[ OT ] I 'd like to take a moment to appreciate Sir Terry Pratchett .

I was never a religious person. I did not buy the fairytales that people wanted to sell as truth. But then I stumbled on my first Discworld book, and got reverse-religion instead: *the turth about life but written as a fairytale*. It was the wisdom of Granny, and even greater wisdom of Nanny that raised me. It was the unflinching morality of Carrot, that made me a good man. It was the thoughtful responsibility and dutifulness of the Partician that taught me how to do what is necessary, even when its unpleasant. 
 
 And in the end, it was YOU, sir Terry, who with your own life, death, and general cheerfulness about the transition, who taught me to carpe that diem, and enjoy myself while carping it. 
 
 Thank you, and give my regards to the man in the black cloak.
