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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWe should really do something for the anniversary of MFM's passing.
Which IIRC is coming up in a few days. Any ideas?
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)He claimed drinking a fruity, colorful, mildly alcoholic beverage at a bar would attract the ladies to you.
Pants were always optional.
He had a comedy gig on a radio show at some point.
If I recall correctly, he was an English major in college.
In between a slew of comedic posts he would sometimes throw in poignant stories from his life that seemed almost out of character unless you'd been reading him for a while on here and knew he did that sort of thing from time to time.
He had a story published once. It was about sex. Surprise!
Those are a few of the things I remember about him from the board. Maybe that will help get the creative, commemorative ideas flowing.
vanlassie
(5,678 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Toasting MFM with girlie drinks...
Copy the smilie url and it will display when you post it.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Npbody allowed in the Lounge unless they're pantsless.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Has it been a year already????
I remember when he was feeling blue because he felt no one was paying attention to his lounge posts.
And here we are, a year later, still missing him.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Sigh
aikoaiko
(34,174 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Sigh.
Tempus fugit.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)MFM (James Swope) died on January 9, 2014.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That's what I get for trusting MFM!
NecklyTyler
(1,173 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,645 posts)Kali would remember the exact day.
I will always miss him.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Maybe invade the lounge and demand people on every thread go drink hot chocolate?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,645 posts)I just PM'd a link to your thread to Kali.
Hopefully she'll chime in soon.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)according to this post...dial up warning long post
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018551379
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)We could all use that a a sig for the day.
(in addition to wearing no pants, of course)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,645 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)This is the one Ptah posted.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Love it! I wish Admins would change the name every year, as a memorial.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Whis one do you like best?
KMOD
(7,906 posts)In honor of your friend, MFM, I will display it all day today.
Initech
(100,085 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Not that I don't care about the rest of youse mugs, but I think everyone backed off, and then whatever plague of nasty erupted on GD drove even more possibility of having an actual conversation out the door, and...I don't know...
But I'm glad to see you, and to jump back in now and again.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)and go pantless this Friday, in honor of your dear friend.
I wish I joined one year sooner. It sounds like he was a heck of a lot of fun.
My thoughts and condolences to all of you who mourn him.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I was in the hospital this time last year and wasn't on DU. When I got out and back on the computer, I learned of his death. I was very sad and have been missing him ever since.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But in some ways my friends here on DU are as real as my friends in "real life." Our friends here are real people, too, and we know them and care about them even though we've never met them in person.
I wasn't terribly surprised by how hard MFM's loss hit me. We'd exchanged PMs and talked about my coming out for a visit. More importantly, we knew each other and shared a lot of fun together here in cyberspace.
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And it was real.
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And he was our beloved friend.
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HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I have been a frequent reader of DU for more than 10 years, long before I actually signed up. MFM was the first one I looked for when I got on the computer for the day. Between his cartoons, cute pictures and his personal stories, I came to think of him as a friend. I never exchanged more than a couple of emails with him but I looked forward to seeing him on DU daily. His absence from DU feels like a personal loss. He would be gratified to know how many people remember him and still miss him.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Remember how he'd get miffed when he didn't get a lot of replies to his threads? We'd give him a bunch of recs, but that wasn't enough. He wanted to HEAR from us, and didn't understand when we just appreciated his humor and had nothing to add.
He'd take a brief timeout, but thankfully it was never for long. And you couldn't blame him for his petulance after all the work he put into photoshopping images and adding his personalized captions.
I'm not sure that he ever really got how much we appreciated his humor even when we had nothing to say. And his reaction was just one of his loveable quirks.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)but I believe that his miffed posts came at a times when his health was at a low ebb. He would have a health crisis and then come back ready to entertain us some more. It seemed to be a pattern. I hardly blame him for his curmudgeoness as he fought the good fight for a lot longer than most could have. He was quite a guy.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)He was reticent about his health struggles, and it was always Kali who gave us the scoop later.
When I think of how we're feeling about the loss of our friend, I always think of how it feels to Kali...
Kali
(55,014 posts)I was out of town for a couple of days and just got back. My house is freezing so I am going to bed, but I have a small surprise for the Lounge tomorrow.
Drove past Picacho Peak going and coming and he would be tickled to know that for me that big old rock peak has become sort of his headstone. which fits somewhat well with his his ego at times.
miss him a lot. December was hard with the memories of our last visits.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,645 posts)To be so close to someone, to share your thoughts and dreams...
And then to lose them so abruptly, to see an end to all of that.
So much pain.
I'm so sorry...
irisblue
(32,992 posts)You are missed