I recognize that the career draws applicants from a certain psychological pool. Garrett came from somewhere near the shallow end. - Eric Garcia

True loneliness, I learned that day, isn’t the lack of others. It’s the lack of others quickly.

Due to the nature of my profession, I’ve been around death quite a lot, and while I’m not exactly on a first-name basis with the Reaper, we’ve exchanged business cards enough times to give each other a friendly nod when we pass by on the job.

When Melinda filed for divorce, she wrote down only two words as her reason for seeking a dissolution of our two-year marriage: Incontrovertibly self-absorbed. Or is that three words? No matter. The question I have is: Did she mean me or her?