tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53059551830447495522011-11-11T13:07:11.104-08:00A site for friends, family, followers, co-workers and associates of David Marc Fischer. David died unexpectedly August 6th, 2009. He is sorely missed.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522913457942999355noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305955183044749552.post-16107743008552696422010-08-06T00:15:00.000-07:002010-08-06T03:42:09.437-07:00

Remembrances from David’s mother, Liese Fischer(Sent in by David's sister, Diane, on the eve of August 6, 2010, the one-year anniversary of David's passing. See these stories also in "From David's Mother" in the right-hand column of this site.)I don’t remember how old David was when we were in DC. We went to take a tour of the White House. All of a sudden, the guide had David on his shoulders

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David has two friends who recently are putting in some hard work to raise money for charity in his memory. Matthew is doing a bike-ride in August. 100% of all donations raised go to the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center. 100%. To donate to his ride, please go here: http://www.pelotonia.org/ride/riders_profile.jsp?MemberID=53928&SearchStart=0&PAGING Emily W. is running the NYC marathon in

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OK, I keep going through my day and running into things that I know that David would have loved. Loved to see, to discuss, but not necessarily have agreed with completely. Sasha brought this to my attention, and I'm told that I will forever keep running into things that I will want to share with David, and that's OK with me.Here's one. Combining two of David's favorite topics, it is a subway map

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Endless thanks to Mary and Greg for hosting a lovely gathering, and to Frank for reminding us to "always look on the bright side," and for this appropriate gesture, which David would have, no doubt, appreciated!Clare Donohue[Pictured: Mary toasting David with Monty Python Holy Grail ale]

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It's David's birthday today. He would have been 47... It's still hard to find the words to express the depth of this loss... David is so deeply missed today, and by so many... For now, I'll just post this photo of our friend to remember his smile and unmistakable laugh. This is David at a holiday party at my place in December 2004... I was very lucky to have David attend many of my parties/

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September 17, 2009Hello everyone: A few years ago, I forwarded one of David's short plays (titled "Boy Meets Girl") to the chair of our Theatre Department. She liked the play, and produced it in our one-act festival the next year. David came up for the shows, and I think that he was very pleased to see his work get produced on stage.Today, I received a message from the woman who directed David's

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September 17, 2009Hi everyone,Our Celiac Meetup memorial dinner for David was on Monday night [Sept. 14, 2009] at Lilli and Loo, one of David’s favorite NYC gluten-free restaurants. There was a small group of about 15 people who gathered to honor and remember David. We started the evening with one of our group members reading a mourner’s kaddish and then we continued to go around the table and

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September 17, 2009I said in my eulogy that David and I would call each other to talk about fairly obscure things from our past. As I was driving to work this morning, I thought of how we would be on the phone today, talking about Mary Travers. But as was typical with these calls, it wasn't for the obvious reasons.Back in Old Bethpage Grade School, located just down Round Swamp Road from the

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September 11, 2009I'll put it on every September 23, and/or I'll send it around the world and have it signed by a hundred people. It's the 2009 New York Mets "Lance Broadway #35" jersey, and it's real to the touch . . .[see "Lance Broadway Fan Club" note below]Ben Kim

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September 3, 2009Here are a few more photos of David, all from the mid-to-late '80s. The one on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is from early spring 1986. The second, if I remember correctly, is from late summer 1989, almost exactly 20 years ago, when we shared a rental van to move to Manhattan, he to his apartment on West 47th Street and me to law school housing. The third is from later that

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August 31, 2009[Re. Matt's note below]I have a similar high school English class David story I need to tell! David and I were in many of the same English classes over the years. One year in high school, we together had Mrs. Greenspan for both English and Poetry. David could never understand why I had a soft spot in my heart for this woman for whom he had no patience or respect. This, of course,

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August 30, 2009[This is] one of my all-time favorite David memories and I can't believe I didn't remember this soon enough to include in my eulogy.We were in Mrs. Davis' English class in 10th grade or so. Brad Sklar and Andy Landis were in that class. Can't remember who else. (When asked if he was cheating on a vocabulary test once, Andy famously responded, "Yes, I was.") Anyway, we had to read

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August 30, 2009I also bought The Watchmen on his recommendation. One of the authors we both loved and mourned was Kurt Vonnegut. I’m glad to hear that he at least got to start the latest Pynchon. My copy came in the mail a few days after he died and I remember thinking how sorry I was I wouldn’t get to hear what he had to say about it. I remember when he was reviewing Mason & Dixon: we started

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August 30, 2009While we were both in college David was the person who told me to read One Hundred Years of Solitude. Knowing him, he probably gave me my copy. In fact, I usually relied on him for my (summer) reading lists, since I was a Biology major with little exposure on my own to new literature. I also read a series of banned books - another David subject, probably because many of his

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August 30, 2009[Re. Richard's note about Pynchon, below]Thanks for sharing with us. I spoke to David the day before he went into the ICU. I was reminded to call him because on my way home I heard a review of sorts of Pynchon's latest book on NPR. I called him, and it turned out David had his copy with him in the hospital and had started it. He didn't have the energy to read it much. He

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August 30, 2009Plucked from the stream of things about which I'd like to exchange thoughts with David:a) The new THOMAS PYCHON, which I might just read, having been on a crime/mystery kick lately (Scandinavian stuff, Hard Case Crime book club).b) Yesterday's METS debut by the improbably named pitcher LANCE BROADWAY. He would've *loved* that . . .Ben Kim

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August 25, 2009I love reading about David!On May 30 I called David to see if he could join me & my son at Citifield as I was given good seats on the 3rd base side for 5/30. Dave & I talked about the Mets since the 69 Miracle but never made it to a game together.Unfortunately he had to decline because he had a performance to review at the same time as the game (as I recall he said this was one of

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August 24, 2009Hi all—I met David back in the mid-90s—we were both on the pynchon-l discussion group (as an aside I can tell you that there's lots of fur flying going on on that list but through flame wars and other nastiness, David was always fair and willing to listen and never was condescending or mean to anyone he disagreed with).There were a few New Yorkers from the list who would meet

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August 24, 20091) When I got my First Real Job (which lasted six months working for New American Library), I was living in Plainview and commuting. For the first week or two, David and I were taking the same train. He gave me all his favorite commuting tips about where to stand on the platform and so on, and he told me how many post offices (? That’s what I remember them being, but that doesn’

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August 24, 2009Okay, here's my David/Mets story...we were dating when the Mets won the 1986 World Series so it was a quite a memorable and emotional time for us! During a fateful game that helped decide the series (I can't remember which one but I think it was actually during the playoffs, I'm sure you Mets fans out there can fill in the blanks), we were walking around Manhattan and people

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August 24, 2009Hi all,Thanks for organizing this [an email list]. I did not even know David had passed away until after his funeral, but wished I was there. (I know stuff like that gets crazy when someone dies). David and I met at UVa, where I remember becoming friends when we shared a class in the history of modern art. He has been such a loyal friend, always keeping in touch, always

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August 24, 2009I *think* I went to a Mets game with David, way back when . . . the glory days of Mookie, Keith, and my favourite Kevin "Big Mac" McReynolds.He gave me and my then husband tickets for a game as a wedding gift, and I think he joined us. They were nose-bleed bleacher seats, and I don't remember much of the game itself, but knowing how much all three of us loved the Mutts, am sure we

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August 24, 2009Dolph's wonderful tribute mentioned David's fandom for the Mets, an up-and-inevitably-down proposition these past few years. I wonder if he made it to Citi Field in this, its inaugural season. I suspect not, because it would've turned up on the blog. I vaguely remember attending a game with him at the terrible Shea Stadium during or right after college, perhaps with Howie in

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August 22, 2009Just wanted to share this. I've been contributing to a new website for New York City homeowners, called Brick Underground, and they've arranged for this small bit to appear, featuring my mention of David and his window blinds (link below). Many of you are familiar with the David window blind story, and it is dear to my heart, since it is how I came to be back in touch with David

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August 22, 2009Erin S., who has this blog, has a touching tribute to David - from the GF perspective.http://glutenfreefun.blogspot.com/2009/08/rest-in-peace-gluten-free-nyc.htmlDave Ruderman

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August 20, 2009Saw this in the paper and could only smile. One wonders if David pulled some strings with the big guy:"The five surviving members of Britain's Monty Python comedy troupe reunite for a 40th anniversary gala in New York, where they will accept a British award and help launch a documentary.The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced Wednesday it's presenting its

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August 17, 2009Hello friends of David,I very much regretted not being able to make it to the services but was somewhat consoled by reading Matt's warm, heartfelt eulogy. Apropos of this, and of Steve Daly's mention of "Taking Woodstock" in the previous message, I thought I would share a small moment of pleasurable recognition that occurred as I was driving to Hunter, NY from the Finger Lakes,

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August 16, 2009Gang,It was so nice to see so many of you at David's memorial last week, and to meet many folks I'd heard David speak of over the years. A big consolation through the shock and sadness was to see how many disparate groups of people David had reached out to, and how carefully he maintained friendships with so many different circles. It's truly galvanizing to see that a life lived in

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August 15, 2009...I'm home in UK safe and sound and dug out my Yearbook, so attached are two photos from the JFK 79 volume.Sue: Hope this is okay sharing, I've always thought it was a great picture of you and David.xxj[Joy Remuzzi]

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August 13, 2009[re. the post below]Thanks, Lisa. Coincidentally, I was just about to send around something that I asked Bob Mankoff, The New Yorker's cartoon editor, to write for my blog, which I put up a couple of minutes ago. I thought it was fitting since David was so devoted to covering the caption contest, and, as Matt mentioned in his eulogy, enthusiastically if unsuccessfully entering it,

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August 13, 2009Just found this on-line, written by Emily Gordon:http://emdashes.com/2009/08/rip-david-marc-fischer.phpLisa Geduldig

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[Info supplied by Ellen Brennan-Hearn on August 8, 2009]For those of you who would like to make a donation to the Celiac Disease Center in memory of David - here is the info:Go to: https://giving.columbia.edu/giveonline/- At Select a School or Division: use the "Select a School or Division" drop down box, and select Celiac Disease Center- Enter Gift Amount- Click on NEXT- When at the next page,

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August 12, 2009[Sent to a large email list of people who knew and loved David]With a LOT of help from Jon Schuster, I was able to create a pdf containing all the text and most photos from David's "Blog About Town."I realize this file is large, and I apologize if I've clogged up your inbox [file was attached]. This covers David's blog from its inception in December 2002 through the end of 2005.

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August 12, 2009All,On the scale of amusing David stories, this one rates pretty low, but please indulge me. I drove to Sunday's service with Cari Howard. Cari, David, my wife Liz, and I all lived in the same dorm during our first year at UVA. David and I were suitemates while Liz and Cari lived in suites on the floors above us. I was telling Cari that I could recall meeting David's parents only

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August 12, 2009Here are a handful from over the years, some silly some less so. Hope you enjoy seeing them.http://picasaweb.google.com/gradyje3/David?authkey=Gv1sRgCO3fntah8qXsYA&feat=email#Joe Grady

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August 12, 2009I mentioned David's idol Bill Watrous in my eulogy. It might have been an obscure reference, even by David standards. Bill Watrous is considered to be one of the greatest jazz trombone players in history, though perhaps a bit overlooked.David gave me a Bill Watrous record for my bar mitzvah, The Tiger of San Pedro, and I must say that though I got lots of cash and checks that day,

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August 12, 2009Dolph mentioned David's imitations of baseball batters' stances...which put me in mind of something David used to do to make me laugh, which was to imitate BOB FOSSE's dance moves...he was actually QUITE a good physical mimic! He really could capture that characteristic Fosse ultra-cool slouch-ing sort of move with a good deal of accuracy. And if you can imagine that on David...it

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August 11, 2009Hello All,Well...David and I "officially" met in our Alzheimer's caregiver support group (every other Monday...6-7:30) two and a half years ago. You get the "Hi, hi, hi" and then some background as each person speaks. David stood out immediately. He became (to me) the smart, funny, practical guy who knew alotta stuff about Alzheimer's and how to handle it. He was the BEST group

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August 11, 2009I met David in 1986 when we both worked at CAMI. David worked in Publicity with Dolph Timmerman, and I worked down the hall in Theatricals. Though we were colleagues for a few years, our friendship really took off after David left for the job with Life.Through the years we went to countless shows, concerts and movies – and other excursions as well. I will never forget the hike that

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August 11, 2009I posted my David thoughts, such as they are, on my blog.http://headinghomeagain.blogspot.com/2009/08/david-fischer-walking-long-road.htmlSasha Nyary

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August 11, 2009Dear all,I have been reading everyone's wonderful stories about David (and Matt's and Anne's beautiful eulogies). I thought I would add a few words to the mix.I met David in a book group in the 90's (he was one of the most devoted of the book groupies and always had so many illuminating things to say). I also knew him as the one who had the brilliant idea of introducing my friend

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August 11, 2009...My memory just dredged up something that made me literally laugh at my keyboard. If you have ten minutes, watch this clip of a 1968 short film starring, among others, Madeline Kahn in her first screen role. David and I LOVED this movie as kids. It's brilliantly funny and yet brilliantly understated at the same time. In a matter of minutes you'll be howling with laughter ad will

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August 11, 2009Dear Friends: Here are some photos of various adventures that I shared with David....1) David's from very first sushi dining a street vendor in Tokyo. (Summer, 1980)2) The LIYO trombone section at the Great Wall of China. (Summer, 1980)3) Strapped in for sail-planing. (mid-1980s)4) Clowning around during a road trip to the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, a wacky attraction in

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August 10, 2009Here's David Fischer and Virginia Pao on October 6, 1996 -- I know the exact date because it was at my wedding.Rich Metter

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August 10, 2009[re. Frank's note, below]Funny, Frank - Harris and I just ate at Risotteria, in MY 'hood, the gluten-free restaurant David always invited ME to join him at when he found himself there, in his honor and toasted him, after returning from the cemetery. I was looking for the owner, b/c he knew David as well, but he wasn't there. I will let him know next time I see him...xoAnne Newgarden

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August 10, 2009[re. Frank's note, below]That so sounds like David! He told me he did that on purpose, to make owners and waitresses remember him and promote the GF agenda. He was very upset when we went to a new groovy place in my old neighborhood in Brooklyn and he could not get the owner's attention for said chatting up (it was pretty groovy and crowded) or convince the waitress that she should

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August 10, 2009Today, I had lunch in a little place here on the Upper East Side (84th and 1st) called Peter's, in David's honor. DF and I had dined there more than once. They offer a gluten-free menu and the food (for the record) is excellent. He'd travel all the way from the West Side and never failed to let me know when he was coming up to my 'hood.I mentioned David's sudden passing to the

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August 10, 2009David,It has always been difficult for me to write for you. As I write today, your service is taking place on Long Island and I am sitting in a hotel room in Portland, Oregon wishing I could be with you, your family and friends. In a way, we are both home right now and I feel as close to you as anyone in attendance at your memorial.I think you knew I struggled when I was writing

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August 10, 2009Matt's wonderful eulogy, and the equally heartfelt words of Anne, Diane, and family friend (Susan?) made us all feel better on such a sad day. Their stories made us laugh and gave us a really vivid, full sense of David's wit, his quirkiness, his enthusiasm for so many things. They also painted a vivid picture of what has been lost - an extraordinary friend, son, brother and uncle;

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August 9, 2009A rare (cell phone) picture of David (Gumby) just before we saw this show in 2005.- Dave Ruderman

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August 9, 2009I hope I can add to the photographs...in the meantime, my memory in words. It got long... I met David my first day of college. I must have met dozens of others too, including Jeff and people who became life-long friends, but where those memories of first encounters have grown hazy, my first impression of David remains vivid. He was standing on the steps in front of the 130s,

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August 9, 2009 OK, here's 2 shots I took. Perhaps the first ever digital photos taken of David. Taken 6/8/2003... I think that the non-silly one was meant for a dating service. - Dave Ruderman

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August 9, 2009Here's David at Floridita's in Harlem about 2 years ago, and goofing around in front of a Caution sign last year because I used to tease him that he was too cautious...Debbie Glasserman

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August 9, 2009From Dave Ruderman

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August 8, 2008Fellow bloggers’ tribute to David:http://www.gladtobeglutenfree.blogspot.com/Ellen Brennan-Hearn

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August 8, 2009[[I'm jealous of you New Yorkers/East Coasters who'll get to join together and commemorate David this weekend. I offer the second draft of what will be a perpetual work-in-progress, and a fairly crummy (but relatively recent!) photo of David (in a sushi restaurant in Baltimore) in '05. -Ben ]] The weather is 103º as I write this, after a record-breaking month of July here in

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August 8, 2009[To Matt Mendelsohn]I should tell you that I visited David in the hospital on Wednesday evening the 29th carrying a copy of what I am currently reading…I showed him what I was reading as I was about to leave – I hadn’t wanted to overstay, as visits, while enjoyable were also exhausting for him – but I sat right back down and extended my visit - thanks to the Mendelsohn brothers!

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August 7, 2009Hi, all. Just wanted to say how truly devastated I am at the sad news of our loss of David. For all of us, it has come as such a surprise. In the words of James Taylor, "Thought I'd see you one more time again." I haven't seen David in a long time. I'm in L.A. now although I lived in NYC after we all graduated from University of Virginia. Anne and I shared our apartment called

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August 7, 2009Me again, I keep finding these little gems. Here's a picture from one of the last times I was in David's apartment, the developing date on the back of the photo says it is from March 91.Joy Remuzzi

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August 7, 2009Here are some more photos of David, circa 1979.David was my date for my prom, so I'm the girl on his arm (for those of you who don't know me personally). The other couple is my best friend Susan, who went to Plainview Old Bethpage High, and her date is Steve Sonkin, who went to JFK. The single photo of David is his high school graduation photo. I'd unearthed these a while back and

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August 6, 2009Top, from left begins with me and Jon Schuster. Not sure after that. Anyone?? Bottom, from left: Adam Lowitt, David, Al Hilber.- Matt Mendelsohn[Steve Mernoff added the following the same day]:Hi Matt,Despite the awful reason for all the emails, this brought a smile to my face. We were kinda cute. But those ties.... That's me on the other side of Jon Schuster.... What memories.

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August 6, 2009What a sudden and shocking loss for everyone who knew and loved David and appreciated his enormous heart and wonderful mind.I'm too numb/stunned to cry, but I'm sure I will soon.Perhaps I will see some of you out at his mom's house....FrankFrank Santopadrewww.comedywise.comFranksantopadre@yahoo.comFrank@comedywise.com

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August 6, 2009Hi All,I've taken the liberty of sending the attached to you all, it's one of my favourite profiles of David.I've also several of his stories and plays, David and I shared a love of literature (we met with him trying to convince me to join the science fiction book club when I was 18, him 17), if any one would like I'm happy to share. I don't know how to ever fill the void that is

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