I heard about the shooting at Virginia Tech while I was at work, and while I felt disgusted and horrified, I was also rather disconnected from it. It was even an afterthought when I saw John...."Oh, you heard about that shooting at Virginia Tech, right?"
Until last night, I pulled up a message board that John and I both read. Motown Sports is a large Tigers message board with a huge community of Tigers fans from across the country. Like any message boards, lots of people read them, a few people post. Last night, I kept seeing posts about "Brian Bluhm." I had no idea who this was. Brian Bluhm, was a frequent poster on the board. He posted under the name estrepe1, which is how John and I knew him. He was killed in the classroom at Virgina Tech. He was a huge Tiger fan, and was an incredible contributor the the Motown Sports community. His posts were posts that always got read. He was 25 and a few weeks from graduating with his Master's degree as a civil engineer. All of the sudden, that shooting that I was so disconnected from became VERY real. I have been near tears many times last night and today about Brian and I never even knew his name. But I knew he was moving to Baltimore after graduation and just attended the Tiger game in Baltimore last week. I knew Curtis Granderson was his favorite Tiger. I knew that Hobbes was his avatar and he had a Sparky Anderson quote in his signature.
Rest in Peace, Brian. Our prayers are with you and your family.
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I had read his memorial and about his attachment to the Tigers. It's all too sad.
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