Robert Anton Wilson has died.
Thank you, Galen, for introducing me to the great man so many years ago.
I have no idea where to beging to eulogize a man whose works have played such a big part in the definition of my woldview.
I won’t say the “forming” of my worldview, because Uncle Bob didn’t really do that to people. He just explained the things that you already had inside of you in a way that made you say “Oh yeah, that’s it!” . Heh. Eureka!
For those who have never heard of the man – go find a copy of Illuminatus! if you’re a fiction buff, or Prometheus Rising if you prefer non-fiction.

See ya later, RAW! Hope wherever you’ve gone to you can see the fnords and they still can’t eat you!
Hail Eris!
“Goodbye, you magnificent bastard. You join the ranks of Bill Hicks, Frank Zappa, and Hunter S. Thompson: for decades frustrated malcontents like me will be saying, “You know who we really need now?” and thinking of you.”
– Anonymous comment from the RAW Data blog.