Le petit diable AshtaRoth b. 10 July 1952

April 27, 2026

Michael Ross McConnell
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday

April 27, 2008

Friend of Ross : Grace Szabo (1977)

10-10-25

Memorial Service
Spring Hill Cemetery
Lynchburg, Virginia

Michael Ross McConnell
b. Thursday 10 July 1952
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday 27 April 2008

The
Original
10:10
{Ten Ten}
Man

Michael Ross McConnell b. Thursday 10 July 1952

27 April 2025

Michael Ross McConnell
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday

27 April 2008

Ross : Travelin' Man

I'm a travelin' man
and I've made a lot of stops
All over the world

Ross criss-crossed the US constantly.
He knew people in every college town.
Whoa! There's framed photo of Ross
in Bitsy's dorm bathroom!
We were hoping his many friends would find
and comment on this blog
which premiered in 2008.

10-10-24

10:10:08

Memorial Service
Spring Hill Cemetery
Lynchburg, Virginia

Michael Ross McConnell
b. Thursday 10 July 1952
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday 27 April 2008

The
Original
10:10
{Ten Ten}
Man

Ross Author Carlo Suarès

Sept 1, 2024 - NYT Print Edition

Dr. Rips and his colleagues took the 304,805 letters in the Hebrew version of Genesis and arranged them in a grid, without spaces between words. Using a computer, they scanned the text with the caveat that the results could appear forward, backward, diagonally or vertically. The findings of Dr. Rips and his colleagues inspired "The Bible Code" (1997), by Michael Drosnin. See "The Cipher Of Genesis" by Carlo Suarès (1967) purchased near Harvard University, 1975

Michael Ross McConnell b. Thursday 10 July 1952

27 April 2024

Michael Ross McConnell
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday
27 April 2008

Spring Hill, Lynchburg City, Virginia

Revelation 1:18

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, Behold! I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Photo Opportunity

1974 photo by MJ Vilardi

The Streak

Group of naked people in front of Antioch's main building staring in shock and amazement as a (blurry) fully clothed person runs by

10-10-23

10:10:08
Memorial Service
Spring Hill Cemetery
Lynchburg, Virginia

Michael Ross McConnell
b. Thursday 10 July 1952
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday 27 April 2008

The
Original
10:10
{Ten Ten}
Man

August 16, 1977

Ross hitched into El Paso, Texas, arriving via Interstate 10 in the early morning. I found him walking down Yarbrough Drive, North of Trawood Drive. At dawn Gaylon Page's collies barked loudly next door, reminding Ross of PeeDee and Numie, Ellen's griffin-like Rhodesian Ridgebacks from Greywood in Yellow Springs, Ohio. After chicory-flavoured coffee we sat down at the drawing board to plot another "flipped out" scenario involving the Great Old Ones. The day's musical selections began with "Bend It" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich (1966). That evening on El Paso's KTSM Channel 9 the lead story on John Chancellor's NBC Nightly News was the death of Elvis Presley. I loaned Ross a clean, wrinkle-free white dress shirt and we drove to nearby Juarez, Mexico for dinner at the Casa Del Sol. Ross feasted on a huge, freshly grilled black Boquilla Bass. Coming back through customs Ross proudly proclaimed himself a citizen of the United States of America with no contraband to declare.

Happy 71st Birthday Ross

Michael Ross McConnell
b. Thursday 10 July 1952

Ross said, "You chase it for so long and after a while, it chases you."

Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601) was a Danish astronomer of the pre-telescope era. Using just his naked eye, he observed the planets, moon, stars, and space. The calendar of Tycho Brahe

Rossae Crucis

Michael Ross McConnell
b. Thursday 10 July 1952
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday 27 April 2008

Prepare For The Next Flipped-out Planet

Ross + J.T.C.

Slow To Anger

10-10-22

10:10:08
Memorial Service
Spring Hill Cemetery
Lynchburg, Virginia

Michael Ross McConnell
b. Thursday 10 July 1952
d. Orthodox Easter Sunday 27 April 2008

The
Original
10:10
{Ten Ten}
Man

#RIP Ira Chaplain (1953 - 2022)

I met Ira fall 1972, in Birch Hall at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. His roommate was Michael Tanner. In 1973-74 Ira and I were swept up in retro 1960s nostalgia, blasting Wolfman Jack oldies in his jacked-up Ford Falcon with the raccoon tail dangling from the rear antenna. Paired with a stylish cap, Ira often wore a red and white corduroy American Graffiti-vintage car coat embroidered "John '65." We were hired as Amazon River tour guides by the infamous "Jungle Mike" Tsalickis in Leticia, Colombia. That time with Jeff Stripple in Oxford, Ohio. Trips from SW Ohio to New Hampshire in Ira's Alfa Romeo. And El Paso, TX to S. California in his ’57 Chevy. Shared an apartment (2211 Jones) spring-summer 1976 when Ira was at the San Francisco Art Institute. Graffeo coffee. Sam Wo and Tai Tung restaurants. His friends Alan, Oscar, Kee-Wah and René. Roxy Music's "Stranded" album blaring out the apartment window while he was working on his car. The Tubes' "Young And Rich" album and Bimbos concert (WPOD). Ira visited me in Chicago several times. In 1980 he brought a poster from the London glam/punk clothing store BOY. His albums had been stolen so he was glad to receive a replacement copy of our favorite HY LIT various artists oldies LP. We were in touch as recently as January 2022. Farewell my friend. It will take more than death to slow you down. Say hello to Bryan Young (Woodstock Country School, Vermont), Michael Zempter and (Michael) Ross McConnell.