Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter

Man, this is just sad. I really have nothing to say other than that it's sad. Excuse the sentimentality, but as my friend Jesse said, "He brought light into the world."

It's not easy to live your life better than he did: doing work he adored, leading a completely original life, instilling a sense of fun and adventure in his children, entertaining people worldwide, helping preserve nature and wilderness, and, oh, saving a stranger's life here and there. He probably even would've liked to go out like this, in mid-adventure--but couldn't it have happened forty or fifty years later instead?

In a minute I'll go pour myself some port and raise a toast to him. Good one, Steve. Wish there were more like you.