At time 1, we mailed introductory letters and questionnaires with postage-paid response envelopes to 2,011 veterans.
(Similarly, each time we send an e-mail, we're speaking in a "robot voice" and expecting nuance and humanity to come across).
The payoff: "Over time, we e-mailed each other.
And over time, we e-mailed.
Each time we bring mail in, it could have anthrax on it from commingling in the postal facility.
The last time we exchanged e-mails, Hosni Mubarak had just resigned and the mood in Cairo was jubilant.
"Life for us is already difficult and challenging; mentally, physically and financially when caring for someone you love with disabilities," says Lundell. "We have to worry every time we check the mail.
"At the same time, we are getting e-mail from 40-year-old programmers who say, 'Hey, no one will even give us an interview.
Every time we hit the get mail button, we rejoin civilisation, but never know when or by what means or whom will be struck first by such a bomb airdropped directly into our inboxes.
