I've been remiss in noting the death last month of Robert Shields, the protestant minister born in Seymour, Indiana, who consisting of some 37.5 million words, a possible world record. Holy cow! Although I do have to wonder how many emails I've sent in the last 16 years. And I'm realizing that my "sent" file pretty much doubles as my own diary. How about the rest of you?

It IS, Emmett. I just had a hard drive crash and felt completely bereft for days before I got all my old email reinstalled. Scary feeling, that.