Live Well While You Can

New York City fashion designer Kenny Bonavitacola, dead at 71.

Go ahead and waste your precious life fighting with strangers online over things beyond your control, what do I care? Your life may be shorter than you can imagine, and if you choose to fritter it away by slinging insults into the global system of interconnected computer networks, go for it. But first listen to this story.

Two weeks ago a friend, age 71, complained of "not feeling well" and so went to see his doctor. The doctor ran several tests which resulted in a diagnosis of Stage-4 pancreatic cancer. After spending the next thirteen days in the hospital, Kenny died. You heard me -- just shy of two weeks from diagnosis to death for this wonderful and talented man who leaves behind scores of grieving friends and family members.

Imagine that's you. I know -- it sucks. So spend each day wisely. Spitting hateful invectives into the void does not qualify.