UPDATE ON MY FRIEND, LINDA GRIFFIN, killed by a drunk driver in January this year:
"Man pleads guilty in crash that killed Mill Valley woman" - Marin Independent Journal
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_10818944

Memory of my dear friend, John Loring. I found out Friday (10/24) that my sweet friend died after heart surgery, perhaps from a blood clot in his lung, while recovering at the hospital. Needless to say I am sad and feeling rather drained after losing 2 friends in a week, and several others this year.

A memory of our dear friend, Mark Buck. Here he is lying in front of a space ship he made for some starry warish movie. Some of you may have met him at our spaghetti sauce contest. Mark died today in a motorcycle accident on the way to work. (10/16/08) He worked with Mike for the past 20 years. His wife and I were pregnant at the same time with Henry and Ruby. Our hearts are with you Marianne and Henry.

And my mom has breast cancer and skin cancer.
And my last surviving grandma died.
And my friend David died due to having ALS.
And prop 8 passed.
And... well, there's more but who the hell wants to think about!