tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5810914185439941314..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: In memoriam: Kevin O'Brien, a.k.a. Hognose of WeaponsManPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78105036101130877532017-04-21T16:47:02.490-05:002017-04-21T16:47:02.490-05:00I served with Kevin at MI Co, 10th SFGA at Ft Deve...I served with Kevin at MI Co, 10th SFGA at Ft Devens. He was a friend and colleague. We both were graduates of the Czech Language Program at DLI and shared more than one or two beers together. I'll miss him. He was a good friend and the SF Community is mourning the loss of a Great Soldier.Don Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48595494424773214522017-04-20T13:22:26.400-05:002017-04-20T13:22:26.400-05:00Someone wondered if he did not experience the same...Someone wondered if he did not experience the same type of "heart attack" that Breitbart did....he seemed to be i perfect health...<br />RIPAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306413711742139678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40635576238411101122017-04-20T08:56:07.104-05:002017-04-20T08:56:07.104-05:00Kevin's passing and your own mention of a hear...Kevin's passing and your own mention of a heart attack prompts me to tell you how much I appareicate your work. I'm pretty sure that Kevin knew of my esteem from our correspondence but some things should be said straight-on;<br />Thank you for your work, Peter.<br />God bless you and your loved ones.<br />Boat GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80512468901474051702017-04-20T00:11:13.572-05:002017-04-20T00:11:13.572-05:00Heartfelt condolences to the family and friends he...Heartfelt condolences to the family and friends he leaves behind.<br /><br />We are not promised tomorrow. Events like this grab us by the collar and force us to confront that fact. May we all be convicted of that fact and conduct our lives in light of it. My wife and I never let a rare quarrel go unresolved and embrace and tell each other we love the other every morning before work or we otherwise separate. Far too many times I've found myself standing over the casket of a loved one wishing I would've spoke the things I'd left unsaid and bitterly regretting other things I had.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7512993367478184242017-04-19T18:32:03.329-05:002017-04-19T18:32:03.329-05:00The first thing I did every morning for years was ...The first thing I did every morning for years was make breakfast and then visit Weaponsman. He was a good bloke, a writer of genius and a funny bastard (in the Australian sense of the term).<br /><br />Jeez I'm gonna miss him. LSWCHPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10294653248398159902017-04-19T16:46:56.400-05:002017-04-19T16:46:56.400-05:00Peter, I tried this morning to post a comment, but...Peter, I tried this morning to post a comment, but am sometimes ignorant in the ways of getting comments posted on some sites. I have been enjoying your blog for at least a year now. I wish I had found it earlier---as I thoroughly enjoy coming to your site---which I do every day.<br /><br />I also enjoyed going to WM. I don't know diddly about guns, but so much that Hog posted was entertaining and educational---so I read almost everything he posted. <br /><br />I am so saddened by his death, a person I've never met --which seems odd. I just want you to know that I also enjoy your site and thanks for acknowledging Hognose's death (Kevin O'Brien). Life is so short and so sweet. I lost my husband April 28, 2016 and I am still grieving and crying for him and now for 'Hog'. Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88557557918914503132017-04-19T16:02:41.428-05:002017-04-19T16:02:41.428-05:00Since his brother was able to post to his blog hop...Since his brother was able to post to his blog hopefully we'll see his writing preserved. Folks should give thought to sharing credentials to their social media with a trusted somebody in the event of untimely incapacity or demise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60192578154610274472017-04-19T15:17:49.870-05:002017-04-19T15:17:49.870-05:00Heartbreaking. I saw it this morning and I'm s...Heartbreaking. I saw it this morning and I'm still stung.<br /><br />Hognose wasn't just an excellent source of info on firearms, but a surprisingly talented wordsmith in his own right. I was going to suggest he write a book at some point, and now he never will (at least, not here on Earth).Toastridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56599384500327308452017-04-19T13:07:33.518-05:002017-04-19T13:07:33.518-05:00I heard of this and am deeply saddened for many re...I heard of this and am deeply saddened for many reasons. God, grant him peace and forgiveness of debt and trespass. May his family know peace. Craig Cholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123823418692870974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15732365276710551682017-04-19T10:51:57.244-05:002017-04-19T10:51:57.244-05:00I was extremely saddened to learn of Hognose's...I was extremely saddened to learn of Hognose's death. His website was at the top of my blog roll. RIP Kevin. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com