This is my 800th post. Just thought you should know.

Another kid I went to school with died. He was a year (or possibly 2) ahead of me, and we went to the same elementary and high school.

I don't understand why so many people I have gone to school with (high school and college) have died. Yes, I know that the incredibly heavy drinking they did in their youth probably played a part (at least for the high school people). But still, they are in their mid-30's - and some died younger than that.

It just doesn't make sense.