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[alexpgp]

I am generally not one for obituaries, but LJ friend rjlippincott brought my attention to one for a fellow named Jim Adams.

Now, I knew a fellow named Jim Adams once, back when I worked at Borland. He endeared himself to me forever with a comment he scrawled on the cover of a marketing piece I had written and distributed for comment to pretty much everyone in the business unit, to the effect that I should not get discouraged by nitpicks from folks who couldn't string a half-dozen words without error, much less write what I had written, which he thought was splendid.

So you can understand my need to click on the link, on the off chance that this was my Jim Adams.

It wasn't, but the obit was a refreshing change of pace.

He was sadly deprived of his final wish, which was to be run over by a beer truck on the way to the liquor store to buy booze for a date. True to his personal style, he spent his final hours joking with medical personnel, cussing and begging for narcotics and bargaining with God to look over his loving dog, Biscuit, and his family.

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In lieu of flowers, he asks that you make a sizeable purchase at your favorite watering hole, get rip roaring drunk and tell the stories he no longer can.

There's a peck of comments posted. My favorite was one posted by a certain 'randy', who is apparently a fan of the late H.S. Thompson, who said:

Life is not a journey to the grave
With the intention of
Arriving safely in a pretty
And well-preserved body,
But rather to skid in broadside,
Thoroughly used up,
Totally worn out,
And loudly proclaiming,
"WOW !!!! What a ride!"

Strangely uplifting.

Cheers...

Comments

[daphnis.livejournal.com]

I believe, if I remember rightly, that that is a quote from Hunter Thompson. Valid idea, but should have been attributed!

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

You are entirely correct (inasmuch as anything can be said to be "correct" as far as HST is concerned)! I have addressed this omission with an edit.

Cheers...