12 Nov 08 R.I.P Emru Townsend … :-( an early BBS era friend …

I first “met” him back in the BBS days back in the 1980s – Juxtaposition and the like. It was social networking 0.1 alpha.

Just watched CTV News Montreal and saw the leading story that he had passed away yesterday – Remembrance Day – after a two year battle against bone cancer / bone cancer more specifically Monosomy 5 …

Shock is putting it mildly. I had commented on some of his online stories and articles published for PC World magazine, but had no idea that he had been going through this huge challenge.

He was born in 1969, barely a year earlier than me.

So now … I (sort of) know someone who has passed away to cancer.

My condolences to all his wife, family and friends…

As I am often told (and remind myself) … things could be worse.