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My user name comes from the red star on my son's gravestone, and not my political views, contrary to popular belief...

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 12:41:20 PM EST

Re: your online self (4.00 / 2)

But that begs the question of why there is a red star on your son's gravestone.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 12:58:09 PM EST
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Re: your online self (4.00 / 4)

Perhaps so, but the story behind that isn't political, either.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 01:12:28 PM EST
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Salute (4.00 / 4)

It just hurts too much to read son and gravestone in the same sentence.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 08:37:49 PM EST
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Re: Salute (none / 1)

Yes it does. Each time redstar mentions that I get tears in my eyes.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:29:39 AM EST
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Re: Salute (none / 1)

I cannot imagine anything worse than losing one's son or daughter.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 02:22:20 PM EST
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