Backup Brain: I’ve had a big secret. Now I’m sharing it.
Tom has stage IV cancer. Read his post, it’s quite eloquent on his feelings about the situation. Given Tom’s preferences, I’ll send him a wish I wish I’d fulfilled for my own father. The night before he died of myelodysplasia/leukemia (we knew it was close, just not THIS close), he’d asked for us to move the television into his room so he could watch his beloved “Law and Order.” We begged off until the next day, because a) it was late and b) we were tired mentally/physically/emotionally and c) it was a bloody huge tube TV with a wooden case. Turns out he passed just before noon the next day, never really becoming conscious except for a few seconds here and there. I will forever rue that choice. Pleasures are few and precious when a life winds down. Tom, I fervently wish (with all the love I can push behind it) you get to drive that Mercedes of yours.
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I keep saying, the Smithsonian needs to wake up and take archives of weblogs - or else a whole segment of culture will soon be gone. Even print versions would be better than nothing.
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I saw this elsewhere and wept. Tom and Dori have been an institution in the blog world for so long… *Sigh* We are getting old, my friend, and I don’t like it…