I originally wrote this memorial on the night of October 31, 2015, when I learned of the death of my friend, Todd Blaeuer. That was one year ago this week, and I have moved it to American Path[o]s to make it more permanent and more accessible.
As one who talks and writes and, in some sense, “performs” for a living, I am not accustomed to being at a loss for words, as I have been for the last few hours. I feel compelled, on this Halloween night, now that my house is quiet, to change the clocks to standard time and go to bed.
The news of the death of my old friend and fraternity brother, Todd Blaeuer, has made that impossible.