So, if the Lounge has been renamed for MFM, can LBN

[JanMichael]

be named after Khephra?

The man is legend on DU. I have only seen Skinner post a "tribute" to one DUer:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2384853

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Seconded!

I miss Khephra...

[JanMichael]

2. I do too.

Like Skinner wrote, "he WAS LBN."

I learned about 911 from him: "Turn on your TV NOW!" he was amazing. We had some great late night chats in an old chat room-

[quinnox]

3. Apparently the lounge renaming is only temporary

For only one to a few days (I'm not exactly sure), just something to clarify.

[MADem]

4. LBN used to be a MACHINE when Kephra was putting up the news.

He was so good at choosing stories, he should have been paid!

I liked his little avatar and his sig pic. You always knew you were getting quality when you saw that.

[OKNancy]

5. I was a moderator then

He got as many locked as people do now. He was great, but not infallible.

[JanMichael]

8. Of course he did

Frankly, I had MFM on ignore.

No DUer is "infallible."

May I remind you that one of "DU's Greats" has posted at least 4 times over the past decade "I am leaving."

Another DU Lounge Great is banned.

[hfojvt]

36. I didn't

but it seemed like he had ME on ignore.

I feel a little bit like Bender again.

"I don't even count....School would shut down if she didn't show up 'queenie isn't here'."

Yet the popular people are popular but they

"Don't know any of my friends, don't look at any of my friends, and certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends."


But I have nothing against him or his friends. It just would be nice to be included.

Still, I expect that this name change is only temporary, that it will be back to the lounge again in a week or two.

And many of us, myself included are not "old" enough on DU to remember Khephra.

[Gormy Cuss]

46. Skinner said the name change was for 24 hours only

which means it should revert back to "The Lounge" later today.

[MADem]

67. Yeah, you are old enough. He died in Jan 05.

His big strength wasn't so much his personality, it was that he reliably, every damn morning, got his ass up and posted a ton of news articles that really primed the pump for vigorous, purposeful discussions--no need to talk about breast feeding, the olive garden, who is being mean to whom, etc., when there was actual NEWS to discuss. He gave us that.

And he was a nice person, not mean, not self-aggrandizing...just a good individual.

[hfojvt]

73. most of that was in LBN

where I never ventured, being a GDer or lounger. I do remember when he died and I was trying to remember if I ever interacted with him, and I didn't remember anything.

[MADem]

74. Yes, he owned LBN.

He wasn't necessarily the most chatty DUer, but he was a strong contributor--he put up more LBN links than any ten people do nowadays. He found some quality links, too--he was a good "Latest News Editor" for the board.

[RetroLounge]

53. Who ever said he was?

What was your point?



RL

[MADem]

66. I never noticed the locks--I just noticed the NEWS. We had more then than we do now.

That was down to him. I noticed his loss, greatly. I'm betting I wasn't alone.

I look forward to unhappycamper's stuff--he's pretty reliable at pulling up the defense-related dirt, which is an area of interest for me. But no one ruled the morning news cycle here, at least from my perspective, like kephra.

[PeaceNikki]

6. a lot of amazing DUers have passed

Many have shaped and help build this place. Kephra is among them.

Two others who I loved personally were Dookus/Monkeyfunk and OldLefyLawyer (?... Annette).

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. also, Redstone and Khashka. and Tucker/AlienGirl and the woman with the cowboy boot in her sigline

Last edited Fri Jan 17, 2014, 02:36 PM - Edit history (1)

I hate that her name escapes me now because I really liked her and iirc she fought a hard battle, too.

[PeaceNikki]

10. Oh, right. Lone... something? LoneStar?

Yeah, she was from Texas.

yeah.

RIP to all.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. yes, May they all Rest In Peace -

[greatauntoftriplets]

19. That was Longhorn.

[PeaceNikki]

20. yes!

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. She came to Chicago for treatment and I talked to her on the phone.

She was as nice IRL as she was on DU. I still miss her.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. thank you. yes. Longhorn. Loved her.

[Gormy Cuss]

41. and SapphireBlue, who was the most consistent voice here on poverty.

I have a pending ATA question to Skinner asking if we can set up a group as a memorial wall.
It's not an original idea --many DUers have asked for it over the years.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

42. yes, DU has had many worthy posters over the years. I think the time has come for

some way to recognize and remember their contributions to our little Hole In The Net.

[countryjake]

62. Gormy, when Skinner answers your ATA question...

give him this link from last year when California Peggy spoke with him about setting up a Memorial Group:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2528683

I had to leave while that thread was still active and so many were involved in discussing the idea...adding name after name of good DUers who have passed away. Eight months later, when I finally returned home, the first thing I did after logging in here was search thru every possible forum where that group might be tucked away and was disappointed not to find it. Anyway, make sure that David sees the work that has already been done to gather everyone together; it should make it much easier for anyone who is tasked with setting up the new tribute group.

[Gormy Cuss]

63. thanks countryjake.

I'm approaching him with the idea of a group again because admin has not made a memorial page yet they saw the benefit of a short term memorial for MFM.

Perhaps California Peggy would like to ask again too.

[countryjake]

64. I've been wondering what ever happened to that effort...

I had to go on March 22, so I never got see what, if any, follow-up might have been done.

Personally, I think that such a group is long overdue. It seems that list has a name added every month, these days.

[Puglover]

11. Annette Apollo.

I miss her.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Home-Annette-Appollo/dp/0061097217/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389965528&sr=8-2&keywords=annette+Apollo

[PeaceNikki]

12. I knew her real name, just struggled with her DU name(s)

I have that book.

[Puglover]

13. Tangerine LaBamba was another.

The fact that she was TSed was.......well, never mind. Too early for negative bullshit.

[PeaceNikki]

15. of course! i miss her very much.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. I still have Tangerine LaBamba's emails that we exhchanged also I have kept her PMs.

I miss that cat sliding me a beer all the way down the bar

[Puglover]

21. Yeah me too.

They are my little DU treasures.

[Blue_In_AK]

45. Old Lefty Lawyer, as well.

[Blue_In_AK]

44. I liked her so much.

We had just started interacting here on a more personal level when she passed away. I was much more deeply saddened by her death than I expected.

[jmowreader]

33. Were you here when Andy Stephenson was still alive?

Andy was one of our earlier luminaries - he was one of the big drivers in helping us understand the evils of electronic voting machines. He got the cancer, and DU helped raise a lot of money for his treatment. The freepers decided to attack the man and contributed greatly to his untimely death. (Highly simplified, but google his name and you'll see...)

[In_The_Wind]

60. I still have emails from his yahoo support group.

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. oneighty... The Lounge (what it used to be) was a better place with him sharing

stories of his amazing life. I know it makes me unpopular around here but, with his loss...the Lounge started a slow decline. It's never recovered. I miss him still.

[RetroLounge]

49. oneighty had great stories...

And the lounge has been in decline for a long time now.

So many good people gone.



RL

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. Hey you!

It's good to see your face!

[RetroLounge]

52. You too!

I show up rarely, but now and then I lurk and need to drop a post.



RL

[hfojvt]

56. I don't remember him from the Lounge

I though the Lounge lost a lot when the "night shift" threads of Heidi and the "day shift" threads of "Clint ??" stopped.

Maybe it was just me though. I sort of had a period where I was friends with some of the popular kids, like my "twin sister" (we joined DU on the same date) RevolutionaryActs04, and Southlandshari and the aforementioned Heidi, and the German girl who I only remember now by her real name, and Oedi and Gump sorta tolerated me.

But I left the lounge when the primaries kicked in, probably mid-2007, decided to get more 'serious' about politics. And when I randomly wander back it seems like "I don't know anybody here and nobody knows me."

Or maybe the trouble is, that they DO know me.

I think I have made some enemies in GD. Possibly.

And friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

[Heidi]

75. .

I'm glad you're still here, hfojvt.

[redqueen]

58. +1

Really miss him.

[TBF]

7. I didn't know him -

but that is a lovely tribute.

[hlthe2b]

14. 'Can't believe it's been 9 years since we lost Khephra. My my....

I definitely would support that move.


Miss you, Kheph

[JanMichael]

17. :(

Almost a decade. I can't believe it either. There are so many DUers I miss.

[ScreamingMeemie]

48. ...

So many who made this place a home away...

[Omaha Steve]

24. I agree

[SharonAnn]

25. I got credit for forwarding interesting articles, but they were nearly all from Kephra.

He was totally awesome and the quality of his postings really helped build Democratic Underground and its credibility.

I totally miss him and could hardly believe it when we lost him.

[meegbear]

26. Hear! Hear!

[JNelson6563]

27. That was my first thought.

He was so awesome. i still miss him and a few others as well. We've lost a lot of good ones.

Julie

[JanMichael]

28. We have

It's odd how many people on DU are gone now, and how often I think about folks I never knew in "real life."

Do you remember "Playahata1?" All we knew about her was that her name was Robin, and she was an English prof. at a Florida university- and then we ran into one of her coworkers in the department at a gas station in a small town in Illinois. He filled us in (Cancer, how old she was, how much everyone liked her) on details we could never have known. Amazing.

[JNelson6563]

30. Wow! Talk about a "small world" moment, eh?

I do remember the screen name now that you mention it. Yes, we've lost so many.

Julie

[JanMichael]

31. When DU first started

there was a person named OlaftheWhite. Great writer. The admins, (Skinner, Elad and EarlG.) posted his articles-- he was extremely prolific.

He wrote that he had to have surgery for a brain tumor- I think. It was some type of brain surgery- and his last post was kind of a "goodbye if I don't live" type thing. I thought we would see him again in a month or so-

He never came back. No explanation, no one to tell anyone what happened.

NewYawker was the same thing- no one to tell anyone- one day she was just gone. So, I am glad there is a cohesive group on DU that is here that keeps in touch-- it means so much-

[JNelson6563]

35. I remember them both

Especially NewYawker, the welcomer of all! I'm glad too that many DUers have at least one DU pal who can let us know of big life changes.

We need to remember these losses and treat each other as if maybe tomorrow one of us could be gone.

Julie

[Rowdyboy]

72. I always think about her on my birthday...

Somehow she kept track and posted a congratulatory thread every day. She was a really sweet person and I miss her still.

[City Lights]

29. I think this is a great idea! nt

[Tikki]

32. I remember the first time Khephra responded to one of my posts…I was so excited..

I ran and told my husband.."Khephra liked my post, he even asked me a question about it."

He is missed, as are others…


Tikki

[JanMichael]

34. Back in the day

we used to get together for AOL chats--- in the middle of the night-- whenever Kheph and Will Pitt showed up (which they did all the time), I felt like I was talking to "super stars." I understand. Kheph was beyond amazing-

[Cleita]

37. Yes that would be great.

No one has stepped up to the plate to equal what he contributed to this website. Unfortunately, today, had he lived, he probably would have been stalked by small group trying to get him PPrd.

[Heidi]

38. Kick, kick, kick!!

[Lex]

39. Khephra. Yes. He is still missed to this day. nt

[uppityperson]

40. FWIW, the lounge renaming was for 24 hrs only. eom

[Lex]

43. Yes people keep saying so in this thread, but I'm not sure

why it's relevant?

[JanMichael]

57. It might be- so what? Make LBN the "Kephra LBN" for

24 hours.

[RetroLounge]

51. Hell yeah, Kephra LBN would truly be a worthy changed name.

or The Andy Stephenson GD



RL

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. +1

For the oldtimers who truly made this a place people wanted to be addicted to.

[grasswire]

55. I miss our old Hawaiian friend

Opi.....something. He wasn't hugely political, but always so cheerful with his Hawaiian way of signing off that I was always happy to see him here. I think he just disappeared too.

[redqueen]

59. Just want to also mention Medical Admin and ginbarn.

Two DUers whom I miss, in case they haven't been mentioned already.

It's good to remember them.

[JanMichael]

65. Thank you!

I didn't know Med.Admin that well-- I read the posts though

Ginbarn...yes. We need a memorial page. She was amazing. Thank you for mentioning both of them. Please, if you see something like this come up, please make sure to mention them-

[1000words]

61. Andy Stephenson

[RetroLounge]

70. +1000

RL

[JanMichael]

71. Thank you!

Yes, Andy!

There are so many that are gone now-

Very, very sad. We need a tribute page

[XemaSab]

68. NNN0LHI too

[JanMichael]

69. I am still shocked

that he is gone. Thank you for the reminder.

we need a memorial page, we really do.

[Kurovski]

76. we need a general and permanant memorial page.

It's not as though we haven't requested it before.

Idoneunnastayn

[salin]

77. I didn't realize that he had gone.

Deeply saddened.

And yes, a memorial page would be greatly appreciated.