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12 22 pm est When my uncle died this past weekend, he had a heart attack while driving.   His girlfriend of sorts was in the car, and she sustained facial injuries (which I assume means she wasn't wearing her seat belt) and her heel was crushed.   She swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a car.   Its occupants are in critical condition.   My heart goes out to the people injured, in so many ways.   I can imagine wanting someone to blame -- finding an emptiness that the accident was due to a heart attack, which killed the person who had it.   Why does it seem better to me to have someone to blame?   I don't know...   But I suppose I think that it is most important when dealing with the initial shock of a tragedy.

9 50 pm est I have several new clients, so I have been a busy bee working girl of late.   In addition, I am organizing The Readers' Choice Awards for online journals, to compliment The Diarist Awards, on which only fellow diarists can vote.   I felt that readers should have their own forum, and if any of you would like to get involved, please join the mailing list: Want to get involved in the decision making process? Subscribe to Readers' Choice readers-choice message archive Hosted by eGroups.com

10 53 pm est I read someone's rape entry tonight and decided enough is enough.   This is happening much too often, and many women feel that they are the only ones.   I asked on my mailing lists if people would find it offensive to have a forum for women with links to support groups and entries, so that they would know that they are not alone.

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