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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Rob Smith of Gut Rumbles Fame Dies

The blogosphere has lost a fine writer and member. Much has been written about Rob Smith, the Acidman, of GutRumbles, who passed away Earlier This Week.

Much has been written about him by those that knew him well and those that did not. I didn't know him well, but his blog was well-read by me. My first visit to his blog, from a link off of someone else's site, was the day he posted that He was quitting blogging

And my comments on his post:
My first Acidbath - for those who don't know, it's an avalanche of hits from Rob linking to you resulting in a large increase in visitors - was on my post 'Today I Am A Liberal'. I felt honored that he not only linked to it, but that he linked to a blog that, at the time, was only 10 weeks old. And I was flattered over the past year when he would link here on other items that he liked or found interesting.

I appreciated the additional traffic and would always thank him by e-mail. And over the past year I had a few questions on blogging or something else, and I'd e-mail Rob and ask what he thought. And he always replied.

And that sums up the extent that I knew Rob, so I can't claim I know him as well as so many others that have written so much about him.

But I will say this about Rob: He loved to write and it showed. He loved the language and his BA in English Literature fit with his natural ability to tell a tale. You could always count on Rob blogging in his unique way, on any subject under the sun. He knew how to tell a story and you always knew where he stood on whatever was on topic.

And that is the guy I will miss. The unique place on the blogosphere where you knew you could count on Rob to tell you something you didn't know, re-tell you something you thought you knew and to read his stories.

Rob, We celebrate your life.

Thanks for all the memories.

©2006

// posted by David Drake @ 6:09 PM
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