RIP Christopher Reeve

Not how you want to wake up in the morning-- to the news that the world has lost a true hero. I know everyone has likely already heard this, but Christopher Reeve died yesterday, basically from complications from a bedsore. If ever someone deserved better, it was him. We've lost a peerless advocate for the disabled, and from all accounts, a genuinely good person. There are not enough of those around.

Paypal?

Anyone know WTF is up with Paypal? For two days now, all I get is a 'sorry, go away and try back later' message.

Things that don't happen every day

A cop comes to see you to tell you your car's been hit, and then confesses that he is the one who did it. (He backed into it while pulling out of a parking place in my lot.)

Minor damage-- I'll have to have the rear quarter panel fixed, but the University's insurance will cover it, as he's a campus cop.

Even weirder-- he was a History major and one of my advisees when I was the departmental advisor.

(apologies for spamming my flist today, but I had to share this one...)