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Memorial Day 2006

A fascinating fairy tale for your delectation. Once upon a time, a writer who employed the AOL Journals pseudonym lotzamoe would regale the blogverse with tales of his adventures with his coworker “Rick” and his insane receptionist and other amusing anecdotes and characters. He was acerbic, intelligent and oh, so personable a writer. Too bad he didn't use a better password. His wife put the finishing touches on his AOL Journals career today with this special Memorial Day entry;

“Monday, May 29, 2006
11:30:00 AM EDT
Feeling Sad

Today is for REAL hero's

“Some people ride on the glory of others and claim to be the real thing. Here's a story for you. Fifteen years ago a man said that he was in the Special Forces, had more medals than his uniform could hold and was coming back from war at that time. He was quite the officer and a gentleman. His stories of war were fantabulous. I worshipped the ground he walked on. During those years he never held a job for more than a couple of months. I supported him. That man, my husband the author of this journal will no longer be writing. He left in December, saying that he was seconded in the Army. None of his stories are true. After not hearing from him I checked with the Army. He hadn't been in since being a teenager. They had released him with a less than Honorable discharge. He actually had moved to Carbondale Illinois with the book keeper and her 4 kids. He had met her here in J-Land. His clients,the children and I are just now finding out about all the lies and affairs. I can't say to much because of the many lawsuits. He was the only one that I knew in the Army and that isn't even true. So my Memorial day Thank You goes to the men and women that serve our country .My husband isn't a hero but I'm sure he is telling somebody today that he is. God bless the Real Hero's.”

Now, isn't THAT special?

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UPDATE June 6, 2006: Mrs. Linklater's Guide To The Universe has more of the story in an entry she calls Speaking of Nincompoops...