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[dvandorn]

Godspeed, Neil Alden Armstrong.

-the other Doug

[dvandorn]

It's amazing to me how we tend to hold our heroes close to us, thinking of them as personal friends, even though we have never met.

For example... I work primarily in customer service for a large cable TV company, troubleshooting issues with IP services such as internet connectivity and voice-over-internet phone (VOIP) services. Yesterday, after I heard the news of Armstrong's passing, while making conversation with one of my customers I said it was a sad day for me, as we had just lost the first man to walk on the Moon. My customer responded, concern in his voice, with "Oh, Neil died? Oh, no."

These are the things that hold us together, as societies, cultures and even as an entire race.

Let us all wink at the Moon in remembrance, and in solidarity, to celebrate a great human achievement and the man at the tip of the spear who took those first steps for all of us.

-the other Doug