1 Boyjectionist Fewer
On January 1st, 2026 the Foliest of the Boyjectionists died. He had stage 4 pancreatic cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. I’m not a doctor, but pretty sure cause of death starts with “C.”
Before embarking on any list of his accomplishments, let me say he was the funniest, wittiest human I’ve ever known. He had the fastest mind, and every time we were together, it was non-stop, stream-of-consciousness yakking. And laughing, lotsa laughing.
Let me see now, accomplishments. He was the first Stasrbucks employee I knew of. (Side job, being a Boyjectionist was only a part-time gig.) Therein he invented the “Hyperdermic” which was 9 shots of expresso. He coined the phrase “there’s too much blood in my caffeine stream.”
He was indefatigable when we took on projects that ran long and late. Dome-cleaning, all of us sporting back-pack-vacuums, scrambling over the superstructure to suck off the dust through the perforations from the back. He was cheerful throughout.
Every 6 months was a change of films, and the in-house programmed pre-show. This was a stressful time, I stayed focused on those 2 tasks and not the scazillions of small details in operating changes. I’m pretty sure Foliest was the one to see that the guides got trained on the differences, all I recall is that part went more smoothly than the other 2.
I left the industry in ‘95 and he continued on. Occasional contacts over the years gave me a hint of his expertise, but visiting him May 2025 I got my eyes opened. He was, far and away, a greater industry-wide subject matter expert than I ever was at my peak. I imagine there are a lot of FB comments in memoriam.
I was hoping to see him in June, though planning to visit sooner if things worsened. Sadly, the bottom dropped out on New Year’s Day when his heart stopped.
Foliest, you will be missed more than my poor writing can convey.