I will copy and paste the email that I sent out first, and then explain. --- Hello, colleagues and friends! I wouldn't normally mass-mail to such a diverse group thus, but the events of the weekend and the near future warrant it. Friday evening as Mayzie and I were preparing our dinner, I began feeling a dull pain in my chest. For about an hour, the pain grew in intensity and locale, never sharp but with an increasing sense of tightness and pressure. Of course, I figured it was just the side-effect of some bad sausage I'd bought earlier in the day and tried to ignore it. After the first hour, the pain was strong enough that I could barely stand, and I lay down on the couch to tough it out. (bad sausage? not so
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