I don't really like Queen and I think "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the most overrated song of all time. I do enjoy "Another One Bites the Dust/We Are the Champion". But that is neither here nor there.
We received an email from our HR regarding the death of someone I knew. I did not know him well but it came as somewhat of a shock as I had just been commenting at lunch with a friend about how many people I had worked with in my (coming) twenty-four years with the company. For that reason, if for no other, it was shocking.
I can't say much about him as I did not know him well and had only worked with him for a few months several years ago. But, at least, I knew who he was.
The fact he was some years younger than I played some role as well. Looking back on it there are an inordinate number of folk I have worked with who have passed away (read "died") who are a few to several years younger than I.
There are many (all younger than I) who have died. I know one cannot fathom the whys and wherefores because there is no rhyme or reason for these things. Still, it kind of amazes me how someone like I who has tried to kill himself slowly over many years is still here while so many who loved life and embraced life-lengthening treatments are now long gone.
Possibly, just an observation on the general unfairness of the universe. (Were the universe truly fair I would not transpose so many letters. I am so tired of typing "hte" for "the" or "ot" for "to". Age I suppose. A lot of word processors recognize this error and auto corrects. I guess some day us old fart will just have to strike keys at random and the software will interpret it and construct masterpieces of literature.
I suppose it is time for bed as I can no longer follow my own train of thought.
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