On Sunday, 3 April 2016 23:11:47 UTC+2, Old Guy wrote:
I haven't visited this group for 2-3 years.

Anyone know the current whereabouts and condition of Starlord -- Dennis Bishop, the Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond?

The last I heard was this response from his brother back in August 2014.

Based on his brother's comments, I suspect Dennis may not be with us any longer.

It seems, then, appropriate to use Dennis' signatu

"In This Universe The Night was Falling, The Shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.

But elsewhere the Stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and
along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again."
Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

If one were to weigh the value of one man against another, who is to say that Starlord was not worth his own weight in gold? And, infinitely preferable to some alive today, who should already have been weighed by a rope, rather than move so freely about their tawdry and tacky Elysium. What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?