Tammad Rimilia
Gentleman Barbrian
1958-2000
Tammad was brought up in a curious mix of European and Ivory-tower American set
of values. He was a professionally employed as a research computer
scientist, lectured internationally and achieved a good deal of success
in his work. He lived in Maryland.
Most who knew him, said he prefered living casually, nothing more than dress jeans and shirts. Sharp-looking but comfortable. However, he was also perfectly comfortable in a suit or tuxedo. He enjoyed attending the symphony.
He was into health related activities and engaged in a moderate amount of physical activity; he ran 5 miles several times a week, sometimes 9 miles, and also did weight-lifting. He did 100 situps and 40 pushups every morning. Running and lifting were the only two "sports" that he did regularly, every week, year in and year out.
For indoor sports he did roller skating on in-line skates; and sometimes would rollerblade outside. He took pride saying he was in better shape now than when he was 20. He also enjoyed hiking and (easy, non-technical) mountain-climbing, as well as enjoyed sailing on the water and liked to snow ski. He also enjoyed swimming, rafting and water-skiing and he also enjoyed target shooting, and owned both pistol and rifle.
Tammad was an avid reader, collecting and reading many books. SF, fantasy, and technical references, mostly. He had a great love for his books and for taking care of them while constantly getting more. He also enjoyed relaxing at science fiction conventions.
But he was so much more, one of, if not, the BEST Japanese rope bondage teachers around. He charged less than most guest speakers or lecturers. Many asked why, the answer always came back that he loved to teach and he loved people. He was always learning about new things, and constantly pushed himself to grow in new directions, which made him an excellent teacher and lecturer.
He was known to be patient and as a very good listener; when you had something on your mind or a question you could always count on having Tammad to talk to. Not only was his smile contagious and his eyes unforgetable but he was truly good at giving sympathy and emotional support as well as practical help and advice. Tammad was just "energized by life", big into communications, and self-analysis. He tried to understand why he did what he did, and he went that extra step to try to be able to explain both himself and what he was lecturing about to others. The more life experience people have, the better they know what they want, was Tammad's feelings. One of his favorite sayings was "I never let my schooling interfere with my education" by -Mark Twain.
Tammad was comfortable with himself in all situations, believing life should be fun. Here is how Tammad described himself; "I'm warm, classy, loving, active, fit, funny, a tall lean runner, sometimes silly, with a passion for filling my life with music and beauty and discovery. I laugh a lot and I am a serious optimist, and I firmly believe that life was meant to be fun. At the same time, I'm not frivolous or irresponsible -- when something serious comes up in my life, I take it seriously and give it the attention it deserves. I'm a very self-sufficient guy, highly self-motivated. I don't shirk things that need to be done, even if they are sometimes unpleasant. I love getting into long conversations, analyzing something we saw or read, discussing some new discovery, or a new technology, or the latest legislation from Washington. I enjoy the solitude of night time to do my creative thinking in."
Tammad valued honor, honesty, and integrity highly. He also surrounded himself with music, at work, at home, in the car. If Tammad had any last words they might have been; "In life I know that "the best is yet to come", because I haven't met you yet!" Now the best of one of our own has burned out way too soon for all of us.
---an informal obituary by cajunrose (based on talking with people who had met, and been in some of his classes and from Tammad's own words about himself from his home page.) I wish I had met this wonderful man, the likes of whom I do not think will soon pass our way again.
----cajunrose Nov. 24, 2000
Most who knew him, said he prefered living casually, nothing more than dress jeans and shirts. Sharp-looking but comfortable. However, he was also perfectly comfortable in a suit or tuxedo. He enjoyed attending the symphony.
He was into health related activities and engaged in a moderate amount of physical activity; he ran 5 miles several times a week, sometimes 9 miles, and also did weight-lifting. He did 100 situps and 40 pushups every morning. Running and lifting were the only two "sports" that he did regularly, every week, year in and year out.
For indoor sports he did roller skating on in-line skates; and sometimes would rollerblade outside. He took pride saying he was in better shape now than when he was 20. He also enjoyed hiking and (easy, non-technical) mountain-climbing, as well as enjoyed sailing on the water and liked to snow ski. He also enjoyed swimming, rafting and water-skiing and he also enjoyed target shooting, and owned both pistol and rifle.
Tammad was an avid reader, collecting and reading many books. SF, fantasy, and technical references, mostly. He had a great love for his books and for taking care of them while constantly getting more. He also enjoyed relaxing at science fiction conventions.
But he was so much more, one of, if not, the BEST Japanese rope bondage teachers around. He charged less than most guest speakers or lecturers. Many asked why, the answer always came back that he loved to teach and he loved people. He was always learning about new things, and constantly pushed himself to grow in new directions, which made him an excellent teacher and lecturer.
He was known to be patient and as a very good listener; when you had something on your mind or a question you could always count on having Tammad to talk to. Not only was his smile contagious and his eyes unforgetable but he was truly good at giving sympathy and emotional support as well as practical help and advice. Tammad was just "energized by life", big into communications, and self-analysis. He tried to understand why he did what he did, and he went that extra step to try to be able to explain both himself and what he was lecturing about to others. The more life experience people have, the better they know what they want, was Tammad's feelings. One of his favorite sayings was "I never let my schooling interfere with my education" by -Mark Twain.
Tammad was comfortable with himself in all situations, believing life should be fun. Here is how Tammad described himself; "I'm warm, classy, loving, active, fit, funny, a tall lean runner, sometimes silly, with a passion for filling my life with music and beauty and discovery. I laugh a lot and I am a serious optimist, and I firmly believe that life was meant to be fun. At the same time, I'm not frivolous or irresponsible -- when something serious comes up in my life, I take it seriously and give it the attention it deserves. I'm a very self-sufficient guy, highly self-motivated. I don't shirk things that need to be done, even if they are sometimes unpleasant. I love getting into long conversations, analyzing something we saw or read, discussing some new discovery, or a new technology, or the latest legislation from Washington. I enjoy the solitude of night time to do my creative thinking in."
Tammad valued honor, honesty, and integrity highly. He also surrounded himself with music, at work, at home, in the car. If Tammad had any last words they might have been; "In life I know that "the best is yet to come", because I haven't met you yet!" Now the best of one of our own has burned out way too soon for all of us.
---an informal obituary by cajunrose (based on talking with people who had met, and been in some of his classes and from Tammad's own words about himself from his home page.) I wish I had met this wonderful man, the likes of whom I do not think will soon pass our way again.
----cajunrose Nov. 24, 2000
