Keeping Things in Perspective - From a Technical Expert

I have had several blog postings in the past that point to some great material by Pat Helland.

This one, however, is a little different.  It describes some of the personal difficulties he has faced in the past year, culminting in the death of his wife in September.   For him, I think the blog posting was a catharsis - for the rest of us, it should be a reminder to keep work and our passion for technology in the proper perspective.