Patrick Reed: 1979-2009

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Furp at Dorsai Thing 31

Furp eyes one his many drink mixes.

I'm sure folks have heard the news by now, but Furp (evil_dwagon on LJ) passed away in an auto accident last night, thanks to a drunk driver.

I first met Furp back in 2003 or so, when unclekage felt that he would be a good addition to Con Ops. That totally turned out to be the case. He worked hard, and partied harder when the work was done.

Furp didn't just work Anthrocon, he worked other cons, and not always in an official capacity either. Furp was an EMT, and if there was ever a crisis situation, he would attend to it. I know more than once he spent the night in an emergency room with a convention attendee who had fallen ill, whether that person was a stranger or not.

Furp was also one of the most relaxed and good natured guys I know. I guess it comes with the territory when you're an EMT. Having worked my share of security incidents with him over the years, he was usually the calmest person in the room.

Believe it or not, I didn't initially hear of Furp's passing from furries, but from the other Dorsai Irregulars. Furp was loved by the DI, in fact some of our folks referred to working with Furp as a "highlight of Anthrocon". While Furp was never inducted into the DI, he is definitely "one of us", and I believe his induction was only a matter of time. Sadly, that will never happen now.

Con Ops won't be the same without you, Furp.

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Oh no, that drunk driver should be sent straight to Heaven, right next to Furp.

Then he should fall ill.

One of Furp's lesser known talents--when treating people who got the way they were due to their own stupidity--was making them suffer in other ways.

For example, there was the drunk who he made chew aspirin once. Or the disinfectant that he got special order from Canada that burned worse than Betadyne. He saved that for the really dumb injuries. :-)