gnu, here's how to forget your tragic loss:

Go out and celebrate the birth of Sam Clemens, the greatest writer North America ever produced, on November 30, 1835.

Yes, today is Sam's 177th birthday!!! Drink! Fool around with loose women! Pilot a riverboat! Join the CSA! Write great novels! Go broke! Become friends with a former US President! Live in Italy, Austria, England, France! Smoke a cigar! Celebrate Sam's life, dude!!