I'm rarely accused of being "Normal" (my first name ends in 'n', not 'l' :-)
As for the bashing and ranting part, well, life is short. And I do think having one half of the process kill -9'd is an exceptional circumstance. And I have a workaround to catch the error immediately if it ever happens again.
(Apologies if this appears twice, there was some weirdness about "signing in" when I submitted the comment.)
Posted by Norman Walsh