Okay, just heard from Allyson. She is, indeed, in Chicago but is waitlisted for the already overbooked last flight out. She'll know in the next half hour if she's flying out tonight or not.

If she ends up stranded there, and since they would probably put her on the first flight out tomorrow morning, I think I've talked her into checking into the Hilton at the airport and running up a nice room service bill.

Oh man, Gus....

She is, indeed, in Chicago but is waitlisted for the already overbooked last flight out. She'll know in the next half hour if she's flying out tonight or not.

I'm back and ready to run out to O'Hare if she needs me.

I watched North By Northwest earlier

I watched that last night!

Maybe we can have a virtual wake.

We pick a time. We all log on. We all have a drink and tell stories. We chip in and buy a goat or something from Oxfam in his name.

I like that idea, Trudy.

Let's do it then.

How about January 17th? I'll put a note up in beep me.

Me too. Less puking in the gutter that way...Wire cop wakes always end when somebody heaves in the gutter out front of...Cavenaugh's(?)

How about January 17th?

I'm down for the wake. Better get some good single malt for the man.

Fuck. I named him Weremonkey. (I think I did, anyway.)

I remember when he delurked, at the bar with his laptop and his friends and the Scotch drinking. (Can we Nilly up his first post?) And the kites. And his son with the WHO. Irish Traveler and Somali - Not a man you meet every day, as the Pogues put it.

Here's to you, Gus. We'll do you proper on the 17th.

I was just wondering about him this week. Wondering why he hadn't been around lately.