Question: When was Conrad Askland born? If he has died, when?
Answer: To the best of my knowledge I am still alive. I plan on continuing in that fashion until directed otherwise. Born 1966.
Now I should add that in December 2005 I did indeed post announcement of my death on my website. I will sheepishly justify it as representative of a spiritual death and rebirth. The sublime philosophy and genius introspection of this grand act was not shared by my friends who were not very happy with me about it. In retrospect, I admit that the additional dates of body viewings and detailed instructions for funeral donations was perhaps in bad taste. You may add it my list of eccentricities and bad judgement.
When realizing my folly, the announcement was updated to: “The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” A Mark Twain quote many of us love, but few get to use with real life plot and drama.
On the plus side, it did provided me with several free lunches from friends who wanted to meet with me for apologies. In closing I would like to add that I am available to give apologies on any subject to anybody, as long as the task can be performed concurrent between bites of free food.
Being eccentric gets you free food???
I’d be willing to honk like a goose and wear gum-boots if it would persuade
any member of our clan to cook a holiday dinner.
Where do I sign up for classes?