May flights of angels sing you to your rest

Robin Williams, 1951-2014
I can't imagine a world without that raucous, fuzzy man there to make us laugh. Depression is an evil bastard. May you find peace, O Captain, My Captain. You will be missed like hell here, topside.

Empathy, thy name is Crime Fighter

Crime Fighter and I went to a cookout on Saturday. He was fine,til he saw how many strange adults were milling about, and he got shy fast. Of course, folks wanted to come up and say hi. Nope. Not having none of it. And here's the notable: He said "I'm feeling a little nervous,"... to at least 2 maybe 3 adults. I had to translate since he was speaking at decibels to be heard only by rabbits. And moms. But when gosling and ceo 's youngest materialized, suddenly whew... That's OK then. A little while later, a 5ish year old arrived and she was having a really tough time, too. What did Crime Fighter do? hung out near by, demonstrated how fun the toy airplane was and eventually she lost her nervous, too. So proud of that kid.