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 Jeff Medkeff, The Blue Collar Scientist, 1968-2008
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Starman
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Sweden
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Posted - 08/04/2008 :  22:36:53  Show Profile Send Starman a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Worst of news.

Jeff Medkeff, aka Blue Collar Scientist, lost his battle with liver cancer on Sunday.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/04/jeff-medkeff-blue-collar-scientist-has-died/


My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed all over the globe.

Edited by - Starman on 08/05/2008 00:30:55

HalfMooner
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Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 08/05/2008 :  00:41:30   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My condolences to Jeff's family and friends, too. What a great loss!


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 08/05/2008 00:41:53
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Kil
Evil Skeptic

USA
13476 Posts

Posted - 08/05/2008 :  00:45:15   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The BCS was posting fairly regularly over here for a couple of months and then just disappeared. That happens sometimes so I wasn't really all that curious about his missing status. I hoped he would come back and post sometime. That happens too. But he won't be...



Here is his last post. Short but sweet.


Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

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Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 08/18/2008 :  14:00:26   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
His last request has been granted.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 08/19/2008 :  05:07:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
How very sad. We seem to lose the best far more often than the worst, or perhaps the loss affects more. I too, was hoping for his return......




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Chippewa
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USA
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Posted - 08/19/2008 :  10:34:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Chippewa's Homepage Send Chippewa a Private Message  Reply with Quote
A small amount of matter in the solar system came together.
It was called "Jeff". He made a difference and influenced others,
Then returned to the basic matter that will again help form new worlds.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 08/19/2008 :  12:15:29   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Chippewa

A small amount of matter in the solar system came together.
It was called "Jeff". He made a difference and influenced others,
Then returned to the basic matter that will again help form new worlds.

Well said!




"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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