Only Bill Moyers can weave a thread so convincingly, bringing together both finance and sport while elucidating the great theme of loss which so defines our times.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09192008/watch3.html

Found this handy guide:

I’m still alive - in fact, I’ve been feeling very alive these past few weeks, so excuse the lack of postings. A brief update: I have secured housing in New Orleans; I will be sharing a small house about a mile from campus with two other guys. The process was not easy but it seems to have worked out well. I have met a wonderful guy, someone with whom I can be myself. I got to see a bunch of my very good friends in a special place. Not all is well in the world, but Fortuna’s wheel (too often down,) is now up. Any suggestions?

Eloquent and moving.