# Bye, Opal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666 "2013-03-11T23:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/201 "2013-03-12T12:24:56Z")
Fuck. I’ve known her for years. We used to go to Jonathan’s parties together. Hell she made me my Dee Snyder costume one year. She used to come over to my house every week or so for a year or two and we’d watch the strangest movies. We used to take her son to the movies. I hadn’t seen her in a couple of years, but we talked every once and awhile. I just talked to her in December. God damnit, fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/202 "2013-03-12T12:27:08Z")
I didn’t really know her but knew of her, like so many of us here on the Board. My condolences to her family and especially to her son. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/203 "2013-03-12T12:28:16Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > [my favorite self portrait of hers](http://www.katherinehowardartist.com/images/being%20art%20self%20portrait.jpg). Damn, she struggled with that thing, remember? I’d never seen that before. That is mindblowingly good. And now I can’t tell her that. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/204 "2013-03-12T12:32:32Z")
Mud. Sleep well, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/205 "2013-03-12T12:47:45Z")
I have known Katherine longer than my husband. I will miss her terribly. I have never known anyone so talented or so messed up. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/206 "2013-03-12T12:49:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’d never seen that before. That is mindblowingly good. > > And now I can’t tell her that. > > ☹ Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/207 "2013-03-12T12:56:08Z")
Damn. That sucks. I didn’t know her that well either, but over 10 years on a message board together, you get that familiarity. I met her once in NYC at a Dopefest. She seemed like a fun person. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/208 "2013-03-12T12:57:37Z")
Poor girl. May she rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/209 "2013-03-12T13:00:40Z")
Sad news. Condolences to those who loved her. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/210 "2013-03-12T13:06:43Z")
I always enjoyed Opal’s presence on the Boards, and even played around on Google Hangout with her a couple of times when it first launched. She was a cool cat. She’ll be missed. "On a journey, ill: my dream goes wandering over withered fields. " ``` - Bashō ``` ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/211 "2013-03-12T13:07:39Z")
Too soon. So sorry to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/212 "2013-03-12T13:10:35Z")
I never had much interaction with Opal but I always liked her tho I was amused by the ‘Buckeyes’ flurry for a while. God bless you and grant you peace & rest in the Love of Christ. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/213 "2013-03-12T13:12:46Z")
Very sad. Though I didn’t know her personally, I knew her in the SDMB way. It will be nice to remember her always in our lists. 3) Goodbye Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/214 "2013-03-12T13:17:40Z")
She was truly an integral part of this community. My sympathies to her family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/215 "2013-03-12T13:20:23Z")
Opalcat and I never mixed it up too much but as others have said, she certainly was a fixture on the boards. I’m sorry her life ended so quickly. I hope Dominic is doing OK. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/216 "2013-03-12T13:23:47Z")
Wow, terrible, surprising news. Will definitely miss her. This is the part where I say, “but she was so young!” Because she was. My age, maybe younger. Holy crap. I can only hope it was relatively painless, whatever happened. She was a good egg, and we had some good times together. I’ll never forget playing with Dominic all those years ago. Great kid. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/217 "2013-03-12T13:29:31Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Fuck. I’ve known her for years. We used to go to Jonathan’s parties together. Hell she made me my Dee Snyder costume one year. She used to come over to my house every week or so for a year or two and we’d watch the strangest movies. We used to take her son to the movies. > > I hadn’t seen her in a couple of years, but we talked every once and awhile. I just talked to her in December. > > God damnit, fuck. We went to see Jethro Tull with her, remember? ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/218 "2013-03-12T13:30:58Z")
Damn, that’s awful. R.I.P. Opal ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/219 "2013-03-12T13:31:30Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > We went to see Jethro Tull with her, remember? I don’t remember going with you, sorry, but do remember going to see Jethro Tull. That was a fun time. She ended up making me a couple of CDs of theirs. Thanks for the reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/220 "2013-03-12T13:33:51Z")
Unfuckingreal… I met her once (ironically at the memorial service for **danceswithcats** ). An exceptional person, gone far too soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=12)