"James Morrow" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>>
>>
>> > In article >,
>> > Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>> >
>> >> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> >> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> >> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> >> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
>> >> words,
>> >> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> >> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in
>> >> the
>> >> ground.
>> >>
>> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
>> >> Blinky's
>> >> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> >> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>> >>
>> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>> >
>> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>> >
>>
>> That was my plan.
>>
>>
>
> Your efforts are deeply appreciated. Each of these newsgroups is a
> little on-line community. We value these connections. With Blinky in
> mind I noted this item.
>
> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online

I think we've talked about this kind of service here before. Of course, if
you go missing in AFCA for too long (and are known to have health problems),
Dana just calls SWAT on you.

My sister knows how to get to this group...and if Scott just opens up Agent
at home, my groups pop up (no password protection), so he could let people
know if anything happened to me. I'm just not sure that he *would*.
Remember, he thinks you're all imaginary. Or something like that.

Lisa Ann