This made me smile this morning (before I found out about my friend).  This is the type of thing that Di would love.  The subtle (?) humor that is Aan Cumming.

Link: http://www.cummingthefragrance.com/commercial.html

Some brilliant lines from the clip.

“What is sexy? Well … it changes all the time.”
“Shame should not exist. Shame's not sexy.”
“You are the most interesting thing about yourself.”
“I think it's important to know how to have fun, and I think it's fun to know what's important.”

Meet Jack, the Super Dog. Jack is Dianne's special little pooch who joined her family and life after the death of their other dog, Penny.  Dianne loved Jack, and I'm sure he will be wondering what has happened to his mum. 

I'm hoping that Jack will continue to live with Dianne's parents, although both of them are getting older.  According to Dianne - when she first got Jack - he was a bundle of energy, and full of adoration towards his mummy.

Keep Jack in your thoughts.

For those of you who read this, I posted an entry earlier this month about my friend Dianne who has been battling cancer over the last few years, first breast cancer, and now leukemia.

Dianne died Thursday, July 28 around 11:00 PM (Melbourne time), which is around 8AM this morning. She wasn't meant to.

Here is a brief comment on my web site, along with one of the pictures I have of her. I'll post more. Right now, I'm not feeling happy.

Hump day is over, and what better way to celebrate than a visit to our good friend Gloria's in Frisco. It was happy hour, so the drink prices were better than ever, and more enticing. Layton and I got there around 5:30, and we were soon joined by Ian, followed by Chris. In the 90 minutes that we were there, 16 margarita-style drinks were consumed. Ian and I were average, Chris below average, and Layton (”that boy can drink”) won this round. To say we were toasted, would not be an accurate reflection of the reality, as I think there may have been one of us with a buzz. I tried the Meltdown with Midori, and I think it's become my Gloria's drink of choice.

Following our drinking, we decided a visit to Starbucks would be in order. I'm not sure how to react when you walk in and someone says to you, “but it's not Friday” (a reference to a regular coffee meet up held on Fridays). Being slightly intoxicated, my rapid response-back system was malfunctioning, so I just ordered coffee. We then visited Krispy for A donut, and walked out of the store with two dozen. Then we settled at the Panda Express (outside) to drink our Starbucks and eat our Krispy Kreme, and had a phenomenal conversation about life, relationships and - naturally - sex.

On a sadder note, Bobby was not able to join us because his grandmother passed away in the morning, so he was travelling over to help make arrangements for the funeral later in the week. We did take a moment to reflect on her passing, and had a drink in her honor.

Put this in the category of “HUH?!?!” It appears that Lord of the Rings is to become a musical. According to the BBC Online, “Producers of the stage version of The Lord of the Rings have picked the cast - with British actor James Loye landing the role of Frodo. The show will open in Toronto, Canada, in 2006.”

In keeping with tradition(?) of casting gay men as wizards, Brent Carver (a gay Canadian actor) has been cast as Gandalf the Grey. (ModFab)