Dropping by to say: Loving your commentary in the "Environmentalists in California making progress" thread.

Normally I don't accept friend requests from people who don't talk to me a bit, but because of this, I'll make an exception for you.

That was a jab at FTR. He said "Overreaction way to go" in one of his responses to his alarmist swine flu story. I just try to be more subtle about it than FreakPirate.

apparently you are not the only one.

R.I.P. my friend.

never a hard feeling.

I can't believe you're really gone.

travel well, Jim.

May you rest in peace...

To anyone who may read this in the future and wonder what happened:

Jim was out drinking with a female acquaintance, after which they walked out onto an old dock in the Mississippi river near his home in New Orleans. The dock collapsed, sending them into the river. She made it out, he didn't. His body was finally recovered just a few days ago. It is a tremendous loss to his family and those of us who were friends of his in real life.