Bob Shirley

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Some time in the 1980s I was invited by Dan and Bethany to join them at the house near the beach they had rented for the month of August. Cannot remember the year but pretty sure both JD and Chad were with them. One night, the adults (there were at least three other...
Ananda Timm-Zderic

Ananda Timm-Zderic

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Big hearted, don’t fuck with me man, Dan Machete in hand, Mexico city, solidarity with Atenco; wait now I’m at LAX, Dan Open my table and home to you, make myself available to you, always kind, but dare you cross, Dan To be bold, to give a shit by not...
Talks: Index

Talks: Index

by | Talks & Charts

Writing a good talk is about connection. Connecting ideas, connecting causes and effects, connecting to the people with whom you are speaking. One of the first things you notice when you are looking through the binders of talks that Dan Leahy prepared is that he...
Steve Hughes

Steve Hughes

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I know I am not the only one you have touched, and they all have their own stories. Mine is this: you gave me one of the greatest gifts I have ever received in my life as an organizer. When Becka and I were two trouble-makers playing union at Evergreen, you took the...