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I’ve posted my own tribute of sorts to Lex over at my blog, and wondered if perhaps you could link to it in your earlier post.
http://adonaisemperfi.blogspot.com/2012/03/requiescat-in-pace.html
Thanks very much,
-CH Dave “Padre” Harvey
As an avid reader of both you and Lex, I will be with everyone at this event in spirit as I raise my own pint of Guinness to those rare of breed. I will greatly miss his daily log of life and wish his family all the best. I feel confident he is testing the envelope with his new set of wings! God’s speed Lex.