I don't usually write a ton of intro's when I take care of the slate. Mostly because I'm not the greatest writer so I try to get you to the links of those who are, and leave the intro pieces to writers like Jon or wildcat00. Today is an exception.
Yesterday evening we were informed that colleague Andy Zimmerman, a writer for Hammer & Rails, committed suicide. Andy, like most of us writer's/editor's here at BotC, responded to a recruiting post from Hammer & Rails head guy Travis Miller. Since that time Andy wrote 49 stories for the Purdue blog, stayed in regular contact with the writer's via text and e-mail, and no one saw this coming.