Cleaning out my e-mail...

I've been clearing out my unread e-mail over the last couple of days and I just now got to the month or so around my stroke.

It's been interesting for me because I don't remember a lot from just before the stroke (or just after) so it's a bit fun for me.

The other day I found C.'s friend request from when he first joined Facebook. He isn't thirteen yet, but we let him join early, mainly so he would stop asking. He saw the e-mail over my shoulder and he was like, "Hey!"

He was indignant, until I explained to him what it was, but I still don't think he appreciated the significance.

But it was also weird seeing the last year of my life in review. I had forgotten about LinkedIn and Google+, since both have faded into obscurity. My ebay receipts reminded me of why I can't find anything. The Tonka figure that looked like Michael Fitzgerald? I sold it. The same with the silver 5 peso coin I used for coin flips.

I spent weeks looking for those when I first got home from the hospital.

Likewise with Hex Games. I tried to do a story on them at Fandom Fest last year and I couldn't remember their names or who they were. I've been calling them "the Hobomancer people."

They were downstairs at this year's Fandom Fest so I couldn't go visit them, which is a shame. They were nice people and they could have used (and deserved) the publicity.