..life is short...

Our friend Hamish Malcolm had a heart attack last week. He was in a coma for a few days before they realized he was not going to make it. They took him off life support and we attended his funeral on Monday. He was only 25 years old!

Hamish's birthday would have been on Tuesday Nov. 1st so we had a get-together at our place to talk about him and exchange stories. People showed up from every facet of his life here in Melbourne (The Political Interest Society, The Debating Club, his Parkour buddies (http://www.parkour.com/), school friends, his roommates and all of us that knew him through Ali).

Hamish was an extremely bright and witty guy and seemed to excel at everything he did. I didn't know him as well as I would have liked but I sure learned a lot about him in the last week. He will be missed.

I just found a quote that seems to fit him perfectly. "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." - George Washington Carver. He was still working on the world thing but he definitely had a unique approach to evrything he did.

Here is a link to an article paying tribute to Hamish in his home county's paper.
http://www.sudburytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=850&ArticleID=1249450
This is a link to Hamish's blog.
http://omissionofmercy.blogspot.com/