I had to do some searching to be sure, but after I saw a picture of her, I was certain. Leslie Harpold died last week (somewhere around the 7th). I knew her because of my time in alt.society.generation-x (where I ultimately met my wife, Anne-Marie). My time in asg-x was contentious, but Leslie was a great person to know. I had fallen out of touch with her, just as I've fallen out of touch with most people from asg-x.

I'm not sure why, but Leslie's death has affected me today. Maybe it's that she was going to be 41. Maybe it's realizing that there's one less light in the world.

I'll have to see if I can dig up a recipe she shared on the asg-x recipe list some years ago and make it, in her honour.