Bruce knew more about films than almost anyone. He did a lot of reviews at various points, and could connect ideas across films with fascinating facility. He was a tinkerer with various types of tech. He was also one of the most ethical people I've known.

I'm going to miss him. And it's a little difficult to talk right now.

Condolences to his family.

Condolences to his family and close friends. He'll be missed in these pages.

Sympathies and condolences to his family and close friends.

Just back in March he was trying to put together a custom rig for ice-drip coffee. I hope he managed to at least enjoy the brew before he went down.

My deepest condolences to his friends and family.

#FuckCancer

This is so wrong.

I may try to demonstrate it at Foolscap next year. Bruce would've liked that.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words and memories.

Makes me think I ought to be more attentive, comment more, etc.

My condolence to all.

That's too bad. But then, I got the impression he was a busy fellow -- I'm sure it was inevitable that he'd be in the middle of one project or another.

Again, my condolences for your loss.

A parting glass to one of the people who's helped turn our comments into conversations.

My condolences to his family, and all the people who knew him and loved him.

My first thought was that Bruce is the one who introduced us to the delightful Japanese 'Moses Supposes' video, which rather became a family staple around here, and was for a long time one of the toddler's favourite pieces. (as well as a quick picker-upper for his Mom)

Looking through the view all by to make absolutely sure I wasn't going to fall on my face saying so also reminded me how typical that was. A significant portion of Bruce's posts are sharing fannish delight in all kinds of mediums; introducing them, discussing them, mentioning the background trivia.

Condolences.

"David Harmon: But if you saw Chthulu you'd go insane! Or the narrator would, or whatever....

I recommend to you "Scream for Jeeves." In one of the stories (the Cool Air parody?) Bertie sees one of the Elder Gods full on and it does nothing to his mind because he's Bertie Wooster."

As a big, big fan of Cthulhu comedy, I am tracking this down immediately. Condolences. He will be missed.

As much as I've been enjoying File770's Hugos round-ups, there's also a sense of dread every time I click the Next Post button, because so many posts there are announcements of deaths. It's like a really crappy game of Press Your Luck.

Here is Bruce's view all by, full of lovely things.

WOW do I get twitchy hearing about people dying of metastatic colon cancer. At 43, chances of me making it to 45 were not good; I turn 45 next week. I spent the intervening year and a half undergoing chemo, radiation, surgery and more chemo. Gruelling, but it WORKED. So far. If I can get to 50, I might be okay.

But that's lead-in, really, for my actual point: get an endoscopy if you're over 50 or have a family history. Really. They're not that bad, especially compared to the alternative. And if you're, say, 43 or even younger, don't assume you can't have colon cancer. Pay attention to your body, and ask your doctor about odd changes. I only went to the doctor because I could feel something odd while doing certain yoga poses: it turned out to be a large tumor on my liver.

Colon cancer occurrence is increasing among younger people. If caught early, it's fairly treatable. If late, it's hard and uncertain.