1. What is your name?

My friends call me Jeff. npecom is an old biz handle, which is an acronym for "New Paradigm Enterprises - Communication Division"

2. Tell us something about you, your background, and what you've been up to lately?

I've worn various hats, but then finally retired from 28+ years as a "Clean Water Technician"

3. How did you discover Everything, and how did you become a noder?

I, quite literally, typed the word "everything" into "the Google", on a whim. E2 looked like fun, my first node got a C! and I was hooked!

4. What are your favorite writeups -- both your own and from other noders?

In reply, I will direct you to my Home Node (chock full of links and quotes)

5. What are your favorite and least favorite memories from E2's history?

I'm glad I arrived after the epoch known as "Raising

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"The Near Departed" is a short short story, written by legendary horror and science-fiction writer Richard Matheson. The story is three pages long, and I found it collected along with perhaps his most famous work, "I Am Legend".

The story has two characters: a "plain looking man" who visits a mortician, and mournfully requests mortuary service for his wife, imploring for the best possible treatment, no expenses paid. The mortician agrees, the man walks out, and because this is a