#Michel Bedard

[chronophotographic-gun]

Smoke Signals (1998)

[korshrimpski]

DRIVERS THAT REMIND ME OF ICE HOCKEY PLAYERS

Hope you enjoy <3

1. Oscar Piastri—Connor Bedard

Reasoning:

Generational talents

An awkward guy but there’s nothing wrong with that

They are both so addicted to the sports they play (e.g. connor rushing his recovery plan after he fractured his jaw and oscar driving with a fractured rib)

They have both been described as cats before

Blonde (yes this is an actual reason)

2. Josef Newgarden—Nathan MacKinnon

Reasoning:

They are both *VERY* intense about the sports they play

They may be *VERY* intense about their sports but they can have fun (e.g. Nathan had a twitch channel and Josef had bus bros (bus bros 🥲))

Josef has (2) indy500 wins and the hockey equivalent is a Stanley Cup which Nathan has

3. Michèle Mounton—Sarah Nurse

Reasoning:

Trailblazers

Inspirations

Icons

Legends

VERY good at what they do/did ((no shit) but what I mean is that Sarah Nurse is an Olympic gold medalist (2022) and Michèle finished runner up in the world rally championship (1982) and helped Audi to their first constructors championship)

4. Lando Norris—Jack Hughes

Reasoning:

Literally the only reasoning is because J.Hughes fans remind me of LN4 fans. Like is we draw a venn diagram the two would 100% overlap (no disrespect to the fans most of you are chill)

5. Abbi Pulling—Aerin Frankel

Reasoning:

Carrying their teams on their back (e.g. Aerin being an amazing goalie and being a big reason for keeping Boston in the playoffs and Abbi having 190 out of Robin Carlins 225 points)

Also Abbi emanates goalie vibes (this is a complement)

6. Mick Schumacher—Dylan Strome

Reasoning:

Promising junior career

Wasn’t really given a chance to succeed (mick at haas and dylan with the coyotes)

But they have now found their footing (mick in WEC and dylan with the caps)

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

"How do we forgive our fathers? Maybe in a dream. Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us too often, or forever, when we were little? Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage, or making us nervous because there never seemed to be any rage there at all? Do we forgive our fathers for marrying, or not marrying, our mothers? Or divorcing, or not divorcing, our mothers? And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness? Shall we forgive them for pushing, or leaning? For shutting doors or speaking through walls? For never speaking, or never being silent? Do we forgive our fathers in our age, or in theirs? Or in their deaths, saying it to them or not saying it. If we forgive our fathers, what is left?"

[camyfilms]

POCAHONTAS 1995

My daughter speaks with the wisdom beyond her years. We've all come here with anger in our hearts, but she comes with courage and understanding. From this day forward, if there is to be more killing, it will not start with me.

[iasirene]

Hunger Games movie but make it 90s

Decided to make a fan cast if Hunger Games was created in the 90s! As an indigenous person myself, I wholeheartedly believe that Katniss, Gale and Haymitch are Indigenous, which is why I chose indigenous actors for them. Cast in order!

1. Irene Bedard as Katniss Everdeen

2. Ryan Philippe as Peeta Mellark

3. Keshia Knight-Pulliam as Rue

4. Thora Birch as Primrose Everdeen

5. Christopher Lee as President Snow

6. Michael Horse as Haymitch Abernathy

7. Michelle Pfeiffer as Effie Trinket

8. Freddie Prinze Jr. as Finnick Odair

9. Jessica Alba as Annie Cresta

10. Fairuza Balk as Johanna Mason

[voidvannie]

˗ˏˋ 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗛 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 ˎˊ˗

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪┊Get to Know Delilah Hughes !

୨୧ Full Name, Delilah Claire Hughes

୨୧ Age, 19 years old

୨୧ Birth Place, Nashville, Tennessee

୨୧ Currently Living, Ann Arbor, Michigan

୨୧ Birth Parents, Michelle Logan, Billy Munson

୨୧ Adopted Parents, Ellen Hughes, Jim Hughes

୨୧ Siblings, Quinn Hughes, Luke Hughes, Jack Hughes

୨୧ Face Claim, Jessie Murph

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪┊FUN FACTS !

୨୧ Delilah was born Wednesday September 22, 2004 at 2:47 AM.

୨୧ Her parents Michelle and Billy were teenage parents that were not ready to be parents and put her up for adoption.

୨୧ She was adopted by Ellen and Jim Hughes when she was six years old after the adults decided they wanted to adopt a little girl.

୨୧ All of the boys were super excited to be getting a little sister and Quinn quickly referred to her as ‘his baby’ even though she was six years old.

୨୧ Because of their one year age difference, Luke & Delilah were the closest (and still are), and after his move to New Jersey, the two stayed close.

୨୧ Quinn taught her how to ice skate when she was eight because she would always get sad when the boys would play hockey and she had to be on her own.

୨୧ From a young age, Delilah was always into music. She took a lot of lessons and learned to play tons of instruments.

୨୧ No matter where she went, she was always singing. She’d sing when she was bored, when she did her homework, when she did her chores.

୨୧ In 2019, she started posting videos of herself singing on TikTok and quickly went viral.

୨୧ She was signed to a record label in California but stays in Michigan with her parents and she goes back and forth to record music.

୨୧ In 2021, her song “Always Been You” gained over 70 million streams on Spotify.

୨୧ She has a game day tradition with each on of her brothers when she goes to their games; With Quinn, the two have a secret handshake, with Jack, the two of them always go out to dinner just the two of them, and with Luke, he always gets her to sign the tape on his stick, claiming it as good luck.

୨୧ Even though her brothers all play professional hockey, her favorite team is the Chicago Blackhawks.

୨୧ Devil’s hockey players that she’s close to — Nico, Alex, Dawson.

୨୧ Canucks players that she’s close to — Brock, Elias, Thatcher.

୨୧ Other hockey players she’s close to — Trevor Zegras, Cam York, Cole Caufield, Adam Fantilli, Wyatt Johnson, Connor Bedard.

୨୧ When she writes a new song, Luke is always the first one to hear them before they are put out.

୨୧ Tate McRae is her best friend.

୨୧ She has the biggest crush on Mitch Marner, and had always begged Jack or Quinn to introduce them whenever she’s at games and they play the Maple Leafs.

୨୧ Her celebrity crush is Connor Bedard and Timothee Chalamet.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪┊EXTRA FACTS !

୨୧ She had a necklace that she wears for luck at concerts that had the first letter of her brothers; she’s never seen without it.

୨୧ She absolutely hates any sour candy, but she loves sour patch kids.

୨୧ Becuase Luke went to umich to play hockey at college, she’s friends with a lot of the boys for the team, but she’s the closest with Ethan Edwards and Luca Fantilli.

୨୧ She and Ethan dated for 3 months after Luke moved to New Jersey, but broke up after deciding that they were better as friends.

୨୧ She’s naturally a brunette but frequently dyes her hair black.

୨୧ She’s terrified of clowns.

୨୧ Her brothers are the only ones allowed to call her by her middle name.

୨୧ Much like Quinn, Delilah loves keeping to herself.

୨୧ She meets Connor at a Devils vs. Blackhawks game November 5, 2023.

[lcnelyday]

indigenous faces we should have more gifs for in the rpc.

Gil Birmingham Adam Beach Julia Jones Q'orianka Kilcher Irene Bedard Kimberly Guerrero Forrest Goodluck Shauna Baker Tanaya Beatty Jessica Matten Alyssa Wapanatâhk Devery Jacobs Kaniehtiio Horn Zahn McClarnon Alaqua Cox Kiowa Gordon Blu Hunt Martin Sensmeier Grace Dove Cara Gee Michael Greyeyes Phillip Lewitski Dakota Beavers Michelle Thrush Stefany Mathias Deanna Taushi Allison Anna Lambe

*bonus points if the character is not in traditional regalia or a period piece.

[cupidbedsy]

♡ 𝗔𝗨'𝗦 ୨୧

➪ walking on sunshine { luke hughes x ophelia rae zegras } ; where ophelia zegras and luke hughes are friends first and lovers last

➪ flowers { connor bedard x violet anne fantilli } ; where violet fantilli runs into connor bedard on his draft day and they find love at first sight

➪ once in nine lives { moritz seider x aubrey nicole debrincat } ; where aubrey debrincat and moritz seider sleep together... and then do it eight more times

➪ and they were roommates { jamie drysdale x bella elizabeth hughes } ; where bella hughes does a favor for her best friend not knowing she would end up falling for her roommate

➪ baby bear { evelyn 'baby bear' brooke hughes (x adam fantilli) } ; where the hughes brothers do their best to help their little sister navigate in the world and then he comes along

➪ the film effect { will smith x molly bennett x gabe perreault } ; where molly bennett has a bunch of meet cutes with will smith and gabe perreault and the rest is history

➪ champagne coast { cassanova 'cassie' grey x jack hughes } ; where cassanova 'cassie' grey and jack hughes are in the messiest relationship but can't help themselves

➪ ice bound { trevor zegras x chloe michelle hughes } ; where chloe hughes falls for her brother's best friend, and things don't go as planned

[figureskatingfanblog]

2023/24 International Selection Pool

The International Selection Pool (ISP) includes junior- and senior-level athletes and teams who meet criteria approved by the U.S. Figure Skating International Committee. These athletes and teams are eligible to be considered for assignment to international competitions.    

List as of 8/13/2023

Men

William Annis

Lucas Broussard

Nicholas Brooks

Jason Brown

Lorenzo Elano

Goku Endo

Aleksandr Fegan

Kirk Haugeto

Jonathan Hildebrandt

Tomoki Hiwatashi

Liam Kapeikis

Lucius Kazanecki

Joseph Klein

Kai Kovar

Alexander Liu

Zachary LoPinto

Jimmy Ma

Ilia Malinin

Daniel Martynov

Samuel Mindra

Antonio Monaco

Daniil Murzin

Maxim Naumov

Nhat-Viet Nguyen

Yaroslav Paniot

Camden Pulkinen

Jacob Sanchez

Taira Shinohara

Beck Strommer

Andrew Torgashev

Michael Xie

Robert Yampolsky

Maxim Zharkov

Women

Starr Andrews

Sonia Baram

Mia Barghout

Juliana Barshay

Alena Budko

Annika Chao

Elsa Cheng

Ela Cui

Ting Cui

Sarah Everhardt

Alexa Gasparotto

Lilah Gibson

Amber Glenn

Gracie Gold

Hanna Harrell

Jill Heiner

Hannah Herrera

Sonja Hilmer

Logan Higase-Chen

Athena Huang

Jiaying Ellyse Johnson

Jessica Jurka

Mia Kalin

Ella Kim

Teryn Kim

Katie Krafchik

Josephine Lee

Michelle Lee

Soho Lee

Isabeau Levito

Elyce Lin-Gracey

Hannah Lofton

Cleo Park

Nicole Park

Maryn Pierce

Clare Seo

Katie Shen

Audrey Shin

Phoebe Stubblefield

Bradie Tennell

Lindsay Thorngren

Lindsay Wang

Wren Warne-Jacobsen

Sherry Zhang

Adele Zheng

Ava Ziegler

Pairs

Emily Chan and Spencer Howe

Olivia Flores and Luke Wang

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea

Chelsea Liu and Balazs Nagy

Isabelle Martins and Ryan Bedard

Maria Mokhova and Ivan Mokhov

Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez

Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia

Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer

Adele Zheng and Andy Deng

Ice Dance

Kristina Bland and Matthew Sperry

Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

Oona Brown and Gage Brown

Helena Carhart and Volodymyr Horovyi

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko

Madison Chock and Evan Bates

Amy Cui and Kenny Ekchert

Julia Epps and Blake Gilman

Isabella Flores and Ivan Desyatov

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons

Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr

Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

Olivia Ilin and Dylan Cain

Raffaella Koncius and Alexey Shchepetov

Anya Lavrova and Jonathan Rogers

Angela Ling and Caleb Wein

Lorraine McNamara and Anton Spiridonov

Caroline Mullen and Brendan Mullen

Leah Neset and Artem Markelov

Eva Pate and Logan Bye

Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal

Yahli Pedersen and Jeffrey Chen

Katarina Wolfkostin and Dmitry Tsarevski

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

[syfyhq]

mwf ??

fantastic starting question 'non, check the list below !

current most wanted female fcs ;

dominque jackson, mj rodriguez, patti harrison, frances conroy, lily tomlin, viola davis, irene bedard, lena headey, ivory aquino, alaqua cox, chloe hayden, elçin sangu, mary galloway, grave dove, quannah chasinghorse, wunmi mosaku, hailie sahar, danielle brooks, amara zaragoza, josie totah, ashley moore, dichen lachman, anna diop, michelle yeoh, kiana madeira, maggie q, meagan tandy, nadia hilker, neslihan yeldan, laverne cox, karrueche tran, anna akana, & amber midthunder !

[hexmorehq]

FRANCESCA HART (Crystal Reed) is requesting her PARENT.

Character Name: Francesca Hart Connection Type: parent Connection Name: utp Hart Species: witch Connection Age: ~55+ Suggested Face Claims: *as Crystal Reed is of half Native American descent, only parent can be white while the other must be of Native American descent, you can choose to play either* Mädchen Amick, Dylan McDermott, Carla Gugino, Skeet Ulrich, Melora Hardin, Robert Carlyle, Lauren Graham, Peter Capaldi, Monica Bellucci // Nathaniel Arcand, Michelle Thrush, Gil Birmingham, Irene Bedard, Michael Greyeyes 

FURTHER DETAILS UNDER THE READ MORE

Any details or headcanons: They are the leader of the underdark witches. They have a tense relationship with Fran. Their sibling or their partner’s sibling left the Hart legacy of being an underdark witch to be with the Hexmore coven and that made them sort of be a little more hostile to the Hexmore coven and raise Fran to be the perfect child to take over. However, their younger child (another wc) came into it more naturally and has never strayed from the coven (unlike Fran).

Contact mun before applying?: No need but you’re welcome to!

[littlequeenies]

Pam, Jim, Michael Bedard, Lee Dunholter, Tere Tereba, and Vaya Warren hot by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. November 1969.

We’re back…

…and we plan to be around much, much more often.

Newly released photographs taken at Pamela’s shop Themis. 

Top image edited by us for clarity.

Please be patient with us over the next several days as we try to answer as many questions as possible.

We have lots to report to you guys, but the biggest thing right now is that we will be flying to Los Angeles later this month to conduct interviews, purchase materials, and tour Jim and Pam’s universe to expand our work on the book project.

Thank you for your patience and for sticking around! We love you!

Rae and Alix.

[abs0luteb4stard]

WATCHING

I'm 25 years late to the show.

My first time watching POCAHONTAS.

[321spongebolt]

Kingdom Hearts: “Pocahontas” world idea (Jamestown)

In 2 months from now, “Kingdom Hearts” will be 20 years old. That said, here’s one of my two proposals for world ideas that I feel Square-Enix should use for either “Kingdom Hearts 4″, or any future “Kingdom Hearts” game(s). You probably noticed that with each title, one movie from the Disney Renaissance has been used throughout, sometimes more than one movie from the 1990s. One movie from that time period that often gets overlooked is “Pocahontas”. To me, I feel like this movie’s story could work for the world of “Kingdom Hearts” and here’s how.

STORY (”JAMESTOWN”)

FIRST VISIT

Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) visits Grandmother Willow (either Linda Hunt or Tress MacNeille) in the swamp with her canoe, and she tells her the dream she had about a spinning arrow. As Grandmother Willow sings “Listen With Your Heart” (albeit as an archive recording), Pocahontas climbs on Grandmother Willow and tells her she sees strange clouds, which, in reality, are the sails of a ship. As soon as the Englishmen set foot on the new land, John Smith (either Donal Gibson or Corey Burton) heads into the woods, where he bumps into Sora, who in another location landed his Gummi Ship. After proper introductions, John Smith becomes Sora’s party member.

While running through the forest, Sora and John encounter heartless and nobodies. Once they reach the waterfall, they see Pocahontas’ shadow, and they prepare their weapons. Sora, with his keyblade, and John Smith with his musket. They jump onto a rock and prepare to attack, but lower their weapons when they see Pocahontas as the mist from the falls clears out. The boys chase after her, and as Pocahontas hears “Listen With Your Heart”, Pocahontas takes John’s hand and introduces herself to Sora and John Smith.

John Smith shows Pocahontas some stuff he brought from England, and Sora, in turn, shows her his keyblade, and tells her its origins. Similar to “Kingdom Hearts 3″ how they reused “Let it Go” for the world of Arendalle (“Frozen”), Pocahontas’ theme song, “Colors of the Wind” would be used (with Judy Kuhn’s archive recording for Pocahontas’ singing voice). Pocahontas leaves in a hurry, worrying that she shouldn’t be with John and Sora, and John takes Sora to his camp grounds.

John introduces his men, Thomas (Christian Bale, or whatever sound-alike you can find), Ben (Rob Paulsen), and Lon (also Rob Paulsen) to Sora, who helped him on his expedition. Governor Ratcliffe (Corey Burton, in place of the late great David Ogden Stiers) comes out of the tent with Wiggins (also Corey Burton), and would immediately hire Sora. However, Sora feels a little skeptical about trusting Ratcliffe.

SECOND VISIT

As soon as Sora comes back to reunite with John Smith, the tribesfolk arrive in canoes to meet Chief Powhatan (Jim Cummings). Pocahontas tries to talk her father out of fighting the white men, but all he can say is that nothing is simple anymore. Nakoma (Michelle St. John, or whatever sound-alike you can find) talks to Pocahontas about meeting one of the English settlers, and warns her friend that if she sees him again, she’ll be turning her back on the village. Worried about her friend, she tells Kocoum (James Apaumut Fall, or whatever sound-alike you can find. His Kocoum yell will be kept as an archive recording).

When Sora and John Smith reunite with Pocahontas in the swamp, Grandmother Willow comes alive and welcomes John and Sora. She likes both boys, John, because of his soul (and handsomeness), and Sora because he’s a keyblade wielder (which could imply Grandmother Willow knew about key blade wielders in the past). Grandmother Willow lowers her vine and taps the surface of the water, showing the three the ripples. She tells John that the right path isn’t always the easiest, but only when the fighting stops can they all be together. Sora hugs Pocahontas and John, and John decides he’s going to meet Pocahontas’ father and set things straight. However, Kocoum was watching them, and seeing Pocahontas kiss John Smith made him furious enough to run from the bushes and let out his battle cry.

At this point, we have a boss encounter with Kocoum, who misunderstood everything. In this boss fight, Sora must attack Kocoum to get him to let go of John and help him come to his senses (similar to the Beast boss fight in “Kingdom Hearts 2”). Once Kocoum has been defeated, Kocoum pushes Pocahontas out of the way, telling her, “Get out of the way! I’m trying to protect you!” (or something along those lines). But before Kocoum can stab John Smith in the heart, a gunshot goes off, and Kocoum dies. He grabs Pocahontas’ mother’s necklace, which breaks off, and Kocoum lies motionless. Sora feels bad for Kocoum. He knows he’s not bad, just misunderstood.

Thomas reveals himself to the three and apologizes, but Pocahontas is furious at Thomas. John tells Thomas to get out just as the Indians capture John. Fortunately, Sora was able to hide somewhere where the Indians couldn’t see him. As soon as the Indians take John away, Sora comes out, and reunites with Pocahontas. From this point on, Pocahontas is your party member, with all of John’s XP transferred to Pocahontas. The part with Chief Powhatan banishing Pocahontas for disobeying him will not be used. While Chief Powhatan still tells John “Your weapons are strong, but now our anger is stronger.” and announces that he’ll be the first to die, what happens instead is, Pocahontas and Sora see John being sent into his prison tent from far away, then Pocahontas breaks down while Sora comforts her with a hug. He sympathizes with Pocahontas by telling her how he felt the same way when he lost Kairi and Riku in the first “Kingdom Hearts”.

Nakoma reveals herself from behind Pocahontas and Sora, telling them that she was the one who sent Kocoum to find Pocahontas. She didn’t mean to her hurt her friend, she was trying to help. Pocahontas tells her, “It’s not your fault, Nakoma. It’s mine. All this time, he was just trying to protect me. And now I’ll never see him again.”. Nakoma tells Sora to stay put, and she takes Pocahontas to John’s tent. Thomas, meanwhile, wakes up the Englishmen from their sleep shouting that the Indians captured John Smith. Ratcliffe steps out of the tent, suiting up in his signature black armor, and announces that they attack by dawn.

Pocahontas tells Grandmother Willow how they plan to kill John by sunrise, and falls in despair for thinking she followed the wrong path. Sora, thankfully, had John Smith’s compass in his inventory, and Pocahontas sees the spinning arrow pointing her to John Smith. Now knowing her path, Pocahontas and Sora rush through the woods. This would be a timed event where Sora and Pocahontas must fight the heartless and reach the cliff before time runs own. Thankfully, just like in the movie, Pocahontas and Sora were able to interject.

Sora used his keyblade to block Powhatan’s club, and Pocahontas throws herself onto John. The chief is spooked by the sight of Sora, and turns to Pocahontas angrily for disobeying his orders. Pocahontas says “If you kill him, you’ll have to kill me too.”. NOW is when Chief Powhatan replies “I told you to stay in the village! You disobeyed me! You have shamed your father! You have shamed the village! And because of your foolishness, Kocoum is dead! Now stand back!”. Having had enough of being reprimanded, Pocahontas stands up to her father saying “I WON’T! I love him father!”. The chief has now become even more shocked and can’t believe his own daughter is in love with this white man instead of Kocoum. Pocahontas says her famous speech, “Look around you! This is where the path of hatred has brought us! If you harm them both, many more people will die. This is the path I choose, father. What will yours be?”, and Chief Powhatan now realizes what Pocahontas was talking about. He also realizes she inherited her late mother’s spirit, just like Kekata (also Jim Cummings) had said earlier. The chief sees the leaves fly past him, and he raises his club. Powhatan announces, “My daughter speaks with a wisdom beyond her years! We’ve all come here with anger in our hearts, but she comes with courage and understanding! From this point on, if there is to be more killing, it won’t start with me.”, and orders one of the Indian guards to cut the rope, freeing John Smith. Then, Chief Powhatan, apologizes to Pocahontas, John Smith, and Sora for misunderstanding.

While the other Englishmen were moved, Ratcliffe was the only one not convinced. He thinks it’s all just a trick, and orders his men to attack. The Englishmen refuse, and Ratcliffe responds, “You dare go against me? Fine! I’ll settle this myself.”, while grabbing a musket in the process. Sora and John notice what was about to happen, and John pushes Chief Powhatan out of the way, with Governor Ratcliffe shooting him by accident. All the Englishmen turn on Ratcliffe and Sora comes down to fight him. Here’s where the Ratcliffe boss battle takes place.

After defeating Governer Ratcliffe with the help of the Indians and Englishmen aiding Sora, Thomas, now in charge, orders Sora, Ben, and Lon to put Ratcliffe in chains. Ratcliffe protests, “I’ll see you all hanged for this!”, and Thomas yells at Ratcliffe, “I’m the one giving orders now!” and turns to the three ordering "Make sure to gag him as well!”. With Ratcliffe to be sent back to England to pay for his crimes, Sora seals the keyhole for Jamesdown, and Thomas, Ben, and Lon would thank Sora for looking out for John. In turn, Pocahontas’ necklace is fixed. Chief Powhatan walks up to John, wrapping him in his cloak, and welcoming John as his brother. He also welcomes Sora as his brother too, and gives him a little word of advice about the keyblade.

If you want to, the world can end with either Kekata or Pocahontas giving Sora a new keyblade, “Colors of the Wind”.

And that’s how I would have “Pocahontas” executed in “Kingdom Hearts”. If anyone wants to suggest revisions, feel free to leave a comment. I’ll upload the story for “Pocahontas 2″ very soon.

[bloojayoolie]

Bloods, Church, and Clock: LIG 70% 12:10 ADD MEMORY OPH ADD PHOTO SHARE THIS TRIBUTE JOSEPH A HELLER, JR 1937 - 2019 Obituary Obituary of Joseph A. Heller, Jr. Joe Heller made his last undignified and largely irreverent gesture on September 8, 2019, signing off on a life, in his words, "generally well lived and with few regrets." When the doctors confronted his daughters with the news last week that "your father is a very sick man," in unison they replied, "you have no idea." God thankfully broke the mold after Joe was born to the late Joseph Heller, Sr. and Ruth Marion (Clock) on January 24, 1937 in New Haven, CT. Being born during the depression shaped Joe's formative years and resulted in a lifetime of frugality, hoarding and cheap mischief, often at the expense of others. Being the eldest was a dubious task but he was up for the challenge and led and tortured his siblings througha childhood of obnoxious pranks, with his brother, Bob, generally serving as his wingman. Pat, Dick and Kathy were often on the receiving end of such lessons as "Ding Dong, Dogsh*t" and thwarting lunch thieves with laxative-laced chocolate cake and excrement meatloaf sandwiches. His mother was not immune to his pranks as he named his first dog, "Fart," so she would have to scream his name to come home if he wandered off. Joe started his long and illustrious career as a Library Assistant at Yale Law School Library alongside his father before hatching a plan with his lifelong buddies, Ronny Kaiser and Johnny Olson, to join the Navy and see the world together. Their plot was thwarted and the three were split up when Joe pulled the "long straw" and was assigned to a coveted base in Bermuda where he joined the "Seabees," Construction Battalion, and was appointed to the position of Construction Electrician's Mate 3rd class. His service to the country and community didn't end after his honorable discharge. Joe was a Town Constable, Volunteer Fireman and Ambulance Association member, Cross walk guard, Public Works Snow Plower and a proud member of the Antique Veterans organization. Joe was a self- taught chemist and worked at Cheeseborough- Ponds where he developed one of their first cosmetics' lines. There he met the love of his life, Irene, who was hoodwinked into thinking he was charming individual with decorum. Boy, was a she ever wrong. Joe embarrassed her daily with his mouth and choice of clothing. To this day we do not understand how he convinced our mother, an exceedingly proper woman and a pillar in her church, to sew and create the colorful costumes and props which he used for his antics. Growing up in Joe's household was never dull. If the old adage of "You only pull the hair of those you love" holds true, his three daughters were well loved. Joe was a frequent customer of the girls' beauty shops, allowing them to "do" his hair and apply make-up liberally. He lovingly assembled doll furniture and built thema play kitchen and forts in the back yard. During their formative years, Joe made sure that their moral fibers were enriched by both Archie Bunker and Benny Hill When they began dating, Joe would greet their dates by first running their license plates and checking for bald tires. If their vehicle passed inspection, they were invited into the house where shotguns, harpoons and sheep "nutters" were left clearly on display. After retiring from running Bombaci Fuel, he was perhaps, most well-known for his role as the Essex Town "Dawg Kecher." He refused to put any of his "prisoners" down and would look for the perfect homes for them. One of them was a repeat offender who he named "A**hole" because no owner would ever keep him for very long because he was, in fact, an daily a**hole. My Dad would take his buddy on rides in his van and they'd roam around town with the breeze blowing through both of their fur He never met a dog he didn't like, the same could not be said for the wanna-be blue bloods, snoots and summer barnacles that roamed about town. His words, not ours. Well maybe not exactly his words as those would been much more colorful. Joe was a frequent shopper at the Essex Dump and he left his family with a house full of crap, 300 pounds of birdseed and dead houseplants that they have no idea what to do with. If there was ever a treasure that he snatched out from under you among the mounds of junk, please wait the appropriate amount of time to contact the family to claim your loot. We're available tomorrow. Joe was also a consummate napper. There wasn't a road, restaurant or friend's house in Essex that he didn't fall asleep on or in. There wasn't an occasion too formal or an event too dour that Joe didn't interrupt with his apnea and voluminous snoring. Besides his beloved wife, Irene, and brother, Bobby, Joe was pre-deceased by his pet fish, Jack, who we found in the freezer last week. Left to squabble over his vast fortune, real estate holdings and "treasures" are his three daughters Michelle Heller (Andrew Bennett) of Newton, MA, Lisette Heller (Lenny Estelle) of Ivoryton, CT and Monique Heller (John Parnoff) of Old Lyme, CT. He relished his role as Papa and Grampa Joe to Zachary, Maxwell and Emily Bennett, Megan, Mackenzie and Ryan Korcak, and Giovanna and Mattea Parnoff and hopes that he taught at least one of them to cuss properly. Left with decades of fond and colorful memories are his siblings Pat Bedard of Madison, Richard (Pat) Heller of Oxford, and Kathy Heller of Killingworth, sisters-in-law, Kathy McGowan of Niantic and Diane Breslin of Killingworth, and 14 nieces and nephews. No flowers, please. The family is seeking donations to offset the expense of publishing an exceedingly long obituary which would have really pissed Joe off. Seriously, what would have made him the happiest is for you to go have a cup of coffee with a friend and bullsh*t about his antics or play a harmless prank on some unsuspecting sap. If we still haven't dissuaded you and you feel compelled to waste your hard-earned money to honor his memory, donations may be sent to: Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association, PO Box 667, Gulfport, MS 39502. A celebration of his life, with Joe laid out in all his glory, will be held on Thursday, September 12, at the Essex Fire Department, 11 Saybrook Road, from 4-7. A light dinner will be served as Joe felt no get-together was complete without food. None of his leftovers or kitchen concoctions will be pawned off on any unsuspecting guests. Feel free to be as late as you'd like as Joe was never on time for anything because of the aforementioned napping habits. Joe despised formality and stuffiness and would really be ticked off if you showed up in a suit. Dress comfortably. The family encourages you to don the most inappropriate T-Shirt that you are comfortable being seen in public with as Joe often did. Everybody has a Joe story and we'd love to hear them all. Joe faced his death and his mortality, as he did with his life, face on, often telling us that when he dropped dead to dig a hole in the back yard and just roll him in. Much to his disappointment, he will be properly interred with full military honors (and maybe Jack) next to his wife on Friday, September 13, at 10:00 am in Centerbrook Cemetery. The family is forever in debt to his neighbor, Barry Peterson, for all of his help in recent years. We couldn't have done it without you. Sorry, Mom, Lisette and I did the best we could to take care of him and keep him out of your hair as long as we could. Back in your court now. Add Condolence THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER GET DIRECTIONS VISITATION 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Thursday, September 12, 2019 Essex Fire Company

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