[Kamog]

Originally posted by Erax:
And Xantus is history. Salad history.

Poor Xantus is gone...

We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet, it should be noted, that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world, a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish (in the form of Xantus salad).

He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or an empty one - and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of our friend, I can only say this... of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most - ... - ONION.

All is well. And yet, I can't help wondering about the tomatoes we leave behind. There are always possibilities, Xantus said. And if Twinkies are indeed forever, we must return to this place again. He's really not dead. As long as we remember him.