rasputin1952 is back

After an exceptionally long hiatus (my bad), a Prodigal DUer has returned.

Hello, and good tidings to all who know me. To those who don't, it's my pleasure to meet you.

Eons ago, I was a Moderator here, now I find many of my fellow DU'ers are on the Memoriam Page, this saddens me deeply.
What saddens me more, is that there will be another name added to that list, unhappycamper who passed from this
plane, April 12, 2023.

I met him via DU some 20 years ago, we served together on many stints as Moderators, he from Boston, me from Nebraska.
I went to Boston to recover from pneumonia at the VA there and was to spend two weeks. That turned into just over 12 years.
He was not just my brother-in-arms, he was family. I stayed in his Condo for those years, we shared stories, wished we were a lot younger as we drove through Boston and saw "them new fangled women folk" that didn't exist when we were younger (what the hell happened???)

On October 2, 2022, I found him on the Living Room floor, he had had a stroke. After calling 911, I took his vitals, made him comfortable and he was coherent. 9 days after he was admitted to Mass Gen Hospital (he was doing well, standing and getting some function to his affected side), a clot created an aneurysm, which blew and everything went catastrophic. I was his Health Care Proxy and POA.

Five months ago, another DUer, and Moderator, Treasonous Bastard also a one time Moderator, and my actual older brother passed from this plane. Type 2 Diabetes robbed him of sight in his left eye due to macular detachment, and he was taking that long walk into Dementia.

When I happened upon DU, via an email, I scrolled down and saw the Memoriam page. We didn't have that in my days on DU, and we were losing people, damn good people. Kephra, oneighty, maddiejoan, ElizabethEdwards, blondeatlast, aliengirl, NNNOHLI, Bartcop, opihimoimoi, pinto, JeffR, William Pitt, madfloridian, nevergiveup, The Magistrate.
I worked with these people, and knew them as part of the larger cause, they, like all Duers, are part of something greater than ourselves.
We are family.

Skinner has retired, EarlG answered my email (I know, things are hectic, 45 is a bigger butt nugget than anyone imagined could happen) and I've been working my butt off in NE for Harris/Walz, FWIW: There is but a single DJT lawn sign in Lincoln NE and well over 250 Harris/Walz!

OK, I'm up to date, back on DU, and ready to go to work for the Cause. Let's do this and keep a healthy Constitutional republic alive and well!

rasputin1952 is in the fight!