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Life's a bitch, and then you die

Now, while that is true in a lot of cases, life doesn't have to be a bitch. It can actually be pretty damn good, at least from my perspective, and you're still going to die. Sometimes sooner than later.

Today I was just reading about Michael Klein, an investment manager dying in a plane crash, while vacationing on his own private island near [in] Panama, along with his 13 year old daughter.

Here's a man that had pretty much everything going for him. He founded two companies MIBEK Corporation and Transoft Networks, both of which were acquired by other firms, the latter being Hewlett Packard. And most recently he was the CEO of Pacificor, LLC.

Now I didn't know Michael Klein, nor anything about him before reading this news article, but this just struck me as tragic. He was only 37 years old.

And I only bring it up because it just goes to show how fleeting life really is. We are all vulnerable, and when our time is up, it's up.

At least he died, I assume based on the article, enjoying himself.

I just hope none of my loyal readers are waiting too long to do the things they've always wanted to do, but for one reason or another have been putting off doing.

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Mark VanKirk said…
I have WII arm from bowling.

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