Mike was a wise man, kind and generous. I am deeply indebted to him and I have learned so much from him. A great American, creator of both value and culture. I will write about our friendship on my blog. Requiescat in Pace! Peter
On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for relaying the unexpected news of Mike Carrell's departure > from our sphere of influence. > > > > Mike was a critical person in my life. More than fifteen years ago Mike > took the time to fill me in on what was going on over at BLP. One day, > during one of our numerous exchanges he mentioned this other weird > discussion group infested with posters who hung out on in a place called > Vortex-l. It was squarely Mike Carrell's fault that I ended up attaching > myself to this rambunctious group of seekers-of-the-scientific-truth. My > God! That was well more than fifteen years ago. We had numerous private > email exchanges and some enjoyable phone conversations over the span of our > long-distance friendship. I regret that we never had a chance to meet in > person. We almost did when we were both still on Mr. Krivit's BoD. But life > intervened as it often does. > > > > One of the unique things about my experience of Mike was how incredibly > patient and civil he always managed to remain with no matter who he might > have been communicating with, both on the Vortex-l, but also on Luke > Seltzer's now defunct Yahoo Hydrino Study group. Peter Zimmerman, one of > the most vocal and staunchest critics of R. Mills Hydrino theory and the > alleged BLP experimental evidence, an individual who occasionally attempted > to patronize Mike over his Mike's presumed ignorance of how > institutionalized physics really explained how science works, never once > got Mike's ire. Mike just plodded on. Mike always stuck with the facts as > he understood the facts to be. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing personal. > > > > Mike once told me he wanted to live long enough just to see "the curtain > go up" on what he hoped would be BLP's ultimate accomplishment and gift to > the planet. I'm sure he felt the same way about CF as well, though clearly > his favorite poster child was BlackLight Power. I like to envision that > Mike is currently spending some of his now copious free time pretending to > be a fly-on-the-wall over at BLP's labs - and probably over at Rossi's > establishment too. He certain deserves a front row seat. > > > > Mike was one of the most civilized individuals I ever had the privilege of > meeting, and I will miss him. > > > > Regards, > > Steven Vincent Johnson > > svjart.orionworks.com > > zazzle.com/orionworks > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
