I must congratulate you on your obituary of Jean Baudrillard (March 17, 2007). It is a masterpiece of the genre, capturing the spirit of his own mischievous philosophizing quite admirably. In the end, one is not sure whether or not he has actually died. Or weather something as trite as death matters a jot in an advanced consumerist civilization, such as ours. The only possible improvement that comes to my mind, albeit belatedly, concerns the obituary’s timing. I am sure Baudrillard would have appreciated your tribute more than anyone else, and so it is a great pity that it came a bit too late.