I have been away from this for over a month. Just got a new laptop, another one. So here goes.
One big thing that happened was that a very good friend and coworker collapsed at his desk one morning, a few weeks ago. I have known him and worked with him for 16 years. At abou 9:30 in the morning I heard this unearthly noise which it turns out was him gasping for air and experiencing the incredible pain of an aneurism. He blew out an artery to the lower part of his brain. Just before that, he had looked unwell, and complained of dizziness. He turned to the guy who sits right across from him and said “I need help”, and then everyone around heard this high-pitched keening as he was trying to breathe, and he collapsed to the floor. The squad came, and took him to the hospital. He is still in a coma, and they don’t know yet the extent of the brain damage or whether he will regain consciousness or functionality. He is about my age. Scary.
Some other shit has happened, too. More later.
