Archive for May 23rd, 2003
by Tom on May.23, 2003, under Uncategorized
Two things… it’s a short update.
First off, Owen Hart died today, four years ago. If you don’t have an interest in pro wrestling, I understand why you wouldn’t know who he is, but if you followed pro wrestling, you know exactly who I’m talking about. Anyone who knew Owen outside of what they saw on TV knew how good of a person he was. Always the practical joker who made a backstage area a little more comfortable to be around. Owen’s first love wasn’t wrestling, but he was blessed as a great wrestler, possibly better than his brother Bret. After wrestling for a period of time, Owen wanted to retire and become a fireman in Calgary. However, when he was unable to become a fireman, he ended up going back to wrestling to support his family, the very thing that killed him.
In a profession that has been dulled by death within its ranks, Owen’s death was especially tragic, because he didn’t die because of his vices or addictions or out of glory. He did what he was instructed to do, and it went tragicly wrong.
It’s no secret that wrestling pretty much sucks now. What’s ironic is that if you took the wrestlers who have died or been killed together over the last 10 years, you’d have a damn good company that could outproduce anything out there right now.
Anyway, second thing. I wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t plug the Bridgehampton Fire Department website. Black Sunshine Computer Concepts has been working hard on it (with limited resources) and it doesn’t look bad. It’s going to look better once we get more infomation, but I figure I’d plug it anyway.
That’s it for now. The new look for the site should arrive in the next day or two.
