To anyone who was friends or just knew Bookerdana ...

@0uijaFinger He really was.
I smiled when I read the part about him beating chess masters in the game.

He had a very subtle wisdom that you could tell he had gained that from a full life.

@TheSirfurryanimalWales He definitely had a class of humor that was purely him.

I will miss that wit.

@SleepingWithGhosts That was the biggest reason I chose to share the link to his obituary rather than copy and edit out his personal details.

He was a pretty amazing soul and I am sure, at this point, he wouldn't mind having his real name and location shared with everyone.

I figured I am probably not the only one who would like to share a message with his family about how he touched us.

@GoFish I remember reading a post he made about his brother.
He wrote it so well and the things he described were sweet and warm.
and then he would write me a PM and it was trash. LOL

He finally made me call him and said he normally would take notes and make outlines before writing something and that wasn't going to work with PMing me. LOL

He even had a wise and warm sounding voice.

@Dainbramadge awww i didn't realize he was elder i thought he was my age the who time. silly

@GoFish When I first talked to him I asked him how old he was just as a way to gauge his connection to a topic we were discussing.
He was sheepish with the answer and finally told me he remembered 70 but any further back was foggy. LOL

@Quimliqer He was an honorable gentlemen.

He and I were chatting in PM here one day a few years back and it turned out he wasn't very comfortable writing and he told me to call him and gave me his number.

I wrote back and told him I didn't do that with people I knew from here, with it being anonymous and all.
He just wrote back and told me not to be such a sissy and to call him. LOL
I am glad I did. Our conversations were normally 3 or 4 hours long.
I don't think I have ever talked on the phone that long to anyone.

He was full of wisdom and had an amazing way of captivating me no matter if he was sharing an amazing story from his life or commenting on some hairbrained thing I had done.

I guess it's normal to have regrets when someone like him passes but I truly wish I had called rather than make that last message.

The world is a little less bright now.

@Dainbramadge The passing of people, like him, leaves a hole in our lives. You were blessed to have known him on such a personal level.

@Quimliqer He kind of came into my life at a point where I could really benefit from his wisdom as well as humor.

@Magenta I knew I wasn't the only person who he had touched deeply.

That is why I posted his obituary without concealing his real name and location.

There is a place at the bottom to leave a message for his family and I am going to leave one and I thought it would be nice if anyone wanted to share their experience with the family it would be nice.

@Dainbramadge He had such a good presence and energy for many years.

And thank you for this.. 😔

@eyeno He was an amazing man.

The stories he shared here were great but to hear him muse and reminisce on the phone was always a sure bet to lose track of time.

@TexChik That is one difficult thing about meeting people here is they can disappear for any number of reasons.
We need a designated keeper of real names. :-)

@M00ed Yeah I had just messaged him 3 days ago and had no clue he hadn't responded in a while.

A mutual friend of ours reached out worried and that got me to look into what may have happened.

It really is sad news.

@Sutten I have been going back through our message history and laughing.

We went from talking about browsers to quantum stuff. LOL

He was very intelligent and insanely modest about it.

He will truly be missed.

@fun4us2b You know what is the funniest part about finding his obituary is when I got to the part about him loving music is when I broke down.

He would post some really off the wall music here but I found each one to actually be a tasteful example of B side music. Our music tastes were definitely different but he did have good taste and helped to expand my music vocabulary.

He was very open with me on the phone and he lived a very full life.

@NerdyPotato I wasn't sure if I should have shared it either.

I thought about editing it withholding his name but there is a place where people who knew him could write a message about him to the family.

He was a very open and personable guy to me and I imagine to others as well.

Thank you for pointing that out though.