Recently a friend passed away. Many people showed up at his memorial service. At an appropriate time I stood up and spoke about my friend, mentioning some anecdotes about his antics, and sharing some personal feelings and thoughts about our friendship and times together.

After the ceremony his son approached me to say how proud he was that his dad had a friend like me.


"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon

"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg