To the Crazy One…

This and This feels like all there needs to be said tonight.

My plans of polishing off my 500 words on personal statements this evening, posting it with my new determinations, and celebrating a job well done with a Pumpking ran headlong into reality of life happening tonight. My coffeeshop/bar is out of the Southern Tier seasonal and midway into my edit my phone alights with news of the passing of Steve Jobs.

I feel posting anything else but something on Steve is not appropriate tonight— especially not my lowly thoughts about making a personal statement and standing proud in the face of your words. His statement is bigger than mine could ever be. So I’m sipping an nitro-tap Old Rasputin and will pay my respects by sharing what I’m feeling tonight.

I’m sad that the world has lost this amazing man.

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