I have never posted or been a member here. But I have heard quite a lot about “sciforums.”
I am Howard’s little brother, Ron. “HOWARDSTERN”, (Jeff) is my elder brother. He is an investment banker who works at the wtc. Actually, he works out-of-office most of the time and mostly conducts his business on the road, in the field. He was last known to be at the wtc1, Sept. 11. 2001.
I found Jeff’s computer turned on a little while ago, and it’s only window open was, “sciforums.” We haven’t heard anything about Jeff since the day before. I'm at Jeff’s apartment, to make sure his cat didn’t starve......."Taz."
I’ve heard a lot about sciforums. Jeff always talked about the different people here and spoke about so many of you as brothers & sisters. HE is really very fond of the different people, and their ideas. “Howard” always had a hell of a lot of faith in the future, but he’s always been ‘ironic’ to the ideas that he felt were insufficient, or not well thought out.
Jeff is not a racists, but if you don’t know him, you might think so.
The truth is that Jeff had more close African Amewrican friends, Asian, mongol, ... than most people. If HOWARDSTERN said nigger, it was only because he felt the anger of some of his closest friends––people of color. HE would use the word, “Nigger”, as a way to bring shame on everyone....Jeff has Always done that. He never seemed to care what people thought of him as long as the poi8nt was made-----is made! He always drove me crazy by using this negative irony!
I’m not allowed to go and search for my elder brother. The police have turned me back even though I have offered to volunteer & help out. All that I can now do is wait.
HOWARD often has eventually ended up talking about his friends here at sciforums. Weddings, birthdays, family reunions.... he'd talk about his friends here at sciforums.
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They say that there may be people trapped under the wreckage. I am still hoping that Jeff is tough enough to walk out unscathed.. I can only wait.
He would always talk tough on people that he believed were wrong, but I know that Jeff wouldn’t want the military to seek revenge for him. Actually he feels sympathy to those who can’t see hope, but only hatred. He always used to turn around my political arguments (I’m a democrat) into a third party point of view argument. Actually, most of his best friends are democrats, but he’s always been very critical in the hope of making the party better. Jeff has always chose to see the best parts of both parties, not the devices between the two. Howard is not a Republican or a Democrat, but is a student of truth-----cutting and relentless. You never knew where Jeff was coming from, or even why. But he always came out on top.
TAz....jEFF'S CAT.....JUST JUMPED UP ON THE KEYBOARD. He looks like he knows that something is wrong. Jeff always told me that cats belong to NO One. That they are more free than any human being! He said that one weekend while we went on a fishing trip off of Cape Hatteras. We all miss him much.
I asked Jeff why he went under the name Howardstern, about a month ago and he told me that he felt that howardstern always affected evryone, whether they liked him or not. He liked to use controversy and heated debate to get to heart of the problem that people had. He always did the same thing to me. When we were just kids in High School, he would torment me and my ideas by agreeing with me, then to suddenly turn on me and explain why I believed the way I did. I always hated it, but big brother was right most of the time. I guess it was his way of hearing all sides of an argument, and then “expressing” his assessment. Jeff would be a hell of a judge and everyone in the family always told him that he should finish his law studies. I think he would be happier that way.
There are more bodies being pulled out of the wreckage now. Mom and pop were told that they would be notified as soon as anything was found out, but it’s now 1 o’clock & I just called them, with no word. All that I can do is wait for news.
Jeff always disliked living in the city. He told me that he was going to make enough money one day and move out of New York, to the country. He said that he was going to retire early & move into a small town in the Ozark mountains and be a Hillbilly for the rest of his life, or maybe go to Canada, because he thought that the people of Canada were just about the most level headed people left on the planet. He said once that Porfiry was a good example of Canadian common sense.
I’ve been reading some of the writings here and it seems that everyone is really angry at the mid east countries. And if they are responsible for my brother’s death, I’ll probably go along with Bush and want to seek revenge too. And even though Jeff would cross party lines and talk about how he agreed with the current president, I don’t think he would want to be a martyr, and a reason for more deaths at the hands of the military. He talked about it often, but he would always come back and use the militant point of view as an example of how Not to think about life on this Earth. It’s weird because big brother is a 7th degree black belt in karate (gojo ryu). He always said that gojo ryu was about the most honest defense form, since you would be graduated on merit, not on the money that you paid for the belts. If you jumped on my brother, he’ll wipe the smirk off your face pretty quick! But I don’t know of him ever being a bully, not even to me. “Howard” always fought people on their “own” battlefield of choice!
He built his first Ham Radio for a science project, in the fourth grade, but dad helped him. He took 2nd place. Today, Jeff can talk anybody under when it comes to radio and electronics. Some of his wilder future visions were just plain extreme. I’ve seen him tune a carburetor on a ‘65 Impala SS, then replace a magneton in a microwave oven in the same day. Jeff can do just about anything in electronics, or understand damned quickly.
He always told me that he knew how to live out in the wilderness as well as everyone else could live in the city, and that he wanted to get out of the city and exist with the hillbillies. He used to talk about how he knew how to live without power companies, utilities, ect...... Brother could build just about anything. Trust me, I know. Maybe he thought that some of the more creative minds of science could rebuff the bill collectors and build a microsociety of honest, intelligent & benevolent people of knowledge and thought.....
I can’t believe that my brother would be dead by the hands of those people that he wanted everyone else to come to understand and be tolerate of. And I know that everyone is angry right now, and that they agree with Bush to strike back and re-command the respect due to the USA, and to regain the respect that may very well be due. <b>But I don’t believe that Jeff would want the seekers of vengeance to act on his behalf.</b>
....Ron....... Brother of Jeff--HOWARDSTERN--
I am Howard’s little brother, Ron. “HOWARDSTERN”, (Jeff) is my elder brother. He is an investment banker who works at the wtc. Actually, he works out-of-office most of the time and mostly conducts his business on the road, in the field. He was last known to be at the wtc1, Sept. 11. 2001.
I found Jeff’s computer turned on a little while ago, and it’s only window open was, “sciforums.” We haven’t heard anything about Jeff since the day before. I'm at Jeff’s apartment, to make sure his cat didn’t starve......."Taz."
I’ve heard a lot about sciforums. Jeff always talked about the different people here and spoke about so many of you as brothers & sisters. HE is really very fond of the different people, and their ideas. “Howard” always had a hell of a lot of faith in the future, but he’s always been ‘ironic’ to the ideas that he felt were insufficient, or not well thought out.
Jeff is not a racists, but if you don’t know him, you might think so.
The truth is that Jeff had more close African Amewrican friends, Asian, mongol, ... than most people. If HOWARDSTERN said nigger, it was only because he felt the anger of some of his closest friends––people of color. HE would use the word, “Nigger”, as a way to bring shame on everyone....Jeff has Always done that. He never seemed to care what people thought of him as long as the poi8nt was made-----is made! He always drove me crazy by using this negative irony!
I’m not allowed to go and search for my elder brother. The police have turned me back even though I have offered to volunteer & help out. All that I can now do is wait.
HOWARD often has eventually ended up talking about his friends here at sciforums. Weddings, birthdays, family reunions.... he'd talk about his friends here at sciforums.
........
They say that there may be people trapped under the wreckage. I am still hoping that Jeff is tough enough to walk out unscathed.. I can only wait.
He would always talk tough on people that he believed were wrong, but I know that Jeff wouldn’t want the military to seek revenge for him. Actually he feels sympathy to those who can’t see hope, but only hatred. He always used to turn around my political arguments (I’m a democrat) into a third party point of view argument. Actually, most of his best friends are democrats, but he’s always been very critical in the hope of making the party better. Jeff has always chose to see the best parts of both parties, not the devices between the two. Howard is not a Republican or a Democrat, but is a student of truth-----cutting and relentless. You never knew where Jeff was coming from, or even why. But he always came out on top.
TAz....jEFF'S CAT.....JUST JUMPED UP ON THE KEYBOARD. He looks like he knows that something is wrong. Jeff always told me that cats belong to NO One. That they are more free than any human being! He said that one weekend while we went on a fishing trip off of Cape Hatteras. We all miss him much.
I asked Jeff why he went under the name Howardstern, about a month ago and he told me that he felt that howardstern always affected evryone, whether they liked him or not. He liked to use controversy and heated debate to get to heart of the problem that people had. He always did the same thing to me. When we were just kids in High School, he would torment me and my ideas by agreeing with me, then to suddenly turn on me and explain why I believed the way I did. I always hated it, but big brother was right most of the time. I guess it was his way of hearing all sides of an argument, and then “expressing” his assessment. Jeff would be a hell of a judge and everyone in the family always told him that he should finish his law studies. I think he would be happier that way.
There are more bodies being pulled out of the wreckage now. Mom and pop were told that they would be notified as soon as anything was found out, but it’s now 1 o’clock & I just called them, with no word. All that I can do is wait for news.
Jeff always disliked living in the city. He told me that he was going to make enough money one day and move out of New York, to the country. He said that he was going to retire early & move into a small town in the Ozark mountains and be a Hillbilly for the rest of his life, or maybe go to Canada, because he thought that the people of Canada were just about the most level headed people left on the planet. He said once that Porfiry was a good example of Canadian common sense.
I’ve been reading some of the writings here and it seems that everyone is really angry at the mid east countries. And if they are responsible for my brother’s death, I’ll probably go along with Bush and want to seek revenge too. And even though Jeff would cross party lines and talk about how he agreed with the current president, I don’t think he would want to be a martyr, and a reason for more deaths at the hands of the military. He talked about it often, but he would always come back and use the militant point of view as an example of how Not to think about life on this Earth. It’s weird because big brother is a 7th degree black belt in karate (gojo ryu). He always said that gojo ryu was about the most honest defense form, since you would be graduated on merit, not on the money that you paid for the belts. If you jumped on my brother, he’ll wipe the smirk off your face pretty quick! But I don’t know of him ever being a bully, not even to me. “Howard” always fought people on their “own” battlefield of choice!
He built his first Ham Radio for a science project, in the fourth grade, but dad helped him. He took 2nd place. Today, Jeff can talk anybody under when it comes to radio and electronics. Some of his wilder future visions were just plain extreme. I’ve seen him tune a carburetor on a ‘65 Impala SS, then replace a magneton in a microwave oven in the same day. Jeff can do just about anything in electronics, or understand damned quickly.
He always told me that he knew how to live out in the wilderness as well as everyone else could live in the city, and that he wanted to get out of the city and exist with the hillbillies. He used to talk about how he knew how to live without power companies, utilities, ect...... Brother could build just about anything. Trust me, I know. Maybe he thought that some of the more creative minds of science could rebuff the bill collectors and build a microsociety of honest, intelligent & benevolent people of knowledge and thought.....
I can’t believe that my brother would be dead by the hands of those people that he wanted everyone else to come to understand and be tolerate of. And I know that everyone is angry right now, and that they agree with Bush to strike back and re-command the respect due to the USA, and to regain the respect that may very well be due. <b>But I don’t believe that Jeff would want the seekers of vengeance to act on his behalf.</b>
....Ron....... Brother of Jeff--HOWARDSTERN--
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