its still hard without you here  / Briana McBride (Daughter)

People move on and forget. But i never will. I still think of you every day and hope you are finally in a better place than what you found here. I still have the teddy bear that you gave me when i was around 10. I can't sleep without it. I miss you so much and its still so hard without you. I can't believe its almost been 7 months. Its unimaginable to think that your gone forever. I miss you and i love you. And i always will.

love your daughter,

Briana.

 

P.S.~ I finally perfected the spaghetti squash. I'll make you some when i see you again. promise.

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We miss your dear friend  / Octavian Clinci (IRC friend )
May God rest your soul my friend, just found a picture you sent me a long time ago and i started crying. I am sure your soul is in a better place now, where everything makes you happy.
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You wrote awesome code  / Don Schwartz (Part time employer )
and your legacy will live on my servers for years.  Rest un Peace my good man. Close

Goodby to an old friend  / Pete Navarro (Old Friend )

Been too long since I saw you Kev. Thanks for

the homebrew advice

the parties at the camp

the canoe trip down the river

the bach party ride (wow !)

all the laughs and good times money can't buy. I'll miss you old friend

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May he rest in peace  / Cheeksy
I just recently found out about it... My deepest condolences to the family and friends... I didn't know him well and only virtually, but he has always greeted me and others with a smile and happy attitude.

He is in my prayers and so is the family. Farewell, dear friend. May you rest in peace...
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I'll Miss You, Old Friend  / Scott Baker (Friend)
While I haven't seen Kevin in a few years, I will certainly miss his company. He was a core member of the Brew Free or Die homebrew club in the 90's, and for a while the club met at least once a year at his house in Merrimack.

He especially loved making cider and mead, and his (deadly) Apple Flavored Neurotoxin was his crowning achievement. I was fortunate enough to taste it on multiple occasions. I think it was somewhere around 18% alcohol by volume (thanks to lots of Champagne yeast, which, if I recall correctly, he pitched when the regular yeast pooped out), but it was still very sweet with a strong floral aroma (he used a LOT of honey). It certainly didn't taste alcoholic, which made it all the more deadly.

A few years back, Dan Hall arranged an invitation for BFD to meet at his friends' birthday celebration / pig roast / overnight party on a lake in Raymond. Kevin showed up with a keg (!) of Apple Flavored Neurotoxin, complete with Biohazard label. As with most things, Kevin gladly shared this with anyone and everyone who wanted to try it (and there were well over 100 people there).

Kevin, I'll sorely miss you. I'll drink an Arrogant Bastard tonight in your honor.

-Scott Baker
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I will miss you my friend...  / Jean-Francois Laforest (IRC Friend )
I've known kevin for a little while and followed his work... supported him the best I could over irc or a crypto IM. Hell I even called him at 1-2am because I was worried that he'd do something stupid and to offer him some support. I offer my most sincere condolences to his wife.

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A note to my husband written 3/18/08  / Lin McBride (Wife)

I found this is Kevin's nightstand.  It was not for any particular occasion.  It was just because.  We were in love and expressed that to each other all the time in many ways. I share a private a-z (with a couple of the really personal lines omitted)...

My love, My Man, My Life...

I adore you;

I believe in you;

I cherish you;

I delight in you;

I embrace our love;

You fill my life to overflowing capacity;

My most precious gift;

I honor you and us together;

You inspire me;

Jokes have new meaning;

My kindred soulmate;

I LOVE you my husband;

You mesmerize my thoughts daily;

You ARE my partner for life;

You quench my thirst in all ways important;

Your radiance shines brightly in my soul;

I salute your perserverance in all hard times and difficult situations;

Your many talents I admire and respect;

Your brilliant character and spirit is undeniably sexy;

Your virtues are endless;

I'm glad we are a WE;

xxx = oolala my lover and friend;

You are my life; and

I want you a zillion years (or more?).

I could not love you more my precious man.

a/k/a Yours!

a/k/a Wife!

Lin McBride

 

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May God grant you peace  / Mike &. Cindy Sullivan (Old Friends )

Kevin ,rest in peace. You are in our prayers. I am sorry we lost touch. I will remember fondly our Friday night trips to the Sox games. We were some of the original bleacher creatures. May God grant you peace. Love, your friends Cindy and Mike

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The world is now less one good man  / Joshua Rodd (IRC/online friend )
I feel privileged to have known Kevin. He had been using and programming computers longer than I've been alive, and he combined that depth of knowledge with a great sense of humour yet no arrogance. He was a good man, and I truly miss his wit, intelligence, and most of all, his sense of justice and fairness. Close

I will miss you  / Kresten Kjeldgaard ((IRC friend) )
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Here's to you, my friend  / Dan Hall (Friend)

This is shocking and terribly sad news.

Kevin and I became friends through the great hobby of home brewed beer. We started the Brew Free or Die homebrew club together back in 1991, and he was a very active and enthusiastic member in those early years. He made an outstanding cyser (apple cider mead) that he called, as only Kevin would, Apple-Flavored Neurotoxin, and it was my good fortune that he shared it with me more than once.

We bumped into each other most recently at Strange Brew Tavern in Manchester where, appropriately enough, we enjoyed a few beers and some conversation together.

I'm happy to have been your friend Kevin. I wish you peace and rest.  I'll be raising a glass to you tonight. 

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He will be missed by everyone  / Briana (Daughter)

My father was a very special man, and I want to thank all of you for what you have said about him.  We will miss him dearly, as a friend, collegue, husband, grandfather, and father.  He will continue to be in my thoughts and my prayers.

♥i love you daddy

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Ka-bar I will miss you  / Sarah Pearson (Friend)
I already miss you so much, i always enjoyed reading your conversations in #linux especially about how you made slot cars with your son, and more recently i remember talking to you about how you went on rollercoasters all around the country and had a special pass that they give to rollercoaster enthusiasts

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Quick wit and keen ability  / Ryan Masters (colleague)

I only knew Kevin a short while, through IRC. He was an engaging, skilled, and quick witted person who told great jokes. He will be missed.

Ryan Masters

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RST in peace  / Eric Benoit (IRC Friend )
An awesome guy with an awesome sense of humour. You will be missed. Close

We will miss you  / Greg Harris (Friend)
I only knew him from IRC, but he was an awesome dude to talk to. Always proud to talk about his family and the activities he took part in with them. We will miss you dude. Close

Miss you already  / Fredrik Vold (Online Friend )
I already miss you, Kevin.
I think I always will.

There are a lot of a-holes online, and especially on IRC, but it's the intelligent, friendly, kind and gentle people like Ka-Bar that keeps us all coming back day after day anyway.

I guess this is your final netsplit, huh?

Rest in peace, Ka-Bar!
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Thoughts and Prayers  / Rick (Friend)
Wow!  I am so shocked to hear of Kevin's passing!

My thoughts and prayers go out to Kevin's family and all of his many friends.  May all of you find peace and solace in the memories you carry within yourself of Kevin and joyful times we all spent with him. Close

Ka-bar will be missed.  / Kim Shepherd (Friend)
Everything I could say has already been covered here, but for what it's worth, Kevin, we'll all miss you heaps, and God bless you, and stuff.

I'm still coming to grips with it myself, so I can't even begin to imagine how the family is feeling.

Connor, Briana, and Malinda: My thoughts are with you.

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