PERSONAL UPDATE #1: In an it-could-only-happen-to-me occurance, I was finally replacing the busted screen on my own laptop last night when I pushed my chair back too far, struck a small table, and sent my new laptop to the floor—busting the screen. (Fortunately, I had a spare screen on hand, the one I was going to have put into my old laptop.)

PERSONAL UPDATE #2: Medically, I still don’t know exactly what happened to me two weeks ago. Two hours at the doc’s office got me only the info that I had an undefinedly “abnormal” EKG. More tests shall occur later this month.

I hope to all known deities it’s not cardiac-esque. My principal death nightmare has always involved (1) having a heart attack, (2) writhing on a sidewalk, and (3) dozens of passersby simply standing around and laughing.