OK Picard--I link, Therefore I am

[The empressof all]

I Link, Therefore I am


by George Simpson, Monday, Apr 25, 2005 8:17 AM EST

A WEST NYACK, N.Y. MAN was found dead at his computer apparently the victim of trying to keep up with too many professional forums. Childress H. Wanamaker, 54, an account executive at a New York-based new media company, died of starvation according to the West Nyack coroner's office. Wanamaker's emaciated body was found by Loraine, his wife of 26 years, who told MediaPost she had been bringing her husband meals on plastic trays for weeks, but that he never took the time to eat them.
"He was glued to his computer 24/7," she said tearfully. "He was so afraid he was going to miss an opportunity to contribute a comment or start a discussion, that he just stopped eating." She added that Wanamaker's last words were "OK Picard, stick that in your pipe and smoke it..."

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=10761

[auntAgonist]

1. wow,

I cannot imagine allowing my husband to sit for so long at his computer without insisting he get help. Poor woman probably did all she could though, what a sad sad story.


on edit:
lordy: A virtual memorial service will be held online at a date to be determined.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Uh 0h

:scared:

[Deja Q]

3. Internet forum having priority over wife and the nice things with that...

Wish I had one. Or a guy. Or a concubine. Or even a porcupine...

I wouldn't starve to death though; takes too long.

[Torgo Johnson]

4. This has gotta be satire.

I know people can get addicted to forums,but even if he took time off to sleep only a few hours a night, he could surely take 5 minutes off to make himself a sandwich.