In Memoriam

Putnam “Putty” Brown
March 1, 1999 - Sept. 28, 2009

Me: “If there was AKC Manual of Dog Breeds,
that would be the picture: Ultimate Hybrid Bijon.”

Mrs F: “Factually the most attractive dog on Earth.”

To the dog without whom I would never have met my wife,
that my children have never known their lives without.

You stole food, you soiled countless carpets, you actually ate money...

You would bark unceasingly at any man who entered our home, but you were gentle, kind, stoic and patient with any child whoever laid a hand on you.

How many times I cursed you for being leash-potty-trained at 2:00 a.m. when I just wanted to go to bed...but the foot of the bed will never be the same again.

We love you and we will miss you terribly.

Am I a bad person...

...because I have no idea who Randy Pausch is?

Seriously. I never heard of the guy until I saw a few bloggers note his passing. I didn't think too much about it until my mom pointed it out in the paper today.

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I just did "a Google" and now I know who he is. No, I'm not a bad person, but I probably need to branch out and read something besides twoglasses.com and political and baseball blogs once in a while...

R.I.P. Moses—PLUS: Tribute Video!

Awesome.

To people my age, Heston is inseparable from the NRA and Conservatives and known for that almost as much as his movie roles... But according to his bio, he was actually pretty good liberal until he seemingly lost his mind in the 70s...something I was completely unaware of. So, for that reason, a fond farewell and here's hoping they don't turn you into Soylent Green, Mr. Heston.

[h/t Cesca]