Rattle wrote:
] ] This collection of web pages documents Brad's activity on
] ] the system and the people who's lives he effected, from
] ] the first day he logged on MemeStreams to the day he
] ] passed on.
]
] I had just finished the Year in Graphs when we heard of Brad's
] overdose. The idea of putting this together came to me
] immediately.. However, it took me about a week to get my shit
] together enough to actually do it.
]
] I'm not sure what to say about it. I wasn't sure what to
] write on the intro/index page either. I spent a good
] afternoon of staring at a blank copy of VIM trying to come up
] with something. Then it dawned on me that the community could
] speak for itself, so I just started cut and pasting whatever
] made sense. It felt like that was a copout at the time, and
] it still does now..
]
] However, I still can't think of anything to say about the
] matter. I can think of a few things I want to scream..
] Really fucking loudly.. All of them at Brad.
]
] For now, I'll say I miss him.

] ... and stay away from Heroin.

Damn!!! this sux so much :(

I am Brad's father. It has been both heartwarming and heartbreaking to read how you all felt about my son. Thank you all for taking the time to remember him.

I want to clarify one thing. It was believed early on that Brad died of a heroin overdose. However the official report states that Brad died of a cocaine overdose.

Not that it makes all that much difference what he overdosed from, but we all had some little understanding of how it might have been heroin. I must say that I am more thoroughly confused since it turned out to be cocaine. I do not remember any time that Brad ever told me that he liked cocaine.

Well, I must go. Please know that our family appreciates you all so very much. We loved him and still love him, and miss him more than my feeble vocabulary will ever be able to communicate.

Coram Deo!
Michael

Elonka wrote:
] At the too-young age of 35, a well-known member of
] Memestreams, Brad Blines, died of a heroin overdose on January
] 8th, 2004. This page documents Brad's activity in our virtual
] community, and shows a fraction of the people whose lives he
] touched.
]
] R.I.P.