New category.

You'll note that to the right, in the "Categories" section, there is an addition called "In Memorandum (sic)." Topics covered include not only late, lamented friends and the passing of people I didn't know, but also the end of traditions and "the way things used to be." I'm a sucker for nostalgia, probably to my detriment.

Why "In Memorandum (sic)"?

During my salad days in cable advertising, we wrote a commercial for a local hospital. A doctor who had longtime ties with the hospital had recently passed, and the folks at the hospital wanted to spend a moment at the end of their commercial memorializing him.

After the commercial was produced, the production staff proudly transferred it to VHS for the client's viewing and approval. Imagine, if you will, the reaction when they found that the end slate read, "In Memorandum - Dr. (so and so)" with his picture on it.

Thankfully, the commercial didn't make it to air with the error.