Bboy update: Late Weds. The last update

[talula]

I am having a very hard time typing this.

Bboy has passed on.

The doctors did some preliminary tests, decided there was no point in going on, and his folks decided that it would be better to let him pass in peace rather than to let him stay on.

From all that I understand, they unplugged the machines that kept him alive and he slipped away from us very quickly.

This is not a good day.

talula

[luvpain (imported)]

I'm really sorry to hear the bad news. If there is anything I can do let me know. I'm just not sure what to say right now.

[Paolo]

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[Uncle Flo (imported)]

There is absolutly nothing I can say right now. I want to be by myself for a while. FLO

[An Onymus (imported)]

Talula, my sympathies to you, to Riverwind, to Bboy's family, and to all his close friends. I think I can speak for a number of others, in saying that this has all been so sudden, that I really don't know how to respond. Like most others here, I didn't know Bboy personally, but I have read and posted to this website off an on for about six years, and I have read enough of his posts, and read enough of other people's comments about him, that it seems as though he is a friend who has now been lost. It's hard to accept the idea that a lot of what could have been, has now been destroyed.

Again, my condolences. Although I am skeptical about some things about the Archive, I recognize its value as a place where people can offer support to each other, and it can perhaps be a help now to those who are grieving.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I'm so very sorry for Bboy's family and his friends. Bboy is in a better place and is no longer in pain. It is his family and friends that feel the pain.

Bboy is at peace

[Christina (imported)]

This is news I was hoping not to hear. I offer my sypathy and condolences to all his family and friends.

Talula, take all the time you need my friend. You have done so much these past few days for everyone here and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[Riverwind (imported)]

My heart weighs heavy tonight. In the last couple of years friends of mine about my age have died. This has weighed heavy on me, but tonight we lost our leader. Bboy has touched the life of so many that it is breaking my heart along with everybody else that knows him. Bboy was taken from us way to young.

Bboy started the Archive, he was also has a Law degree, has for many years ran a jr bowling league, He also has a radio show with talula. Bboy has touched so many lives in so many areas, not just the Archive but in all areas of his life. Bboy was very close with his family and his church.

So who was Bboy?

Bboy had such a worm heart, not a mean streak in his body. He loved life and loved the people he worked with as well as those of us on the Archive. He has touched the lives of people round the world. Bboy was the peace maker, of all the people I have known in my life, he was all the things that most people try to be. Kind, gentle, honest, hard working, and most of all a friend.

Good bye my friend, good bye

[Losethem (imported)]

Bon Voyage my friend.

[Riverwind (imported)]

I know, I know I just posted.

This afternoon I was at Bboys side, I held his have and talked to him. I gave him a kiss on the forhead when left.

Tonight I set here with gemm and talula, we opened a bottle of sparkling wine and we are remembering Bboy, you know all the good times and fun things that we did.

He is gone from us but as long as we remember him he lives on.

[Dave (imported)]

my sympathy and condolences

[lilac (imported)]

I am very sorry to hear this news. I had just got done posting right before I heard the news. I asked the Lord to help Bboy...Well I guess he did. He took him to a better place... and out of his pain and misery. Again, I send my condolences to his family and friends.

love always.... your broken hearted chatroom *Flower*

Lilac

[Quillman (imported)]

Oh so sorry, I feel I have lost a dear friend even though I have never met him personally, sincerest condolances may he rest in peace, will be much missed.

Quillman UK

[Eunuken (imported)]

I am also very saddened by this news. I only spoke with him once or twice on the chatroom, I know that he will be missed here and in everyones life, but he is truly in a better place where there is no pain or suffering the place that we will all go one day.

--Ken--

AKA Yeah

[A-1 (imported)]

What can I say?

I just found this thread.

I am so sorry that this happened. We are told that things always happen for a reason. I don't know.

This is hard to accept and it is times like this that make us cherish our friends and loved ones.

I share in the feelings of loss and although I have never personally met anybody from the archive I wish that I had.

Remember to hug somebody that you love and remember to tell them that you love them because you never know what is going to happen next.

LOVE,

A-1

[surf_toad (imported)]

it is never for the best. i don't know how many times i have to hear that but it never is. the rest of us have to go on but a bit of ourselves will never be the same again. Thank you for the memories. you will surely be missed.

[Robby (imported)]

My first footsteps in Minnesota occurred on September 27, 1996, coming to the Twin Cities directly from Memphis, Tennessee. I do not hail from the good State of Tennessee, I come from the O.C., Southern California. Some call it the Orange Curtain, I call it Orange County. My home was actually in Boise, Idaho at that time but I now live in Minnesota.

It didn't take long after landing in the Frozen North for me to find the E. A. on the Internet. Bboy was running the show from his personal Netcom account and loved every minute of his activity, and I did too. I tried for a couple of years to make contact before I was able to break through and actually talk with 'B'. Of course, we wrote notes back and forth in those days, but I'll bet I wrote 10 to 1 of those notes. It wasn't until I made a trip to talula's home, by invitation from Krister, did I actually meet Bboy. I am glad I had the opportunity to meet and chat with 'B' during this short period of time. He was one of the nicest guys I have ever met. You too Krister, tal, Paolo, et al...

My contributions to the E.A. perhaps cover a pinpoint compared to the vast giving of 'B'. My life has not been the same since my discovery of the Archive and Bboy has managed to introduce me to several good men I call friends; talula, Paolo, Krister, Gemm, Uncle Flo, Riverwind, and Luvpain. I have many fond memories of posts from all here on the Archive. We have been provided the opportunity of a lifetime on this site and we owe a debt of gratitude to 'B'.

From the heart of 'B' and his good friend talula along with others like Paolo, Krister, Luvpain, Riverwind, Uncle Flo and Gemm this site will live in the memory of 'B'.

This post makes me sad to say good-bye to 'B'.

May Bboy rest in peace... you are in a better place now.

God Bless 'B'.

[Karisma (imported)]

To the west upon the night sky to the right of Orions belt the moon itself glows in shades of red this night.

I completely agree with Riverwind.

I never got a chance to get to know you very well Bboy, a great shame. I raise me glass to you non the less in remembrance (-you always treated me with respect-) and honor of who I think you were in life and who you are wherever you may be now.

"If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn. People die. But real love lives forever."

*plays a slow air on his bagpipe*

Cheers!

[SplitDik (imported)]

Oh my God!

Riverwind, thanks for eulogizing him here and thanks to you, Talula and others who made it to see him in person.

Can we make some sort of memorial page on the Archive? Wasn't he big on the story archive -- could we name it "BBoy Memorial Story Archive" or something?

[SquirmEWorm (imported)]

I've been hanging around the Archive, off and on (but mostly off) for over 4 years. I never interacted very directly with Bryan/Bboy, but he always seemed like a real sweet guy, and definitely a very generous one.

Would it be improper to ask how old he was? And what the cause of his illness was? Just curious.

Anyway, I hope the rest of us can carry on in the same positive and generous spirit that Bboy started this website with.

[luvpain (imported)]

I know I'm lucky to have met Bboy one time even though it was for a short period. I still can't imagaine that he is gone. I can't find the words to say to describe how much good he has done by creating such a wonderful site.

I just want to offer my sympathy and condolences to his family and friends.

I know he was a wonderful guy and it such a sad tragady losing someone so young and good.

[berth38 (imported)]

I was shocked when I was reading that all our good friend Bboy has passed away.

Send my condolances to his family and all his friend in here.

Bboy, now you have come to your Father in Heaven, rest in peace.

---Berth38---

aka xxy_eun

[jemagirl (imported)]

BBoy's good works will touch those who never had the opportunity to know him. That is truly a great achievement. May we all be inspired by him and each in our own way leave our own legacy.

Jema

[Andrew (imported)]

And tonight is the Full Moon, complete with a total eclipse of the Moon. Seems fitting, somehow.

[stan (imported)]

so many people owe him so much

May he rest now

My condolences to Bboy's family, Talula, Riverwind, Paolo and his friends here

Stan