{"id":3672,"date":"2014-04-29T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2024-07-08T08:54:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:54:20","slug":"bill-patterson-memorial-from-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/bill-patterson-memorial-from-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"BILL PATTERSON MEMORIAL FROM FACEBOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert James<\/a>\u200e
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Monday, April 28 at 11:21am<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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I’m starting to spend time remembering fondly things that occurred with Bill Patterson<\/a>. One of my favorite stories is about his political leanings: Bill always described himelf as an anarchist libertarian, which always amused me because he was always dressed to the nines. When I’d ask about that, he’d say “camouflage.”: Please share any memories you have with Bill below, as part of a celebration of his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jack Kelly<\/a>
\nBill always projected certainty in his own beliefs and opinions. I don’t mean that in any negative way – I admired him. It rubbed a few of our friends the wrong way. His accomplishments inspire me. The determination he exemplified in his life to do what he loved (and to keep grinding at it, day after day, year after year) despite daunting obstacles is an example of both perseverance and self-sacrifice. There will never be another like him. I only met him in person once – at the Centennial in KC in 2007. He was incredibly gracious. Those of us for whom Robert Heinlein was a lifelong inspiration owe him a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
Bill certainly had that tone of authority, especially about things he had spent serious time studying. I rarely found him unaware of a topic, or even a fact — but when he was, he was quite humble and grateful to learn it. I’m afraid I’ve occasionally engendered some of the same response you describe. I think we both felt that the discussion was about the topic, and not the person saying something about the topic. Bill did have a temper, and it could carry him away. He could occasionally use his wit to devastating effect when he saw the need, but I never saw him do so without a modicum of manners and courtesy (the lack thereof is largely what set him off more than anything else).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Jack Kelly<\/a><\/div>\n
I agree, Doc. Bill could be acerbic – yes, he certainly could. However, over the past 20-plus years of following him, I’ve seen him take personal attack after personal attack and NEVER respond in kind. Well, hardly ever. He was a better man than I.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
He tended to think that if somebody was attacking him, it served no public purpose to respond in kind. Privately, I heard my share of opinions…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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On one of our many flights together, there was a family of four or five kids right behind us. The littler children spent the entire flight kicking the back of our seats. At one point, Bill did turn around and ask the mother to restrain the child. When that failed, he simply sat and took it…until I turned to him and said, “You know, there’s a reason they invented laudunum…” To which he replied, “And BBQ sauce…” We spent the rest of the flight debating the relative merits of those two cures, and it eventually devolved into an old Miller Light commercial. (Tastes great! Less filling! became Laudunum! BBQ Sauce!). The mention of one or the other never failed to bust him up whenever we were confronted with unacceptable behavior.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ree Zen<\/a><\/div>\n
I remember the Pop Culture conference in San Antonio, especially the restaurant where he discovered the chicken-fried steak and the berry cobbler. It was so good, we all went back a second night! We had such a great time sharing meals and talking about Heinlein, life, the universe, and everything! And he was in his element at the Centennial, running from panel to panel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Geo Rule<\/a><\/div>\n
I’ll never forget him missing Toronto worldcon (2003) because it never occurred to him to check if he’d need a passport to get into Canada (or more accurately, to get back into the US). He needed a keeper sometimes (said one of his informal keepers, of which there were several over the years).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
Yeah, he was plenty furious about that one, because that had never been necessary before 9\/11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
One of his favorite rants was about the uselessness of the security theater we erected after 9\/11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Kaz Vorpal<\/a><\/div>\n
Yes, like how to this day public schools are miniature police state models, which only started after 9-11, and to this day the socialist thugs running them will say “well, yes, but since 9-11 things have changed”, when there is ZERO actual relationship in any sane way. No terrorist has even vaguely considered some attack that forcing children to walk quietly in lines without touching or locking all doors and making you buzz in will prevent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Almost all of the police state coming from 9-11 was just the existing wish list of the control freak bureaucrats, with an excuse to justify them now.<\/span>

It’s the same as how socialists leaping on the Global Warming myth are just using it as an excuse for their existing agenda. They advocate things that INCREASE “carbon footprint”, like preventing nuclear power, subsidizing recycling, or promoting composting, while claiming it’s to fight “climate change”.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Or stopping fracking for natural gas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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D’oh, best example of all.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
Those weren’t rants I heard from Bill<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Heehee. What’s a Heinleiner without his personalized list of rants?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The death of the service industry in America, on the other hand…that was the one I heard the most.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Geo Rule<\/a><\/div>\n
I usually give that one as “the death of competence” in general.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Bill was a dedicated lover of classical music, which made the following all the more surprising when I swung by to get him one morning. This was his song to get ready in the morning by: <\/span>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KtsGDkB6ESM<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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FTR: high schools became police states first in the mid 70s, with forced busing…. and probably even back into the 60s, for the first roung of integration ..<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Susan Lewis Paciga<\/a><\/div>\n
As one who went to high school in the early 70s and started teaching in them in the 80s, and pulled her kids out of them in the oughts, no. The 60s and 70s were pretty free. We got rid of dress codes, we had a say in what we were taught, we had electives as well as mandatory classes, we could leave the campus for lunch, we could come in late if we had first period study hall and leave early if we had last period study hall. I know most of my teachers treated me as if I had half a brain and would grow into being a human any minute now.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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My students now–and I’ve been working for the same population for 20 years now–have no such freedoms. They have to take classes to ensure they pass state testing–the program where I teach, Academic Challenge is for gifted kids and one of the bennies is that they can drop their home school’s English and math if they’re taking AC after the first semester. This was never a problem up until about 5 years ago. Now, at least half make them stay in class because we are not preparing them for state testing. <\/span>

At least a third of the schools have their kids in uniforms. Khaki pants, skirts and jumpers, plaid tops or navy blue, white or orange polo shirts. I had one student in tears because she wore “real clothes” to AC, was changing into her uniform and realized she had forgotten her belt. She was going to get demerits for not having a belt. And poor, pudgy baby that she was, there was no way she looked good in a tucked in shirt with belted pants. <\/span>

They can’t leave the school grounds. They have to march in rows everywhere. They have to ask permission to leave the room to use a bathroom and there are teachers who refuse to allow them to leave. “You should have gone before. You should have gone during lunch.” These are 14-18 year olds One of the first things I tell them is that I assume they’ve been toilet trained for a bout ten years now; if they have to go, don’t bother me, go. Don’t come back with a soda or a candy bar, don’t be long or go wandering around and bother other people, but if you have to go, go. I remember a public school science teacher flipping out because she told a 16 year old he couldn’t leave the room to use the bathroom, and when he asked for the third time, she told him if he asked again, she’d give him detention. So, he grabbed a beaker and quietly urinated into it. She had him suspended. All the other teachers were commiserating on what she had to put up with when I asked, “Why didn’t you just let him go? The kid obviously needed to go; why didn’t you let him?” They stared at me as if I’d asked why they didn’t just let him shoot up in the classroom. They have to wield power<\/span>

The problem has been getting worse since the 80s, culminating in now. And it’s not just the public schools. When I taught at UMES, a historically black university, I had students miss class to clean their bathrooms because a surprise inspection was underway; they were fined money if their rooms didn’t meet specifications. They, the students, the black students, explained to me, a white woman, that this was necessary because black people weren’t reared to be clean or to have high standards. I nearly swallowed my tongue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Most of that stuff was true in the late 70’s. Clearwater high school stopped being an open campus in 1980… Admittedly Boston in the 70’s and Alabama in the 60’s were special cases, but I think police state to describe your complaints is a little bit strong.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Actually, at least in California, it’s illegal to deny a child the right to go to the bathroom.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Are we gonna talk about Bill or what? Heinleiners (God – or whoever – love us every one) are the worst in the MultiVerse for getting off-topic. Let’s talk about Bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Man, did he love food! Crab cakes and lobster ettouffe were particular favorites.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Actually, he was a working chef at one point in his life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It was obvious Bill loved food. He was a man after my own heart with crab cakes and lobster.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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He used to love to talk about going blackberrying as a boy in Missouri — the Huck Finn aspects of his childhood.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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There was a Chinese place near his work where we used to go to have lunch — popcorn lobster salad.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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That’s awesome! Last summer, I spent an entire day in Butler, absorbing the “feeling” of Heinlein’s early youth. I would have loved to have listened in on that conversation with Bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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He also loved chicken nuggets at Chic-Filet — said it was the only place that did it right.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Thank you, Geo! I can’t say I agree with Bill’s opinion of the flavor of Chc Filet – but I realize my opinion is in the minority. Let’s keep it coming and on topic, folks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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That pick above is at a Bubba Gump’s in Denver (with Herb Gilliland and Deb Houdek Rule that meal). Bill the epicure ordered the “Bucket of Boat Trash”.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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When he was doing the research, his utter joy at finding and sharing new information was the most infectiously happy thing about him. I still recall when he found the contract between Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard to rewrite For Us, the Living. Also, there’s supposed to be a full letter from Cat Sang in the 2nd volume, where she describes at great length the conversation she had with Heinlein about why he and Leslyn broke up.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Those Bubba Gump pics are some of the happiest of Bill I’ve ever seen – with the exception of him and his sister in the parade. Does anyone have those?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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I know and love all those guys, including David Silver (God rest his soul). Look how young Bill looked!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Bill has his priorities straight! I have a bunch of Heinlein stuff that I purchased from Charlie Brown before his death.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Let’s talk about Bill, folks. You (collectively) know much more than I do, and I want to hear it all.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ahh, could be, Robert. I’ve never met Davidoff in person, but I have corresponded with him (not recently, however) enough that I would have googled him and might have a “vaguely familiar” reaction to a pic of him.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert<\/a>, thanks for starting this, and Jack Kelly, thanks for bringing it back to point – for those of us who only had minimal contact with Bill but greatly admire his work, it’s very special to get a feel for him from your memories.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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John Tilden<\/a><\/div>\n
What were Bill’s jobs\/careers (prior to Heinlein Scholar-dom)? Also, have there been any obits published that might have that info–no need to repeat when a link may do. Enjoying this thread.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 3:59pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ree Zen<\/a><\/div>\n
I got to sit in Robert’s desk chair when I was at UCSC.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:01pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
His main job for years has been as a legal assistant. I do know he worked as a chef at one point.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:07pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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David Lubkin<\/a><\/div>\n
Ah, these pictures are reminding me that I did meet Bill, more than once. Certainly at Noreascon 4. And was that when he publicly revealed Elinor’s identity?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:09pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Geo Rule<\/a><\/div>\n
It seems to me I recall him saying he’d worked in Melvin Belli’s office in San Francisco for years. And if you don’t know who that is, well, he was quite a character himself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:10pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Geo Rule<\/a><\/div>\n
Supposedly, some years ago, he was working on an AI (artificial intelligence) project, that was intended to be a commercial project, not just a scholarly\/academic one. Dunno what happened to that.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:12pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Geo Rule<\/a><\/div>\n
During The Great Silver-Patterson Wars of 2004-2005, Bill once threatened to sue Deb and I. Ah yes, those were fun times. It passed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:17pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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John Tilden<\/a><\/div>\n
I had thought Melvin Belli was on Batman, but it was “Star Trek”. Before my time anyway so I get a pass.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:27pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Geo Rule<\/a><\/div>\n
Yeah, Star Trek. The evil angel leading the children. . .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 4:28pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Robert James<\/a><\/div>\n
Yes, he worked for Belli. The AI project was ongoing with Andy Thornton.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 5:44pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Peter Scott<\/a><\/div>\n
Facebook does not do permanence well. We should see about putting these reminscences somewhere more persistent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, April 28 at 6:25pm<\/abbr><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Kay Morrow<\/a><\/div>\n
Transplant it into an Event? The Bill Patterson Memory Memorial?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Robert James\u200e Heinlein Forum Monday, April 28 at 11:21am I’m starting to spend time remembering fondly things that occurred with Bill Patterson. One of my favorite stories is about his political leanings: Bill always described himelf as an anarchist libertarian, which always amused me because he was always dressed to the nines. When I’d ask…
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