited Earl's mom a few times through the years, maybe this might be a good time if anyone else is interested to go by and say hello to her. I .think they still live in that house on Barryknoll near memorial city

Posted on: Sep 17, 2022 at 6:13 PM

Posted on: Sep 08, 2022 at 5:23 AM

I remember John (everyone called him Earl) coming by the Bookstop in October of 1985 where I worked to say "hi". He was on his offroad motorcycle and just wanted to say "hi" and "bye" because he was going back to school at SFA where he was studying computer science. I was pretty busy and couldn't talk with him so he left and went off back to school. That was the last time I would see him alive. 

A few weeks after that I got a phone call from someone informing me he had been shot in a hunting accident in the Sam Houston National Forest. He was deer hunting with a friend one morning and another hunter mistook Earl for a deer. His friend (I forgot his name) had valiently tried to save him while carrying him back to the road and on to the hospital. There are more details but I've forgotten them.

Earl was the kind of friend that one could count on for anything. When me and my friends wanted to go out drinking and carousing, he would always be the designated driver (he self-designated) and more than once his sober common sense got us out of serious trouble. He drove a rebuilt 1968 blue fast back Mustang he bought for $1,500. He would take it out on Westheimer and race other cars at redlights. He was on the forefront of computer revolution. He built his own computer way back in high school before most people even knew what a computer was. His bedroom was more a laboratory/workshop than a place to sleep with spare computer parts strewn about the room. His mom was so sweet...she was always so welcoming and nice to me and all of Earl's  friends that went by.

Needless to say, his family was devestated and I'm sure they have never forgotten him for a moment. 

Elod...it's Garrett Reed. You've treversed the globe....is there anything else to see?
I remember sailing with you and your parents out in Galveston Bay one winter...I think Nell Boland was with us as well. The boat was beautiful and had a chinese name. I think it was one of the experiences that got me into windsurfing and sailing. see you at the reunion.

Thanks for your honest insightful short bio. I can see how challenging and painful your condition is but what's amazing is your positive attitude. If I had your condition I hope I'd handle it is as well as you have through the years. Garrett