And I just remembered an article that I wrote about Mr. Carson back in 1990, discussing what his work meant to me, and the first time I met the man. I don't recall where this appeared (someone, help me) but I had it on my harddisk, so here it is. A few of my opinions on him have changed since then, plus you'll note that I said his departure was nowhere in sight. A year later, it was suddenly in sight, but I was hardly the only one who didn't see it coming.