suzanne started emailing to indicate presence of life and said i'm the one who most consistently responded. i wrote, suzanne, when i don't reply i still take note of the presence of life, but if there's a gloss i usually respond. she asked if i should do the same as her and who would be the first to notice if i showed no signs of life, i said the first to notice would be copp, and he would tell barb. i said if you don't see a blog for several days generally you might assume i am expired.