My dad just died. He was a hell of guy. I remember a couple of years back I was giving a speech at a Palestinians for Peace Rally and there were some anti-Palestinian goons shouting abuse and epithets. It sure was an unpleasant experience.
At the end of it, my dad walked up to me, wearing his overcoat and fedora. I hadn’t known he was there. “You did well, my boy,” he said. “Your mother would be proud of you today.” And off he went.
He was a wonderful man, and we will miss him.
Please see comment #1
Canadian Observer 
March 21, 2007 at 5:00 pm
If you go over to the blog of a certain employee of the National Post you will get the joke.
March 21, 2007 at 5:06 pm
my condolences.
March 21, 2007 at 6:09 pm
My dog just died. He was a hell of dog. I remember a couple of years back I was giving a speech at a Cigarette Producers for Free Speech Rally and there were some anti-choice goons shouting abuse and epithets. It sure was an unpleasant experience.
At the end of it, my dog walked up to me, wearing his overcoat and fedora. I hadn’t known he was there. “You did well, my boy,” he said. “Your mother would be proud of you today.” And off he went.
He was a wonderful dog, and we will miss him.
March 21, 2007 at 6:42 pm
How dare you make fun of our dead father! Really what has happened to the level of public morality in this country? You should be ashamed sir!
March 21, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I am so sorry. Your dad sounded like a wonderful man. Ignore the rude posts – they reflect on who they are and not on you.
March 21, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I got a tear in my eye …
March 21, 2007 at 8:07 pm
What a disgrace our friend at the post is. This man has no bounds.
March 21, 2007 at 8:16 pm
You don’t have to sink to his level to make your point.
March 21, 2007 at 8:16 pm
This isn’t funny…
March 21, 2007 at 8:22 pm
The battery on my laptop died. It was really, really attracted to other batteries. We called it a “Greek” battery because of that. Anyway, I was feeding the poor and the blind and healing the sick and raising the dead after driving my 1975 Superbeetle to the Punk Rock Studio in trendy Yorkville when the battery came up to me, wearing a cheap-assed Dell Inspiron and packing an AC/DC adapter. And it said, “Mark, you’re a helluva guy!”
Fuck, I’m gonna miss that battery.
It’s been a shitty-bum year. First Martin, then Dion, now this. I think I’ll sue somebody.
March 21, 2007 at 8:32 pm
DELL, Five Hour Heavy Duty “Laptop” Battery.
In a Dell Inspiron 6000. Drained by a faulty AC adapter on March 6, 2007, aged only sixteen months, just four months off-warranty. A proud veteran of the Kinsella vs. Bourrie SLAPP suit pf ’06. Predeceased by his brothers Dell Inspiron 2000, 1500 and 1000, and his sister, a CD reader/burner named Sony. He will be dearly missed, but quickly replaced, his owner. Special thanks to “Mumbai #7 Call Center Midnight Staff”, especially Rajiv Cahoolawassee, who suggested ways to revive it. Resting at on my desk. Disposal by Waste Management Inc. Internment at “The Summit”, Carp Mountain Landfill. Special hazardous waste take-out May 17 (west side of town). Visiting hours are on Saturday, March 10, 2007 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. BYOB.
March 21, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Shit. I have mixed feelings about all of this. Some of my feelings want to laugh. And some of my feelings want to tell you guys not to be such pricks.
The fella you are lampooning does seem to have a way of ping ponging, though, from anger to maudlin reflections. Not sure that we haven’t all had two or three “shitty” years, if we’re keeping score.
March 21, 2007 at 10:32 pm
I have reconciled my mixed feelings. Mark Bourrie, thank you for a LOL. I rarely LOL these days. But that little slice of satire was freaking hilarious.
March 21, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Satire is the sincerest form of sympathy. But really we do feel bad for his losses but why taint such a loss to make a political point? Maybe it is hard to turn the third person off.
March 22, 2007 at 10:34 am
Well, Mark, better grease up your hit counter, Batman just named you on his blog. Batman says he has seen some terrible things, but nothing this terrible. Well…actually, he didn’t say that. But that’s what he meant. I’m sure of it. And I think he may be an anti Semite. In any case, be on the look out for the Batmobile.
Speaking of which, Batman’s best bum buddy, Robin, has just named another anti Semite over on his blog.
March 22, 2007 at 10:36 am
I lost my code book. Who’s Batman?
March 22, 2007 at 11:00 am
I saw the link. That’s very funny. What an ass.