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RIP Ron

Nice obit for Ron Crickenberger, former Atlantan and former political director of the Libertarian Party. I partied (not Libertarianly) with Ron during my wilder days. I think of him often and he will be missed. He was always good-natured even when I (a liberal at the time) ribbed him about his Libertarian Party loyalties.

I think I'll eat a plate of nachoes in his honor. This one's on me.

UPDATE: I realize the above is a bit cryptic. Ron was a generous and friendly person, and we attended numerous concerts by Darryl Rhodes and the Men From G.L.A.D., a rockin' comedy band from the early '80's. (The link is to an old story about Darryl's old band, the Hahavishnu Orchestra. I used to know of an actual Darryl site, but I've lost it.) I mentioned to some friends at lunch that Ron always bought nachoes at these shows, and they were mystified. Now, that could mean a few things:

1. They were too far gone, the concert atmosphere being what it was, to notice;
2. Ron only bought nachoes for me; or
3. I ate Ron's nachoes.

Whichever is the case, I ate a lot of nachoes on Ron, and I appreciated it and knew he was a great person. And I did have a plate of nachoes tonight for dinner.

I don't know how long this will remain up, but here is Ron's website from a previous run for Congress.

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Oh man - what a bummer! A sad day.

I guess I thought our paths would cross again someday. I better inform my bros (he was an old friend and co-worker).

RIP Ron "DAOTALM" Crickenberger!

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Same here, man. And DAOTALM is certainly how I'll always remember him.

Would anybody object to a little nachoes? (I'm too damn broke to buy nachoes at LUNCH today, though. Good thing Barry's buyin'.)

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Cosmic Hallucinatory Hangover Bummers, man!

Flag at half mast. I think the last time I saw him was at a festival at that Park on Virginia where they play volleyball.

Thanks for posting, B.

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Here's the website for D.A.R.R.Y.L.:

http://www.music-comedy.com/

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