The flags will go to half-staff at the Castle later next week, for there has been a death in the family of Castle Argghhh! Not my direct family, nor SWWBO's, but my boon companion Mike Lehnherr, a dedicated reader, occasional content provider, grammar consultant and commenter, his father passed yesterday.

I don't know a lot about Mike's Dad and Mom - but I know Mike, and I know that even though his Dad was not his biological father... there is no doubt as to whom his Dad was.

And by knowing Mike, I know his Mom and Dad did at least one thing right in their lives.

So bow your head for the passage of yet another of the "Greatest Generation" and give thanks for what they passed on - in spirit, and in flesh.

Make a hole down there, inbound to the Stammtisch at Fiddler's Green!

Sergeant (made it three times, he did!) Elden D. Lehnherr, U.S. Army, arriving.

Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance: In Memoriam.