Old Yeller

Unconditional love. You can only get it in one place. Not from your spouse, mother, dad, grandparent, imaginary or 3-D friends. The only creature that offers that service is a dog. There are cool cats, nice goldfish, slimy snakes but none of them offer what Boris brought to our family.

For my wife, Boris was her best friend before I came along over 12 years ago. He soon became my buddy as well and we've lived happily together for about 10 years. Boris has a terrible case of hip displaysa, and has for years. We've spent as much money as possible to make him comfortable in his golden years. He's repaid us tenfold with love, protection, and a sweet disposition.

It's time for Boris to go to doggie heaven and I can't help feeling so fucking selfish about this. He's in pain and can't do much but I still want to be able to get up and give me his medicine each morning. To see him come limping around the corner for dinner should not be sentimental but it is. It's definitely his time but that doesn't help.

To my wife I'm so sorry for your loss. You were the best, most caring pet owner I've ever seen. It's a motherfucker that dogs and humans have different life spans. Just know that you gave "Bean" the best life a dog could ask for. I've commonly said that if I was reincarnated as a dog, I'd want Boris' life.

Thanks Bean Doggle. You are loved, you are missed, you will be remembered.

Baby steps

My friends always told me having a baby would change my life. They were right but I couldn't be happier to have my life changed. I have managed to see a chunk of movies now that we are homebound more often. Here are 4 of my recent faves:

Grizzly Man-Bizarre documentary of bear activist Timothy Treadwell who eventually was eaten by his furry friends. Werner Herzog directs and his narration at times is a little corny but serviceable. The Treadwell-shot footage is an interesting look into the mind of the wannabe actor. See it.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang-This movie admittedly tries too hard to fit the Tarantino mold but is pretty good nevertheless. Robert Downey is very good and Val Kilmer is a little less stiff than usual.

Stay-I loved this movie. It ends and you know nothing. Similar to the end of Usual Suspects but in this movie you have no facts. You are forced to relive the movie in your mind to arrive at conclusions.

Enron/The Smartest Guys in the Room-Can this really happen? Tremendous documentary that shows what true scumbags Lay and Skilling really are, in Lay's case "was". Lay, another Bush butt buddy, got off easy. Gotta love that "Mark to Market" bookkeeping.