A year ago this week we lost Eric. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him for a moment or two.

This week we lost Al Hofmann. To Celebrate Al, I have not posted yet another R.I.P. on the many threads around the net. I've been watching my Diamond P tapes, watching Al do what he loved. Oh, I've read the threads, smiled at some of the stories about Al.

But, unlike many others we've lost over the last couple of years, I never met Al. I have no cute or funny stories...

Karl Stalcup