The following is from Hugo’s memorial service. I don’t know the name of the person who put this together and I hope s/he will not be upset with me for repeating them: Hugo was this powerfully colorful and energetic force in the universe. He was a ‘supernova’ here on Earth, best described in these stories…

Back in January, I wrote about a friend of mine battling cancer. This was my friend, Hugo, who passed away just yesterday having lost the struggle. As sad as I am about losing a good friend, I am doubly sad for being thousands of miles away, in Tokyo, unable to fly home for his service.…

I have to admit to a certain amount of morbid fascination with cheatin’ Mark Sanford. It takes a certain amount of chutzpah and significantly more downright stupidity for him to believe that he could jet out to Argentina, not let anyone know where he was going, visit his lover and somehow get away with it.…