tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post7371156526375249293..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: A Good Ass-Whuppin’J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-37879106742167537832009-01-02T08:21:00.000-08:002009-01-02T08:21:00.000-08:00Count me as a nobody who never got to meet him eit...Count me as a nobody who never got to meet him either, but when I saw the news yesterday I was stunned. This is a tremendous loss for our community, coming on the heels of a year of many great losses.<BR/><BR/>My thoughts are with his family.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-43030526089364963762009-01-02T08:05:00.000-08:002009-01-02T08:05:00.000-08:00Jeff,I am another small fish who had the honor and...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>I am another small fish who had the honor and pleasure to once meet Donald Westlake. I had an opportunity to interview him in front of an audience of crime-fiction writers, editors, and fans at a conference in 2000. (The conference had the extra bonus of being held in the Bahamas in December -- no wonder it attracted so many luminaries.) When I was asked to do the interview, I felt like I'd won the lottery. It was not exactly hardship duty -- I'd pose a small, simple question and DW would be off and running, telling one hilarious anecdote and making one cogent point after another. To say he will be missed is a great understatement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com