March 7, 2012 - 1:58 pm
One of my friends nailed it: “I hate, hate, hate this year.” He said that because, in the middle of the nastiest circular firing squad imaginable, the good guys are dying. The latest casualty is Neptunus Lex — real name Captain Carroll LeFon, USN (retired) — who died yesterday.
Those who followed Neptunus Lex know that we’ve lost one of the best and brightest bloggers, a man distinguished by wit, erudition, a knowledge base that was both broad and deep, and a ferocious and funny intelligence. Please take a minute to remember someone who made both the conservative and milblog blogospheres brighter and richer places.
Godspeed, Captain.
Fairwinds and Following Seas Shipmate!
From: TT, USN (ret)
To: Captain Lex
Subj: Crossing the Bar
BT
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
BT
NNNN
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.