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John Talcott
July 7, 1971 - December 1, 2020
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2025-07-08 08:13:21 View / Comment (0)
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2021-12-06 06:31:17 View / Comment (0)Anagh Mamdapurkar
Hey John, where ever you are, I hope you are enjoying a diet Pepsi with your meal or while watching TV.
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2021-07-17 17:21:50 View / Comment (0)Anagh Mamdapurkar
Happy Birthday, John! With the madness of the pandemic and all, we got to hang out few times in person. One year ago, July 17, 2020, was the last time I got to see you in person right before another surge. As always, we talked about TV shows, movies, videos on Youtube, and anything that popped up in our heads. It was always fun talking to you, with your energy and knowledge on these topics. As always, you were a good sport and took a selfie with me to share with our friends. You are sorely missed.
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2021-07-08 12:48:23 View / Comment (0)
Sean Jackson
Happy birthday buddy. You were going to turn 50 this year. I planned to pay an MLP voice actor to wish you a happy birthday. Then 2020 had to go and ruin everything. I miss you dude. The world isn't right without you in it.
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2021-03-13 22:02:53 View / Comment (1)Sean Jackson
John was fan of the Transformers cartoons and toys.It makes me sad that he's not around to appreciate the new War For Cybertron toy line, and that I can't watch the new cartoon on Netflix with him. The world is not right without you in it buddy.
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2021-03-12 17:08:31 View / Comment (0)
Johny Sosa
During our “Home Alone” period I’ve been watching a lot of TV. All the subscriptions and all that; there’s some great stuff on. Star Trek Discovery, Picard, Mandalorian, WandaVision... all of those kinds of shows remind me of John. So while I watch them, I enjoy them but I also feel a bit sad... Every time an episode of WandaVision ends I think to myself, “Damn, John woulda loved that.” The combination of House of M and pop-culture references... I wish I could call him and talk to him about all these shows, just hear number 1 (John) throw out a high pitched “Skweeeeeee!” one more time... Miss you buddy. Excelsior!
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2021-01-17 21:22:47 View / Comment (2)Anagh Mamdapurkar
This being the first long weekend (MLK Jr) of the year. This means, Arkham Horror Broad night. BTW, John is sporting his Arkham Horror Whiskey T-shirt.
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2020-12-24 14:08:28 View / Comment (2)
Sean Jackson
John was my friend, one of my dearest friends. We've had an online correspondence going all the way back to 2005. We would talk about video games, comics, cartoons and movies, and everything that was going on the world. We would watch shows over Skype and Discord chat and all to often we would type out the exact same reaction. He would respond with, "Get out of my head," and I would say, "Nope I'm here forever", that's how mentally in sync we were. We shared so many passions, beliefs, world views. He was there for me when I had to put my cat to sleep. He was there for me when my father passed away. I could confide in him my deepest most personal feelings. Now he is gone from this world, and it's still impossible for me to fathom a world without him in it. Goodbye buddy.
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2020-12-14 21:05:57 View / Comment (0)
Anagh Mamdapurkar
After the Great 2008 Flood at PAC, I rotated into the division. My cubicle was right next to John’s cubicle. I saw his various comic and sci-fi objects on his deck. I asked John about those items, at first, I got very short answers. After a few days had passed. I hear a LOUD BOOMING VOICE. I pull away from my screen to see what was going on. It was John. He had just hung up the phone and was starting to rant about how the call went south. It did make me laugh but at the same time I got to know he was honest about his feeling. After the rant, everything was normal. John was calm and happy. As my rotation year went by, I got to know John and Roman. First by talking about comics that they were reading. Next about the television shows and movies they both watched. At some point the three of us started to grab lunch together every other Friday. Eventually on one of those long holiday weekends, John and Roman invited me to join them to play a board game. I asked about this board game. The plan was to meet at Roman’s place and the game might take all day. Then John started to explain more about the background. The board game is call Arkham Horror and is based on HP Lovecraft’s novels and world. Each of us would be playing a character and we would be battling a great old one beast. As a cooperative team, we would be playing against the board game’s hundreds of possible scenarios. I was willing to give it a try once. So, I join them for a game day session. The best way I can describe the board game is, it is like write your own adventure story. Every choice or random selection that is made leads to a different path. John would tell us that he would play Arkham Horror while watching TV. Just so he knows how the game mechanics and rules work. John would go onto forms to find out how other people would play the game as well. He never wanted to introduce the group to a game that he did not think we would enjoy. He wanted us to enjoy the game as much as he did. Maybe this was his Spock moment, but he would be fascinated on how his friends would play the game much differently that how he would play when he played by himself. Yes, our game sessions did run over 10 hours. But after that game session, I was hooked. Mary and Evann joined our ranks as the years went by. As I ended my rotation at PAC. John and Roman, both helped me transfer my belonging to City Hall. But that was not the end of our friendship. Thought out the years, I would stop by John’s cubicle to just talk about TV shows, movies, comics, Legos and anything that might be of interest to us both. We would hang out on the weekends to play Arkham Horrors. Even during this pandemic, I did stop by his place just to talk and see how my friend was doing. Somehow, we would end up talking about something nerdy. I am going to miss my friend. He had an energy that I do not think I will ever see again. His good nature personality, his moments of honesty that you rarely see and his smile & laugh will all be missed. Thanks for your friendship, John.
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2020-12-14 20:54:03 View / Comment (0)Anagh Mamdapurkar
Christmas was one of John’s favorite times of the year
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2020-12-14 19:24:56 View / Comment (4)John was very passionate when it comes to TV series, Movies and his Lego. You can always rely on his opinion about TV Series and Movies. He will always speak his mind specially during our lunch conversation. it will never be the same. I'm glad to have met you. My daughter will truly miss your ever evolving cubicle. Socks on your Chest!
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2020-12-14 16:07:09 View / Comment (2)Leonardo Sciolis
I remember John coming to work one day all excited about these tiny toys he brought to the office. He had one for each employee. He got me a Morty from "Rick and Morty" because I liked the show. For all his passionate rants about various things that annoyed him, all I really remember is him being an incredibly kind and warm person, always willing to help anyone who asked. One of the best coworkers I ever met. It was always a joy to talk to him about many different things. He will be deeply missed.
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2020-12-11 17:17:06 View / Comment (0)
Benjamin Moore
John was certainly the loud one when we met in Geotech and that never seemed to change. It was fun to talk geek with him, but also about anything technical. He had a sharp mind and strong opinions, and didn't shy away from calling out stupid when he saw it. Even after he left Geotech, I'd try to stop by to chat, not only because we were friends, but I was looking for hot tips on the latest movies or TV shows. If John said it was good, it was. And if it fell short, John would say exactly why and he was right on that too. And on the very rare times he chose to to share some advice about me, I'd eventually realize he was right there, too.
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2020-12-11 06:49:20 View / Comment (1)Anagh Mamdapurkar
John really enjoyed his LEGOs and he would share what he built with his friends and office mates. On a rare occasion, John allowed me to videotape him as he assembled LEGO VOLTRON. See Post Below for a link.
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2020-12-11 06:41:36 View / Comment (1)Anagh Mamdapurkar
Board games that John played would write their own adventure. A few times a year, a group of us would get together and play Arkham Horror. On many occasions, he would write down the group's adventure and share it on an Arkham Horror forum. See post below for a link to the write up:
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2020-12-11 06:13:08 View / Comment (5)
Anagh Mamdapurkar
We all know that John can be deeply passionate about the things he enjoys. In one case, he wrote an incredibly positive review for an item he backed on kickstarters. He shared this email with a few of us, but I think it is worth share with all …. Here is John’s email: I am a marketing gimmick! I wrote these guys a review for my new blanket-pillow-robe combo, and they decided to read it boomingly with a marketing video! So toot toot my bad self! (I really needed something like this right now!) My TuckXL Review (apparently!) - https://vimeo.com/246899028 They did add some extra words to highlight some features. Dudes, this thing is TRULY fantastic, and if any of it appeals to you, I would absolutely recommend you get one! https://www.pocketchange.life/ In case I haven't tooted enough, here's my original post to them: Just as the weather begins to chill in CA, my Tuck XL finally arrives. And it is OUTSTANDING!!! It's so big and soft and warm that I don't even have to think about how to use it. With my couch properly armed with pillow walls and accessories, I can flop in a multitude of orientations, and I can get the Tuck to cover me, even if I'm laying on half of it! Completely covered like a tarp, folded over like a taco, simply tossed over my feet like an unraked pile of leaves...I've even figured out that laying on the pouched end draped up over my pillow wall, I can use a corner pouch to throw my hand in, and my whole arm will just suspend there like a cantilevered hammock...like a Roman God of Laziness. I once got myself so completely insulated that I woke up from a couch nap OVERHEATED. G L O R I O U S . I have retired my overworked Snuggie forever to the bottom of my pillow wall as a bound-up foundational brick. I can't imagine using it ever again as a blanket. I've backed a lot of Kickstarters, but this is by FAR one of the most useful and deserving projects of which I have ever been a part. FANTASTIC WORK, Pocketchange!!!
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2020-12-16 02:25:30 View / Comment (0)
Julie Sauter
John was true to himself and true to his friends. You never walked away from John not knowing what he thought. I am so glad to have gotten to know and work with him. To this day, John is the only person who was willing to put on the TOS Klingon uniform I made. Bless you John, may you be honored in Sto'Vo'Kor!!!
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2020-12-11 00:49:09 View / Comment (0)Jonathan Carroll
Walking John to his car when he clocked out was always a fun way to end the day.
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2020-12-11 06:13:55 View / Comment (0)Miu-Ying Tam
John was out of the office that day when my son came for a visit and took John's BB8 from his cube,,, John gave a hearty laugh when he saw this picture.
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2020-12-11 06:14:14 View / Comment (0)
Miu-Ying Tam
I've known John since 2006. However, I didn't actually start talking to John until some years later since we weren't working in the same section and I was intimidated by his loud booming voice, being that I'm a quiet person. Not sure how we started talking, but I'm glad we did. I discovered that he was a softie at heart and his booming voice was just a volume. When all our colleagues whom we've worked with over the past 10 years or so started leaving the division (due to management), John became my go-to for comfort and support and we'd reminisce about the good ol' days. I guess having our colleagues leaving us behind was a blessing in disguise, because otherwise, we'd never had gotten to be the friends that we had become.
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2020-12-10 22:41:55 View / Comment (0)
Johny Sosa
I have never met anyone more comfortable with who he was that John Talcott. Unabashedly into all the things Roman so eloquently wrote about... and all those things were fun! Such fun memories of that crazy office-piercing laugh and his toys on display: fun. The only man who worked for the City of LA that gave out toys for his promotion. His exploits are legend at the BOE, LAPD, and now the DWP: fun. The group movie nights he created, planned, or inspired were super fun! I have my Talcott gifted LEGOs all out on display so I can smile instead of... not. I will always think of number one... well, I’ll think of STTNG too but I will think of Mr. Talco’ and smile.
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2020-12-10 18:43:59 View / Comment (0)
Claudia Haskett
John was a bit of an odd duck, at least that was my initial impression. As I got to know him better, I found out that my initial impression was correct. I told John that he had no soul because he was not gutted over Superman accidentally killing Lois and his unborn child in the first issue of Injustice (spoilers, sorry) and he shrugged it off saying that this type of stuff happened all the time. We've since had many discussions on various DC characters and superhero movies. I went to many movie nights with John and members of PAC and friends. We always had a great time at the pre-movie dinner and the movie as well. John was not a passive movie viewer. He literally laughed out loud at parts that he genuinely found hilarious much to the chagrin of many movie goers but I found the trait endearing. I miss John and his many quirks including text rants in all caps because you knew he was really upset about something. It could have been someone's perceived incompetence or just because he was is serious pain. When it was the latter, we all sympathized with him and knew it would subside over time. Until it didn't. John had a wicked sense of humor and was extremely intelligent. He will be missed by those who knew and appreciated him for being himself. John was a WYSIWYG person most of the time which was refreshing and sometimes offputting but take him or leave him he was John and I don't think anyone would change a thing about that. You'll be missed, John. I hope wherever you are you are out of pain, rid of those darned crutches, and playing with so many Lego Sets that you don't know where one starts and one ends. Rest well.
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2020-12-14 22:32:47 View / Comment (0)
Roman Barajas
I met John when he came sauntering in to Geotech one day looking for someone. He stopped at my desk when he saw my Batman wallpaper by Alex Ross and said "Oooooh...Batman". I had been collecting comics since I was 6 years old, so off we went on many many conversations over the years about the Justice League, Avengers, X-Men and everything else comic related. We both attended Comic-con for the last time in 2007. At one point I was buying my weekly pack of comics and passing them down to him to read also. We discussed movies, TV, and Sci-fi. He's been my close friend for many years and I miss him terribly.
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Happy Birthday, Ringo! So many good movies and cartoons to talk about!!
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