By the way, and I can't believe I keep forgetting to tell you all this...

But I talked to Thom Whitaker the other day. He's a dispatcher for Averitt Express trucking; I was transferred to him when I was looking for a quick method to get a large load of powder-coated steel back from our supplier in Chattanooga.

"Is the is the same Patrick Hardin who's married to Chauntelle?" he asked me.

I was in a hurry, plus I did not want to talk to him, but the call lasted long enough for him to tell me that Greg Addington's father died. I think he said father. Which I am very sorry about. But then, Thom asked me were we coming to the funeral. Coming to the funeral of the man that I had just found out was dead, the father of a man I barely knew 5 years ago.

Uh, no, I'm not going to the funeral.