AND NOW I AM GOING TO INDULGE IN A MODEST RANT
I'm both saddened, and mad, at the news. Sad, obviously, because a really good guy has left us far too soon, and mad, yes, MAD, MAD because I hadn't realized that he hadn't been posting for some time. I SHOULD have noticed, but that's because FR has changed so much these last years..and not all of it for the best, and instead, we focus on all the crapola around here....
How many really good people have dropped off, dropped out..either because of all the purges, or the endless, mind-numbing threads about Mormonism.. the mean, angry, sanctimonious tone that now so often infects this place..and the many months when FR was slow as molasses..if it worked at all.. but ask anyone who was around way back then...especially, like the good doctor, and myself..members of the GREAT class of 1998..and they'll all tell you..it's not the same..
Maybe change is inevitable..even if it sometimes sucks. Me, I just choose to ignore most of the bad, and just enjoy what is still good about this place, and some that still remain..
And I still miss Howlin...
Pardon the rant....
I agree whole-heartedly.
I never met him, but I would have liked him.
It’s changed. :( This used to be my “first stop” in the Internet. Now, the scope of the shared articles has narrowed to those in which I more rarely have an interest.
That being said, to an even greater extent, I dearly miss the likes of Freeper Dr. Raul. God bless him.
We totally agree with your “modest rant” in #263, Ken. Actually I think you might be surprised at just how many FReepers (and former FReepers) agree with you...
Mega dittos Ken. I think of her often and hope she is healthy and happy. I also miss yaya123, another great freeper who left us far too early!