Networked reactions to external trauma

I was shocked by something that happened elsewhere to dear friends recently. They didn't deserve to be in the situation they're in... as I've watched that unfold, I've contemplated the reactions of the people around them (lower-c "community") and examined my own feelings.

( Musings on my feelings, and how I and others seem to react to external trauma in our networks... )

Just for the record...

patgreene is cute and fluffy and adorable. And destroys me at trivia games, Boggle and Mario Kart ;-).

Two years of talk :)

Why I acted like an idiot last Thursday to drop off a small bouquet at geekchick's office... today is a kind of weird anniversary for me, in the sense that exactly two years ago I made initial contact with her here. (grin) I was taken with her Discordian calendar at first...