Ah, well - it was just a matter of time. My mother had to make a quality-of-life decision for her oldest dog (Lily), and had her put to sleep yesterday. 95% blind, 100% deaf, and had a stroke over the 4th of July that led to a progressive loss of both motor control and comprehension; she spent most of the last couple of days (apparently) uncertain where she was, or who anyone was, or where things were.
She was a great dog, and though I'm sad, and my mom is sad, it's undoubtedly the right thing to do.
As best that the vet could guess, she was at least 16 - maybe 18. When mom got her, she was a Katrina rescue - and grey-muzzled already.
If for some reason I had to hang Batman upside down I certainly wouldn't stand there and tell him my whole plan before I split.
There are certainly better reasons to have him all tied up.
I found the story of Leopold and Loeb fascinating--two teen geniuses who decided to commit the "perfect crime," done in when Leopold's glasses fall out of his coat at the place where they dumped Bobby Franks' body.
My theatre did a great play based on that story, called "Never the Sinner". Really fascinating stuff. After I saw the show, I went out and read up on the story. Also, Kathy, if you liked that, you should watch Hitchcock's "Rope". It's about two friends who kill another friend (well, the victim thought they were friends :) ), then put the body in a steamer trunk, and have a party and serve drinks on the trunk. I've always thought that Leopold and Loeb were the inspiration for the movie. It has Farley Granger and Jimmy Stewart as I recall.
She was a great dog, and though I'm sad, and my mom is sad, it's undoubtedly the right thing to do.
~ma to your Mom, SH. I know those decisions are tough, even when made for the best reasons.
We know that Cargo Tunnel will be good for online shopping, mail delivery, garbage pickup and recycling, but there will likely be a lot more things that people figure out to do with it.
I really hope they have separate tunnels for garbage vs. food deliveries.
I've always thought that Leopold and Loeb were the inspiration for the movie.
It was. Or, really, the inspiration for the play which turned into the movie.
There are certainly better reasons to have him all tied up.
Word. And even THEN I wouldn't start blabbing my evil plan. We'd have a tortured love where he'd know in his heart he should turn me in to Commisioner Gordon but I'd give him enough plausible denyability to delude himself that maybe I wasn't stealing diamonds and stuff.
Today's xkcd is fun: Haiku Proof
It was. Or, really, the inspiration for the play which turned into the movie.
oh, right, it was a play first, I think I knew that.
While it isn't Rope, Compulsion is an even more thinly veiled movie version of Leopold and Loeb. And I mean very thinly veiled. Orson Welles plays the Clarence Darrow role.
