i heard Gregory Fenves last night on npr. i was relieved to hear him speak, it bolstered my denial system by giving me technical details to focus on. how do people deal with stuff like this? denial gets you through some of it, concentrating on the actions which must be performed now by leaving the emotional baggage for later. but then innocent little words like ‘baggage’ bring it all flooding in. so then what? you talk to people, anyone you can find. your roommate, your co-workers before you get sent home, people on instant messenger, email, greymatter blogs, and then are left to carry on, sorely wishing your girlfriend wasn’t visiting LA for the week.