Chris M. Covell<p>This March, I had to say goodbye to my father, Richard Donovan Covell. Among the cool things he did in his life were:<br />• enter a rally race in his Volkswagen Beetle when he was still an articling lawyer, before I was born<br />• co-write the horror novel "Headhunter" with his law partners (as Michael Slade)<br />• rent some of the best, and trashiest, movies in the '80s, most of which I probably shouldn't have seen at my age<br />• take me and my brother on peace marches, and to Bob Dylan & Tom Petty concerts though we were a bit too young to appreciate them<br />• walk into EA Canada's offices in the early '90s, have a look around (because he was such a fan of their Genesis sports games) and take a newsletter from the lobby desk<br />Dad clearly had passions and dreams both before and after I was born. I hope I can make half as much time in my life to find and do such cool things.</p>