La Shawn Barber
06.26.06

…has died.

Rob Smith, aka Acidman, was a plainspoken and prolific blogger out in the ’sphere since 2002 (with close to three million visitors). Rob was a recovering alcoholic who had some health problems recently.

Gut Rumbles was a blog I read through Bloglines, and Rob made me laugh most of the time. One thing was apparent from his posts: he loved to blog.

Thanks for the contribution, Rob.

Other blogging “old heads” (in blog time) remember Rob: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Baldilocks, Hog on Ice, The Other Side of Kim, Smoke on the Water, John of Argghhh!

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12 Comments
  1. A Real Life

    Rob Smith aka Acidman @ Gut Rumbles has passed away. Paying Tribute: La Shawn Barber Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler Hog on Ice Baldilocks…

    Trackback by Pajamas Media — 06.26.06 @ 3:34 pm


  2. Too right, LaShawn. Regardless of his good days or bad, his writing was always the real thing.

    I pray for his family, and I pray that he finds the peace which he never found on this earth.

    Jim
    Sloop New Dawn
    Galveston, TX

    Comment by Jim — 06.26.06 @ 3:58 pm


  3. My heartfelt condolences.

    Comment by Fausta — 06.26.06 @ 4:01 pm


  4. We Mourn

    Acidman has died. A pure product of the southern hills, Rob always said what he meant and meant what he said.

    Trackback by America's North Shore Journal — 06.26.06 @ 9:23 pm


  5. He was generous with his linkage, and nurtured a lot of bloggers. I hung in there because of him a time or two.

    Comment by Chuck Simmins — 06.26.06 @ 9:25 pm


  6. La Shawn Barber says goodbye to Acidman.

    Pingback by basil's blog — 06.27.06 @ 7:21 am


  7. I’m not familiar with the gentleman but my condolences to his family and may he rest in peace.

    Comment by Shade — 06.27.06 @ 9:28 am


  8. Rob Acidman Smith, RIP

    Rob “Acidman” Smith died yesterday at 2 a.m. of unspecified causes.
    The Acidman was one of the “Tall Dogs” in the early days of the blogosphere; his site was among the most trafficked and linked when OTB started. His was a un…

    Trackback by Outside The Beltway | OTB — 06.27.06 @ 10:03 am


  9. Rob Smith, R.I.P

    Via Pajamas Media, I’m sorry to read about the death of Rob Smith, aka ACIDMAN. “A Real Life” is how PJM described Rob, and I think that’s a fitting tribute. Despite innumerable and complex health problems, the guy kept blogging…

    Trackback by Classical Values — 06.27.06 @ 11:09 am


  10. Blogger Rob aka Acidman, who blogged at Gut Rumbles, has passed away. I enjoyed his blog, and am sorry to see him go. John Donovan has more, as do LaShawn Barber and Misha, who met Rob in Austin a while back.

    Pingback by Euphoric Reality — 06.27.06 @ 2:32 pm


  11. Why Good Morning Ms. La Shawn ;-)

    I posted my thoughts on Dean’s World. i liked Rob too. He would make me mad and then he would make me laugh and then I would walk away and wonder but like you, he often made me laugh!

    I spoke of you in, Christian Fantasy! My goodness La Shawn! You remind me of how hard I worked to get my writing out there and did in many forms. Papers, television and a song I wrote.

    Rob had faith, he really did. I wrote a lot about it at Dean’s.

    I really like your spell check, wish Dean would get it. He is no longer atheist…and thank you for all your prayers for both of my Sons.

    Comment by Mary Janelle — 06.28.06 @ 6:43 am


  12. I posted my thoughts over at Dean’s. Thank you for all your prayers for both of my sons.

    Comment by Mary Janelle — 06.28.06 @ 6:47 am