I am finally able to write that the Baloneys have lost a great friend.

Robert “Bob” JACOBY Of Seattle, died unexpectedly Oct. 9th at the age of 56. Born in Vancouver, WA and grew up in Camas, WA. He attended the University of Washington graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources. Bob worked for Olympic Medical Corp in Seattle. He is survived by his two sisters, Paula Zicafoose and Mary Gibbs; and two brothers, Glenn and Jon Jacoby. Bob sat on the Board of Directors for Northwest Wilderness Programs, a non-profit organization whose goal is the preservation of Goldmyer Hot Springs.

Bob and I became very good friends over the last 16 years. I’m crushed by this loss and know that many other people are hurting as well.

If SecureCare, et al, didn’t post so much, you would know that I am trying Getting Off Google. In general I am not impressed by other search engines but I am doing my best to keep it up. However, I have decided that Firefox is a toady for Google. In Firefox help is the following:

Firefox allows you to search for words you select within a web page:

1. Select (highlight) any words in a web page.

2. Right-clickPress Ctrl,
click the mouse button, and choose “Search Web for [your selected words]” from the menu.

Firefox opens a new tab and uses your <b>default search engine</b> to search for your selected words.

My default search engine is Live Search from Microsoft. When I follow the instructions above, the search is always executed using Google.

Google is an evil company which doesn’t need any help from Firefox which is most cases is a very excellent browser.