Passing

I just found out today that Art Buchwald passed away today. I'm not going to pretend that I was a great and avid fan of his, but I did respect the volume of work that he completed in over 50 years of writing. He was well known for a sharp satirical wit. Just reading a small amount about him at Wikipedia tells you about the incredible, and at times wild, life he lead. He lied about his age to fight in WWII, interviewed Elvis Presley in Paris, won a Pulitzer Prize, and successfully sued Paramount over the rights to the script for the Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America. I think it's important that when men like him pass on that we reflect about exactly how amazing our lives can be.

In other amazing news today, a 9 yr old boy ran away from home. That doesn't sound too spectacular until you read about his trip. In the space of about two days, this kid stole a car and lead police on a high-speed chase, was released back into his mother's custody, and then proceeded to runaway the next day and hop on a flight from Seattle to Phoenix and then again from Phoenix to Dallas. He was finally stopped at Dallas trying to board another flight to San Antonio to see his grandfather. That's just insane. If you're wondering, he didn't buy any tickets, he just bluffed his way onto two Southwest Airlines flights. Pretty sad.