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In our lives, we meet lots of people.  Some of them make an extraordinary impact on a person or three - and others on tens of thousands.  Dr. Leonard Shlain strode the earth like a colossus, with his outsize personality, zest for living, unquenchable curiosity, absurd energy and drive, and formidable intellect. With the Bay Area serving as his home base, he lived as a citizen of the world, challenging assumptions and moving policy, writing deep books in which he deftly wove together disparate topics, raising a staggeringly talented family of artists and doctors and caring people, and Leaving An Imprint On Every Single Person He Met. We are all fortunate to have had him in our midst, and now that he is gone, we are truly diminished.  Thank you, Dr. Shlain, for showing us all an example of a life well and mightily lived.  Our thoughts go out to Jordan and Tiffany and Ina and the entire extended, joyous, creative Shlain family (both born and still incipient) in their time of grief and sorrow.  Services are Friday - be there.