R.I.P. Bob Zangas
Citizen Smash is passing the word that a good man’s time came last week. My condolences to Bob Zangas’ family and friends - he died doing important and righteous work. Not much more to say than that, besides that I’d dropped by his blog from time to time, but never followed it closely. I think I’m feeling a bit stunned at having been privileged to see such a personal glimpse of a man living his priorities and dying for the same - although it was only a matter of time before one of *us*, a blogger with a public face and strangers wishing him well, drew the ace in Iraq or the ‘Stan. I’d like to say more about the perceived relationship between blogger and reader, about the significance of what Zangas was doing and how his death served a higher purpose, about the gift of his time and attention to the rest of the world via the Internet, but none of it seems like more than narcissistic belly-lint fluffing, so I’ll leave it at this - rest in peace, Bob Zangas. I hope you found what you were looking for on your journey. Thank you.