Words fail us. The great and hilarious blog satirist, "Jon Swift" aka Al Weisel, has died at the too-young age of 46. Tom Watson has the tragic story. His mother posted the sad news in the comments section of the "Jon Swift" blog early this morning. Scroll down a bit and you'll see this:
We didn't know him personally, unlike many now grieving on-line here and here, among many other places, but like all of his loyal readers and friends we recognized in him a truly gifted writer and a comic genius. His Amazon.com book reviews, which he had to archive on his own site when the on-line book seller finally caught on to what was happening and deleted them, stand in our mind as one of the all-time great collections of Internet humor. Occasionally, too, he gave an anonymous interview which had flashes of the same gentle irony that was consistently displayed in his writing.The world is a poorer, much sadder place for his loss.
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I was stunned when I saw this today, and very sad. He was just that good.
May he rest in eternal peace.
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