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I got a copy of Matthew Perry’s memoir at a Little Lending Library. I saw his face on the cover of his memoir and thought someone might like to read his book. I did not plan to read it. But about 4 days later I was looking at one of those websites that honor the dead of that year, and about the fourth image down was a picture of Matthew Perry. I said to myself, “I didn’t know he was dead,” and then as I read on, I realized that he had died about 3 days after I got his book. I thought that “hinkey” and I told myself, “I guess I’m going to have to read his book.” And, I did. About three pages into his book, he said, “I should be dead by now.” Now that is really hinkey. — So, I just saw a magazine cover with Charlie Sheen on the cover, his big face filling the magazine cover like Perry’s had on his memoir. And the sentence, in bold text on the magazine cover, “It’s A Miracle I’m Alive,” which made me think of what Perry had said.