MaybeACoordinator has passed away - Official Farewell Thread

[TwiceHorn 31,534]

1 hour ago, bolverk said:

It's come to me now. His username on the old site was sweetjones.

He's gone through a few.  Not from banning, site changes and whatnot.

Been round these parts a long time.  I knew who he was and I don't recall exactly why.  He may have told me at one point.

Good dude with some apparently really bad genes for this kind of thing.  It's a little more poignant to me because what's taking him is what I've been miraculously free of for 25 years now.

RIP John, you will be missed around here.

[sidis 9,832]

hope he found his orchard of peaches...

rip.

[AUS-97HORN 11,822]

Solid poster, solid writer, and to those that knew him, he sounds like a solid friend.

 

that and being a decent father are really all anyone can aspire to be in this world.   vaya con dios MAC

[DixonHur 11,364]

I never knew the man IRL, but he was definitely a Surly Hall of Honor level poster.   Sad news for sure.

He will be missed.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,226]

Damn sad news.  He will be missed around these parts, for sure.

[Nicole44 22,077]

[956 Worldwide 34,760]

Didn’t know him, and haven’t been around this community as long. He struck me as damn smart, always ready with a quick line, sometimes curmudgeonly, always thoughtful, genuinely kind. He’ll be missed. 

[troph 24,905]

2 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Instead on dwelling on his end, feel free to take a look at the legacy he made.  Books on Amazon, articles in Houston publications, and articles in many other places, including 244 Texas Monthly articles.

this is a great article.... https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/guy-clarks-my-favorite-picture-of-you/

I was hoping MAC was older.  I lost a friend the same way, brutal.

[RDCanecutter 26,468]

5 minutes ago, troph said:

this is a great article.... https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/guy-clarks-my-favorite-picture-of-you/

You'd probably like these too. Worth the price of admission.

https://www.patreon.com/johnnovalomax

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,356]

Gonna be missed around these parts.

Didn't know him but he was quite the story teller. As we near Mother's Day, a story he wrote a decade ago about his mother that gives you some great insight into his life:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2013/07/of-unknown-origin-july-2013

 

[Nivek 16,984]

Good-buy John.  I hope that annoyed you to miraculously recover and set me straight.  

[Pescado_Rojo 19,428]

5 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Gonna be missed around these parts.

Didn't know him but he was quite the story teller. As we near Mother's Day, a story he wrote a decade ago about his mother that gives you some great insight into his life:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2013/07/of-unknown-origin-july-2013

 

I was coming to post this article. One of the first things John and I bonded over was having "difficult" mothers. 

RIP Buddy. 

[shadow_operative 15,932]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

Well fuck me. Earlier today I found out the Grendal/PO1D died in March and now MAC is terminal. Two wildly different posters who brought a helluva lot of entertainment to the boards over the years. Bummer. Addiction's a bitch. 

grendel died? damn, i did not know that. i never liked the way he was run off these boards. i met him at a mod day hh one time and had a beer with him. he wasn't as weird as i'd hoped he'd be. rip grendel, and rip mac. 🤘🏼 

[Brisketexan 105,320]

8 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

grendel died? damn, i did not know that. i never liked the way he was run off these boards. i met him at a mod day hh one time and had a beer with him. he wasn't as weird as i'd hoped he'd be. rip grendel, and rip mac. 🤘🏼 

None of us are getting any younger.  And life can be hard, and this universe can be cruel.  I have no idea what the fucking answer is, but I appreciate the people and moments that make it not hard, and not cruel.  And I know we're supposed to help each other.

We can't always get the job done, but we're supposed to help.  John and I weren't always friends (old high school mates -- we got along well enough, but a buddy of his really didn't like me, so we weren't close back then).  Got to be friends later in life.  Lots of good chats, written exchanges, that sort of thing.  My whole family got to know him.  He's a good dude.  He always meant well, and had people's best interest in mind.  He also had his history and demons.

We're all in this together, and none of us gets out alive.  Goddammit.

[ztejas 43,533]

5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

None of us are getting any younger.  And life can be hard, and this universe can be cruel.  I have no idea what the fucking answer is, but I appreciate the people and moments that make it not hard, and not cruel.  And I know we're supposed to help each other.

We can't always get the job done, but we're supposed to help.  John and I weren't always friends (old high school mates -- we got along well enough, but a buddy of his really didn't like me, so we weren't close back then).  Got to be friends later in life.  Lots of good chats, written exchanges, that sort of thing.  My whole family got to know him.  He's a good dude.  He always meant well, and had people's best interest in mind.  He also had his history and demons.

We're all in this together, and none of us gets out alive.  Goddammit.

jk

[msbesq 387]

He once wrote an article in the Houston Press about walking the length of Westheimer with a friend to discover the real Houston by walking through neighborhoods, shopping centers and office parks. He then decided to re-create the walk with any reader who wanted to join him. About six of us did and we spent a very enjoyable day with him, and yes, we stopped at a liquor store and two bars along the way. RIP.

[GringoSalado 1,652]

[Nivek 16,984]

29 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

None of us are getting any younger.  And life can be hard, and this universe can be cruel.  I have no idea what the fucking answer is, but I appreciate the people and moments that make it not hard, and not cruel.  And I know we're supposed to help each other.

We can't always get the job done, but we're supposed to help.  John and I weren't always friends (old high school mates -- we got along well enough, but a buddy of his really didn't like me, so we weren't close back then).  Got to be friends later in life.  Lots of good chats, written exchanges, that sort of thing.  My whole family got to know him.  He's a good dude.  He always meant well, and had people's best interest in mind.  He also had his history and demons.

We're all in this together, and none of us gets out alive.  Goddammit.

speak for yourself, commie.  I have all the Kirk Cameron movies on VHS.

[DalTxHornFan 3,116]

56 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Gonna be missed around these parts.

Didn't know him but he was quite the story teller. As we near Mother's Day, a story he wrote a decade ago about his mother that gives you some great insight into his life:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2013/07/of-unknown-origin-july-2013

 

That is just a great piece of work and an amazing story.

Vaya con dios, John.

[Da Fino 2,783]

Fucking bummer. He had some fascinating stories over the years. 

[Macanudo 13,011]

Death sucks.    Goodbye to a person worth knowing.    There aren't that many of them.

[El Tri 412]

3 hours ago, irishtexan said:

Well fuck me. Earlier today I found out the Grendal/PO1D died in March and now MAC is terminal. Two wildly different posters who brought a helluva lot of entertainment to the boards over the years. Bummer. Addiction's a bitch. 

uh what? how'd that happen?

[SimonBolivar 10,959]

1 hour ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Gonna be missed around these parts.

Didn't know him but he was quite the story teller. As we near Mother's Day, a story he wrote a decade ago about his mother that gives you some great insight into his life:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2013/07/of-unknown-origin-july-2013

 

Oh wow he even mentioned his run in with @RDCanecutter in that article too.

 

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Then, two years ago, while covering a story about a crooked art gallery, something happened.

 

[Macanudo 13,011]

26 minutes ago, El Tri said:

uh what? how'd that happen?

Got stuck outside during a  thunderstorm.   His 4 iron took the brunt of the lightning strike but the damage was done.

[CHIEF 5,095]

MAC is the great grandson of John Avery Lomax. His great grandparents and mine are buried in the same cemetery in Meridian, Texas. John Avery Lomax was a famous folklorist, and musicologist. He recorded old cowboy songs along the Chisholm Trail, as the cowboys sang them each night.

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/literarylandmark/Lomax

https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200196225  (Library of Congress)

My late father was infatuated with "cowboy music." We mostly communicated by Facebook, talked about his great grandfather, my father playing songs that his great grandfather had preserved, Meridian, and Bosque county. That was my home turf. He is a great guy, and a gifted journalist. He will be sorely missed.  

CHIEF

[RDCanecutter 26,468]

59 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Oh wow he even mentioned his run in with @RDCanecutter in that article too.

 

 

I was acquitted.

[BearSchlong 8,113]

Holy shit, that was a chilling article. As a sober alcoholic, I had an out loud conversation with myself earlier today about why I inexplicably lean towards self-sabotage whenever the opportunity presents itself. I'm in put up or shut up mode on a few business matters involving others, and I was shouting at myself in the third person while driving down the highway. It's not insane if I'm self-aware, right? Anyway, it changed my perception.

To John - I regret our paths didn't cross. To his family and loved ones - nothing short of locking him up that you could have done if he was hell-bent on sparring with the disease. I hate that some die to remind others to live.

I just wish you'd been there in my pickup to laugh at me. I would have treated you to gumbo and grilled flounder at the Schooner.

[Brisketexan 105,320]

13 minutes ago, BearSchlong said:

I just wish you'd been there in my pickup to laugh at me. I would have treated you to gumbo and grilled flounder at the Schooner.

Me too.  I mean, laughing at you would have been a bonus.  I just love the grub at the Schooner.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,820]

RIP, Mac.  Thanks for the stories, they were priceless.  

[YChang 3,462]

So sad, rip MAC. I remember enjoying reading his articles in the Houston Press. 

[DalTxHornFan 3,116]

36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Me too.  I mean, laughing at you would have been a bonus.  I just love the grub at the Schooner.

Long live The Schooner!

[Gatorubet 30,305]

4 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Gonna be missed around these parts.

Didn't know him but he was quite the story teller. As we near Mother's Day, a story he wrote a decade ago about his mother that gives you some great insight into his life:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2013/07/of-unknown-origin-july-2013

 

Damn.  That is some good writin’

[RDCanecutter 26,468]

21 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Damn.  That is some good writin’

Of course it's good. That's Johnnie muthafuckin-Nova Lomax.

[Scheiss Meister 8,411]

RIP Mac.  Thanks for everything you have added to our world.

[Steel Shank 9,430]

Peace to John and his family.

[fattyflattie 4,638]

Damnit.  Great poster and story teller. Terribly sorry for those of you who knew him personally.  He put a lot of his personal story out there, and taught plenty.  Will be missed. 

[Rip76 4,947]

5 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Gonna be missed around these parts.

Didn't know him but he was quite the story teller. As we near Mother's Day, a story he wrote a decade ago about his mother that gives you some great insight into his life:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2013/07/of-unknown-origin-july-2013

 

Wow.

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1,693]

5 hours ago, msbesq said:

He once wrote an article in the Houston Press about walking the length of Westheimer with a friend to discover the real Houston by walking through neighborhoods, shopping centers and office parks. He then decided to re-create the walk with any reader who wanted to join him. About six of us did and we spent a very enjoyable day with him, and yes, we stopped at a liquor store and two bars along the way. RIP.

The exact article that came to mind as I read this news. Brilliant writer. He’ll be missed. 

[Gatorubet 30,305]

1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

Of course it's good. That's Johnnie muthafuckin-Nova Lomax.

And I adore the John Prine lyric snuck in there all unassuming like. 

[markstanco 12,607]

RIP to a great writer and knowledge worthy member of our little community that loves all things Texas Sports. I never interacted with him, but I took most everything to heart when it came to texas football that he said. You will be missed, my friend. 
 

now send some mojo down from heaven this season to whip ou and bama! 

[markstanco 12,607]

Oh wait MAC, ou sucks ass. Hold on to that wish for another team. We gonna rape/kill ou without your help. 

[tx 3 putt 77,399]

RiP indeed

per the gofundme page; they’ll be taking him off machines soon 

[Rip76 4,947]

10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

RiP indeed

per the gofundme page; they’ll be taking him off machines soon 

I’m sorry, I missed the gofundme link.

Could you post?

[TwiceHorn 31,534]

Since his shit is officially on blast.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/john-nova-lomaxs-road-to-recovery

Another collection of short work here. Some of which appeared here as well. https://substack.com/@johnnovalomax

 

Edited May 10, 2023 by TwiceHorn

[The Dog 44,138]

RIP MAC and most sincere condolences to all who knew him.

[Armybrat 40,901]

Godspeed and rest easy.

[Frank Drebin 5,654]

Just read his article about his mom.  What a talented writer.  

[USNALonghorn 5,078]

RIP MAC. Keep up the Surly spirit in the afterlife!

[mchookem 16,381]

well this is momentous, and sad🤘

[Hornius Emeritus 12,487]

Man, it just kills me. I spoke with him in late February for about an hour and he sounded like the old Nova, like he had this spring in his voice that had been gone. I really thought he'd turned the corner. I'll just never understand this stuff. Never. Fuck me.