Bob Biederman

Posted on: May 29, 2023 at 5:14 PM

Here's to Roger Watson:
Memorial Day is a special one for our friend Roger Watson. It feels good to know somebody who has so embraced the identity of his service in the Marine Corp. It’s a central part of who he is. The good part. Another good part is the idea that he really loves to read the ideas of Thomas Sowell. The guy who lives in between those two poles is a large handful of a friend worth working at.
Thanks for your sacrifice, Roger, on this special day.
And thanks to whomever it was that created this NNHS web page that has brought so many people together who might never have thought the good thoughts they do from all the warmth that continues to pop up here.

It seems that no volume of words is going to capture what Dave Bliss meant to you or Roger, Alan or any of us. He was not just a person of Faith, but the kind of person that was so successful because he mirrored yourself back at you in the kindest most complimentary way. He was different for each of us with that through-line of his love for Jesus and what that meant to him. He found that kind of love in most everybody he met. Or he at least tried.
I did enjoy that brief few hour visit with him in San Diego because we were able, through his efforts to find that commonality. He had to do a bit of excavating, but he was not a lazy man at all.
Alan used the phrase "doing God's work". I've heard that phrase before. But first you have to find Him and the name is not always Jesus, and sometimes-most times- there is no name at all. But thoughts of Dave Bliss will do nicely without the need for a label. And I do doubt he is "resting" anywhere he might be. He was just tireless.

Posted on: Jan 14, 2023 at 4:33 AM

Posted on: Jan 14, 2022 at 4:33 AM

Taking a moment to remember and thank you for your sacrifice on this day. You're a wonderful standard-bearer for all the veterans we need to remember and honor.

Posted on: Mar 15, 2021 at 2:01 PM

For Roger's birthday- Over the past few years I've gotten to know Roger Watson fairly well. He's a giving and generous person eager to share. I found the following words, written by a Yorkshireman named David Whyte. They are not mine, but the ideas are all about Roger:
"Friendship is a mirror to presence and a testament to forgiveness.
Friendship not only helps us to see ourselves through another’s eyes, but can be sustained over the years only with someone who has repeatedly forgiven us for our trespasses as we must find it in ourselves to forgive them in turn."
There are a few more stanzas worth reading, but these first few lines are a good reflection of Roger

Posted on: Jan 14, 2020 at 4:36 AM

O'Gorman was a friend when there were few. He was certainly a standout football running back and a great homeroom companion. I just wish I had the words to describe what a real guy he was and how much his friendship meant to me.