Reading the Signs....

[brother_erwin]

Yeah, CC, with all due respect for your thorough examination of this issue (marvellous  work, Marlowe!) I agree.
Dudeism is timeless, and so is TBL, and so Donny, and what else is there than here and now. And if in His wisdom he chose to take Donny ... what then is a date if not another figment of our imagination.

So may the sweet prince sleep well.

Also, we should remember the Tralfamadorian concept of time, which was taught to us by another great Dude, Kurt Vonnegut, and which is very consoling, too.

Faithfully
be

[Lao Dude]

With regards to your question "What does Donny do when not bowling?"

I've suggested a a hypothesis in this thread

http://dudeism.com/smf/index.php?topic=2309.0

It's kind of rant/blathering and perhaps my toe is slipping OVER THE LINE...