carabimero wrote:
Before my grandfather died, I had a series of startling conversations with him, one in which he explained how he came to know and accept that he was losing his hearing: he could no longer hear certain parts of a recording he'd been listening to for decades of Beethoven's Ninth symphony. He felt akin to Beethoven and said that music was helping him make the passage to the next life easier.
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Your grandfather is in good company!

  

My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!