2/16 While talking to my son, who has no friends, and is not particularly sad about it, I suddenly remembered that exhilarating feeling when I had found, for the first time, somebody I could talk with for hours, forever. Up until that point, I did not know any such thing existed. I have no records from that time, but I can date things fairly accurately from the release dates of music back then. Once again: It is unbelievable just how far away these times are. And how fragile my memory, their only connection to reality.