Sad news this morning. Jim Oberstar, our longtime (1975-2011) Representative from MN-08, died in his sleep last night at the age of 79. Jim was an honorable man, a damned fine representative for our district and a tireless advocate for transportation issues (infrastructure, public transportation, bicycling) on the national political scene.
Not much to say, so I'll close with the final lines of Catullus' poem 101:
Atque in perpetuum frater ave atque vale.
"And so for eternity, brother, hail and farewell."