Since I will no longer be posting on the blog (at least for the forseeable future) please understand that I will not be able to accept any Ask Erik questions either. Some of you have broken my heart–and it was a heart already ripped in two. I don’t deserve such petty treatment.

I had to rush my mother to the hospital today with pneumonia and deep venous thrombosis. She’s not doing well, so all of these hurtful things are just icing on the cake.