Lost. Dr. Knight. This morning was his memorial service. It was an excellent service. I think he would have been pleased. Not only for the content of his admirer's remarks, but for the quantity of those that showed up to see him off. Additional chairs had to be brought out, and a couple overflow rooms with closed-circuit TV had to be leveraged before we could get started. While he wouldn't have wanted such a fuss for himself, he would have been honored for the gesture.
Found. Old friends, while at Dr. Knight's service. Sure, we're Facebook friends, but I hadn't SEEN them in years. And it was great to see them. We also had some old friends come down from Tulsa to spend the day with us.
Lost. Old North. It has been uninhabited for ten years, and now it's all torn up for renovation and an addition. As much time as I had spent in that place, it pains me to see it this way. I don't remember it being quite so torn up the last time I passed through.
Found. Old North's future? At the service, it was announced that Old North's renovation would be moved to the top of the capital projects list. I sure hope they follow through with this promise. The face of the university deserves better than what it has received the last ten years.
Lost. A cute puppy. It's a long story, of which I only have partial facts, but the bottom line is, we ended up with this otherwise unwanted puppy. As we cannot have pets where we live without an unacceptably high cost, we began looking for a good home for it.
Found. A new home for the puppy! After failing initially to find someone willing to take him, we planned to take him to the shelter in the morning to hand him off to our friends at the Central Oklahoma Humane Society (Darby volunteers at the adoption center) so that he could be adopted next week. We went to the nearest Petsmart to get a crate for him to stay the night in, but were immediately swarmed by people wanting to pet him when we walked into the store. In very short order, before we could make it anywhere near the crates, there was someone willing to take him. We talked to them for a bit about it to make sure intentions were honorable, and then said our good-byes.
Also found... a new friend. Well, kind of. While I've been tweeting with Dan Gordon for some time, and though we have a few real-world friends in common, I finally got to meet him today. He helped me out with something for an old, close friend. Thanks, man!
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