I never had the fortune to converse with Mac directly, or exchange an e-mail with him; but I had become a recent visitor of his blog Posthuman blues. Not only I enjoyed his intelligent musings re. the Fortean phenomena, but Mac also shared with me a passion for the arts, design and architecture; he had a keen eye for photography, and the pics he shared of the things he found interesting were like eye candy.

It’s also particularly sad considering that Mac was a fervent supporter of the Transhumanist movement, and that he won’t be around (in physical form anyway) to see if the promises of melding man with machine will come true as he wanted.

When old researchers like Keel die is evidently sad, but not as near as tragic when such a young writer (just 2 years younger than me, for crying out loud!) who still had many things to do and contribute to the field, has been silenced and left his work incomplete.

I think we already know who’s going to win all the Zorgies (the awards Paul Kimballs gives to the best Fortean researchers and sites) this year. In fact, maybe Paul should change the name, and now they should be called the “Tonnies” or the “Macbots” in his honor.

Descanse en Paz.