X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cc8cf6e45c4730f1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-28 06:38:52 PST Path: news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: lgbeard Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: My Brother Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 08:38:23 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 45 Xref: news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:35 On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 03:54:32 -0000, Quong Nguyen wrote: >I have sad news. >My name is Quong Nguyen and I am Tran Nguyen's younger brother. Last >weekend Tran and I went out late to a Taco Bell for some food when we were >caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in downtown Oakland. >Tears are streaming down my face as I write this because Tran pushed me >down to safety behind his Honda. He died four hours later at the Alameda >County Medical Center. The doctors said he was dead the minute he entered >the emergency room but they did their best. >I've never really read the internet but he always talked about his friends >on alt.ascii-art and making his buffoonish cartoons. He also wrestled with >his alcoholism which had haunted him since early high school and his way of >overcoming this demon was through laughter. >Tran's ashes were scattered over the Pacific on Tuesday in a traditional >Buddhist ceremony. His ascii art "farts" will remain on the web for >generations to come so he won't be forgotten. Sad to read news of this sort. Condolences to you and your family. He will be missed. Some time ago drew a fart machine. The real one sounded almost real. This is some what how the real machine looked like trying to provoke some kind of response in fun. Now i post it again in sadness. _.----------------------._ _.-' \ / '-._ |`-.._/.--------------------.\_..-'| | || :::::::::::::::::: || . | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | || :::::::::::::::::: || | | |'--------------------'| | | |.====================.| | | || ASCII-ARTS FARTS || | | || MACHINE || | | || __________________ || | `-.._\ \__________________/ /_..-' LGB \/__________________\/ lgbeard