This is all over the blogosphere for good reason. Andy was one of the
greatest soldier-bloggers of this war, telling of his experiences in a
pretty non-political straight up way, with bonus humor. He maintained
his universal compassion to the end, and left a final blog post for
posthumous reading. What can I say, I never met the guy, but now he's
ruined my Saturday night. Gotta buy onions.

http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/01/andy-olmsted.html

"What I don't want this to be is a chance for me, or anyone else, to
be maudlin. I'm dead. That sucks, at least for me and my family and
friends. But all the tears in the world aren't going to bring me back,
so I would prefer that people remember the good things about me rather
than mourning my loss. (If it turns out a specific number of tears
will, in fact, bring me back to life, then by all means, break out the
onions.) I had a pretty good life, as I noted above. Sure, all things
being equal I would have preferred to have more time, but I have no
business complaining with all the good fortune I've enjoyed in my
life. So if you're up for that, put on a little 80s music (preferably
vintage 1980-1984), grab a Coke and have a drink with me. If you have
it, throw 'Freedom Isn't Free' from the Team America soundtrack in; if
you can't laugh at that song, I think you need to lighten up a little.
I'm dead, but if you're reading this, you're not, so take a moment to
enjoy that happy fact."

I'm gonna play The Smiths "Hatful of Hollow" in his honor.

Now is very soon, Andy.