Marion Barry RIP

For John, BLUF:  Life is short, so we need to make the most of it  Not necessarily the way Mayor Barry did some times.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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You're just standing there and all of a sudden everyone is old.  Latest indicator is the death of former DC Mayor Marion Barry, at age 78.

Barry D.C. council spokeswoman LaToya Foster says he died shortly after midnight Sunday at a hospital in Washington.  He had battled kidney problems stemming from diabetes and high blood pressure and underwent a kidney transplant in February 2009.

Maybe today's Gospel asks the right question:

For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.’

Matthew 25:35-36

In the final judgment the question will be, did he?  Perhaps the answer will be yes.

Regards  —  Cliff