…sad news about that tragic helicopter crash that occurred today in central Phoenix. When I saw the photo up at the Drudge Report, it was strange to see the helicopters – just after they apparently had collided – behind the building I used to work across from – that blue glass building is the centerpiece of the Gateway Center complex where our Phoenix office is located.

When things like this happen, it just makes you realize just how fragile our hold on life is. We all have a tendency to go through life as if we’re somehow indestructable and immune from all the kinds of tragedies – big and small – you read about and hear about on TV. And we always seem to think stuff like that only happens to someone else – it’s just human nature – and act as if we’re the center of our own little universes. Today, I was in a meeting with one of our customers, and their CIO is being a total jerk – I mean, an absolute total jerk, and while he’s going on about everything, I couldn’t help but think how little all of this really matters in the end. Think about the four men killed in those helicopters today – they got up, did their normal thing, and went to work not even realizing he would never see his home ever again.

You just never know – life is incredibly fragile.