Thank you, John, for capturing the thoughts I had in my heart about Todd.

It's easy, sometimes, when lots of things are right in your life, to scorn
those who descend to something less than they once were. I know of a very
famous and well-paid TV journalist who descended to being a street urchin
in DC, smoking crack, and sleeping in dumpsters. Took him years to tack all
the pieces back in place. Eventually, he did.

Godspeed, Todd Hill, whatever has happened.

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

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herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera . . . fax mentis
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delicatum!" It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal!      -Wonka

-----Original Message-----
From:   John Rodgers [SMTP:inua@SCOTT.NET]
Sent:   Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:35 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: MIA: gear TODD HILL ???!!!

I doubt it to be the latter.

Sometimes something goes of the track in your life, spins completely out of
your control, becomes all absorbing and totally distructive, and while you
are focused on survival,.....financially, mentally, emotionally, trying to
hold your life together...all the dogs and sharks arrive to start tearing
at the soon-to-be  carcass of an earlier, happier time.  Unfortunately,
nearly always those who are connected at the time are snared in the
mindless flailing that takes place as the drowning man goes under and they
suffer, too.

At that point in time, an accumulated lifetime of  "Atta Boy"s  is totally
destroyed by a scant handfull of "Aw Sh*t!"

Unfortunate, but that is the way it works, nearly always.

Takes a looonnnngggggg time to be born again....to get a new life, and you
are NEVER the same.

I know, been there, done that.

Can't help but wish the man a better future!

John Rodgers
"88GL driver

Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Usually when someone goes flaky like this after being respectable it is
> due to some major life change.  Could be positive or negative, like
> winning the lottery, or a death or illness in the family.
>
> Or, he could have been con artist in the first place and just wanted
> people's money.  Will we ever know?
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Manager, Case Program
> 800-909-8244 ext 208
>
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