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Momma Bear Has Died

by John Cole|  October 26, 20059:53 pm| 8 Comments

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Momma Bear, the sweet lady who actually designed the graphic to the right and spent hours chatting with me, e-mailing back and forth helping Kathy Kinsley design my old site, has died.

And that stinks.

*** Update ***

Andrew Ian Dodge also has a tribute to Momma Bear.

Dean Esmay has his thoughts here.

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  1. 1.

    Emma Zahn

    October 26, 2005 at 10:23 pm

    She designed a great graphic…sincerest sympathy

    Emma

  2. 2.

    The Disenfranchised Voter

    October 26, 2005 at 10:25 pm

    My deepest sympathies, John.

  3. 3.

    Joey

    October 26, 2005 at 10:31 pm

    My condolences as well.

  4. 4.

    John Cole

    October 26, 2005 at 10:32 pm

    Don’t send me condolences. I only knew her birefly. The folks I link4ed to are hurting bad, though.

  5. 5.

    Krista

    October 27, 2005 at 9:32 am

    I wondered who had done that graphic…it’s excellent.

  6. 6.

    Defense Guy

    October 27, 2005 at 10:22 am

    My condolences to her family and friends. It is a nice graphic.

  7. 7.

    Quiddity

    October 27, 2005 at 11:55 am

    That’s sad news. I really like the graphic. It always took me out of whatever mood I was in (usually grumpy) and reset the system.

  8. 8.

    Kimmitt

    October 27, 2005 at 2:31 pm

    My condolences.

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