Category Archives: r.i.p.

Knut!

der Speigel is reporting that Celebrity Polar Bear Knut is demised. Polar bears are large and frightening and amazing. I never saw Knut in person, but his picture makes occasional appearances on my desktop because he’s a handsome devil.

RIP, Eduardo

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the news around the world has been bad lately. After days of unrelenting horror on the news, we’re all pretty worn down.

I hate to share a little more bad news, but learning about the death of Eduardo the Golden Lion Tamarin made me very sad. Sad enough to cry on the Metro. (Crying about the death of a monkey does get you a seat on the Metro even during rush hour).

Rest in peace, Eduardo. If there’s a monkey heaven, I hope you have a hot golden lion tamarin babe on your arm, an all-you-can-eat insect buffet, and all the poop you can throw.

R.I.P. Socks the Cat

Former First Cat Socks has gone to the great Catnip Field in the Sky. He was 19 years old.

Socks the Cat

Here’s the biography.com blurb about Socks:

Socks the cat joined the Clinton White House while First Daughter Chelsea was a young girl. Chelsea’s piano teacher found two kittens playing under her porch one day. She tried to locate the mother, but was unsuccessful. When the First Lady brought Chelsea for her piano lesson, they noticed the two kittens playing. Chelsea held out her arms and one kitten, black with white feet, jumped into her arms. The cat was named Socks for her distinctive markings. Hillary Rodham Clinton later wrote a book titled Dear Socks, Dear Buddy which includes letters written to Socks and Buddy (the Clinton’s chocolate Labrador retriever) by children from around the world. Since both Bill and Hillary Clinton are allergic to cats, Socks was always Chelsea’s cat. When Chelsea went off to Stanford University, Socks was adopted by Betty Currie, President Clinton’s White House Secretary.

Rest in peace Socks, I always thought you were way cooler than Buddy.