[Zeke]

Yeah, I can't say I have a friend like that. Close. There is one person that I worked with for a coupld years while in college. We had a loosely formed house painting partnership. Once he graduated he was off to the corporate world and we've stayed in touch, but not much more than that. He was my best man at my first wedding. Seems trivial now.

Patrick (where do you guys get "Pat" from?), many sorrows for your friend. No, there's no extended time. That was a tough message to read.