I'm afraid I have to be the bearer of some very bad news about The Magistrate

[niyad]

152. I am so very sorry that you had to be the bearer of such sad news, EarlG,

but thank you so much for letting us know.

To the family and friends of our beloved The Magistrate, aka James, aka Papa,

Please know that our hearts and love and sorrow go out to all of you in this grievous loss. The Magistrate, as we knew him, is a tremendous loss to all of us here on DU. I remember encountering his posts when I first came to DU, months before I actually joined. From the first, I delighted in his formal, wickedly smart, often brutally ascerbic and funny, comments. His posts, amoung others, let me know that I had truly found my home in DU, and that has not changed in almost 22 years.

Please know that, just as James is/was part of our DU family, so, too, are all of you. We are here for you.

Holding you all in love and light,
Niyad