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"Uneasy Rider"
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December 25, 2011, 09:20:04 PM »
This is an interesting obituary:
Uneasy Rider: Mike DeStefano, b. 1966
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/22/magazine/the-lives-they-lived.html#view=uneasy_rider
He shares a story about taking his dying wife for a motorcycle ride.
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Re: "Uneasy Rider"
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damn you
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Heart warming and tear bringing...
Jerk..
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Thanks for that! Kinda puts "life" in perspective.....
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wow that sucks, I didn't know Mike had passed
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Cool, and sad, but mostly cool
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this ^
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i remember listening to this story a few years ago on "the moth" podcast... here's a video of him telling the story (it's a tear-jerker):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-i5ADmdO4E
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Quote from: slowduc on December 27, 2011, 09:28:23 AM
i remember listening to this story a few years ago on "the moth" podcast... here's a video of him telling the story (it's a tear-jerker):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-i5ADmdO4E
Gulp.
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Quote from: Liquidsilver on December 27, 2011, 10:18:41 AM
Gulp.
I was good until 10:27
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