And so passes a creative spirit from the world that influenced me a great deal over the years. I loved his uniquely warped sense of humor and novel use of language from the very first time I heard Hitchhikers broadcast on the radio. His writing has been a significant inspiration for me over the years and, recently, my set of tapes of the original HHGTTG BBC broadcast served as irrestible bait in meeting the love of my life (and thereby hangs a tail! Ahem! - tale).

Farewell Douglas! I will miss you! And if you still had some unfinished business in this world, and you're ever looking for a place to hang out and go bump in the night, come on over to my house. I'll open the beer for you...

BTW, at least one version of the HHGTTG theme song was done by the Eagles (!) - the tune was called Journey of the Sorceror, I think, and was on the One of These Nights Album. I don't if this was original Eagles material or not.

Mal