Fathers figured

In last week’s issue, Erin Ryan wrote a letter to her father that inspired readers to reflect on their own relationships with Dad.

Wonderful tribute letter/article. I phoned my father just after reading. I pray that everyone is as lucky as Erin and myself to have supportive, loving father figures in their lives. —Barbara Tidd

Great article! It really shows your love for your dad. I lost mine over 10 years ago. There isn’t a day I don’t wish I could sit and have a chat over a coffee, give him a hug or wish I had a chance to tell him I love him again. For those that still get to love their fathers, do it! Time goes very fast, so don’t waste a minute. —Robert Kachor

A beautiful to tribute letter to your dad. I lost my dad 26 years ago, and some say it gets easier as the years pass. But really it doesn’t; it gets more and more hard. Especially when you watch your own kids grow up without their papa. I talk to my dad everyday and tell him I miss and love him. My kids and my grandson will always know what a wonderful dad I had, even though we never saw eye to eye. I love you dad, Harvey S. Hornback. —Ruby Marie Kendrick

Love to hate

A conversation between Rick Lax and a Barnes & Noble employee:

Barnes & Noble employee: “Do you know Josh Bell?”

Rick: “Yeah.”

Barnes & Noble employee: “Tell him that I really appreciate that he hates all the movies that I hate.”

Hired ed

Kristen Peterson’s story on former UNLV professor Stephen Hendee’s denial of tenure and subsequent move to the Maryland Institute College of Art sparked reflections on the teacher, the artist and the man.

I was a student of Professor Hendee’s, and I have to say, he is by far the best teacher I have ever had. I leaned more than just how to make art; I learned about what it is to be an artist. He was always making us [the students] look at things in new ways, approaching things from a different angle which, for me, sparked even more ideas. He truly was an inspiration! It is sad to see him go, but I am grateful that I had the chance to learn from him. —Niré Arambula

UNLV won’t be the same without him. Although he will be gone, his influence will live on through his students. —Mike Yee

Stephen was one of the most brilliant teachers I had at UNLV, as well as one of the kindest and most generous people I’ve ever met. This is beyond a huge loss for the university and for Vegas—it’s almost crippling. He is an amazing contemporary artist and thinker, and his influence with undergrads and grad students is immeasurable. I’d like to point out what an amazing artist and curator his wife Catherine Borg is as well, and what a champion the Las Vegas art scene is losing in her. —Laurenn McCubbin

Easy does it

Actor Douglas Brian Irvin Jr., who played a cop on CSI, was charged with impersonating a police officer after he offered a woman $10,000 for sex and then threatened to bust her. But getting laid in Las Vegas doesn’t need to be that tricky ...

What a weirdo. There are so many other ways to get the chicks in Vegas to sleep with you ... and it usually doesn’t involve tricking them. Maybe he should think about just buying her a drink next time—and then he can impress her with his cool plastic cop card? —Amanda Byrns