Honoring eddiebosox

[DonRocks]

We've lost another member, this time to esophogeal cancer. Ed Hill, aka, eddiebosox left us last night - we were Facebook friends, and I followed his courageous struggle against the bastard of cancer for what seems like forever - he went through a *lot* to try to stay with us, but some forces are just bigger than we are.

The community will be offline tomorrow between 12 and 1 in honor of Ed, and the absence of any posts during that hour will be symbolic of his loss.

[Mark Dedrick]

This will not be terribly well written or potentially even comprehensible, but I feel like I should write something here. Ed and I were very good friends. And his death at such a relatively young age has hit me pretty hard. 

Ed was such a wonderful, kind and caring person. He had an incredible sense of humor, and was able to see the absurdity in situations even when they were at their worst, or darkest. He was the kind of person you wanted in your corner, and on your side. Everybody liked Ed, because Ed was always nice to absolutely everyone, and they couldn't help but like him and enjoy being around him. 

When I last saw Ed a few days ago, at Georgetown Hospital, he looked pretty bad. But we had essentially the most typical conversation I could imagine having with him from our years of friendship. He asked me what great new restaurant I'd eaten at lately (Tail Up Goat, and in particular I highlighted the lamb ribs). We talked about the Rogue One Trailer. We talked about John Snow. And we talked about soccer. 

Ed was probably one of the most passionate beer nerds I've ever known, and he was an extremely accomplished home brewer. We'd brought kegs of his homebrew to soccer games and other events over the years. When one of us would travel, in particular when I'd be in Oregon, we'd bring interesting or rare beers back to share. I'd been saving a Hopslam for Ed until he was out of the hospital and able to drink it. I cracked it open last night to toast him. RIP buddy. I already miss you a ton.