Humor of the Day: None...Black Tuesday...RIP Rob

Earlier today, I was struggling with an idea to blog about. Unfortunately, the past few days have been rather humorless. Yet, around mid-day I did find something that brought a smile to my face and at lunch, I started a new post. I figured I would complete it tonight. Wrong.

I just received a call from a former Verizon co-worker and she informed me that one of our fellow co-workers was murdered Monday morning. He was shot in the head and his house was then burned-down. I'm in shock.

Rob was one of the most laid-back, left-over hippie types, who opposed all things violent. For him to face such a violent death is ironic. And, so very sad.

Rob was also an avid runner and would go for daily runs with our boss Zvi and fellow buddy Mehrdad. One of my most vivid memories of Rob was a discussion we were having about running. Mehrdad was telling me that running "2 miles on the treadmill" was barely worth it - hardly a workout. Rob piped in and said "That's ridiculous...any run you do on the treadmill is worth it. Go for it."

I'll always remember Rob's encouraging words.