I haven’t posted for over ten days – and my feed readership is going up. Is that a message about my blogging, or what? 
I had a few fun and hectic days @ SAP’s annual conference, SAPPHIRE – am still stuck here, got airplane ears on the flight here, which turned into a full-blown ear infection (hey, I even gave up my Eric Clapton ticket), and now the doc ordered me not to fly, to avoid risk of permanent damage. Yikes!
But this is all temporary inconvenience, nothing compared to what others have to go through. Yesterday an old family friend passed away. He was originally my Dad’s best friend, I remember seeing him around when I was a kid. Later he taught me how to drive a car. (He had his car tuned like a rocket – manual shift, mind you – and I think he got the fighter pilot and driver roles confused. I only got to the driver level…). Even later I played with his little daughter, was something of a “big uncle” to her – she is now a Mom herself. A three-decade, multi-generational friendship, passed from my Dad to me – cut off so abruptly. Just two months ago I was in Hungary and met him – energetic, dynamic, good-humored as always. Hospitalized a week later, diagnosed with leukemia another 2 weeks later. And now gone, forever. This is just crazy. We’re all so vulnerable.
All this put a bit of a damper on my blogging – but I’m coming back soon. And to all those new readers – not sure what brought you here, but thanks!
Sympathy for your ear infection and attendant inconvenience. Especially for the loss of your friend – sounds like you have happy memories of him: no doubt he would have liked you to cherish those.