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Go with God, Jeannie

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Murphy’s lost his adoptive mother and best friend Jean Marie, who died the evening of November 29, 2007. Murphy was on her bed.

She found Murphy, a small Gund bear, alone and naked, in a Sonoma bed and breakfast in 2004, and immediately adopted him. His first race was just a week later at Laguna Seca, though he didn’t write his first column until July 2005. (Jeannie’s contributions to race coverage over many years is described here, at Last Turn Clubhouse.)

Murphy’s not sure what will become of him now, but he’s certain nothing ever again will be quite the same.

Farewell, Jeannie.

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66. Redacted

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Murphy got a call the other day from Connor the Beaver.

“Hey, Murphy,” he said. “How are you?”

“Fine, Connor. And you?” responded the Bear. (Murphy was waiting for a shoe to drop – being a busy beaver, Connor never calls just to pass the time of day.) (more…)

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65. Murphy’s New Fairness Rools

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Boss Patrick Peter over at the LMS stuck it to Frans Verschuur and his Porsche Spyder team, extorting an agreement to use one or more amateur drivers. Peter thinks the other LMP2 entrants will quit otherwise.

Murphy applauds the work boss Peter is doing to eliminating the evil of competition from the sport. The Bear was worried wealthy sportsmen wouldn’t deal well with the emotional burden of ignominious defeat at the hands of evil professional drivers. Besides, a Spyder costs so much a run-of-the-mill multi-millionaire can’t afford one. They’re stuck with mere Lolas. Quite unfair. (more…)

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64. A Big Day for Bears, Busted, and bit of other Stuff

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Party Time

A friend in Sebring wrote to Murphy this morning and it’s got him jumpin’ an grinnin’. He had no idea of such a thing, but it seems today, November 16, is Have a Party With Your Bear Day. Honest, golly gee, here’s the web site.

Balloons, banners, cake. Murphy’s getting together Heidi, Charles, Lovey, Little One, and Orphan, for a big time.

Does the Bear get presents? (more…)

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63. Murphy in the Big Time – His very own Cyberstalker

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Murphy figures he’s finally made the “big time.” He’s under assault by a cyberstalker.

This is after official denials of a story this summer. Quotes from a “high Champ Car official,” and a statement from IMSA’s CEO after a request from CCWS. “They got real excited over there (at Champ Car)…” the Bear was told. Hey, as Murphy’s told you before, if someone’s talking about it, it might well land in a Bear Poop.

Which brings us back to Murphy’s very own cyberstalker. The Bear’s admin department noticed it first, while the Bear was visiting his friend Jeannie in the hospital. When he got back, Murphy himself noticed the oddly hostile comments from a certain “nbcarson” on his last blog. He responded, as usual, with some humor, and a hint, just bantering, ya know? What he got back was venom. The Bear didn’t even notice the links. Not then. (more…)

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