Sad Tidings from Down Under

Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, died this weekend from a freak accident. Another of my kid’s heroes is no more. Crikie, at least he died doing what he loved.

Snarky Bastards has a great obit:

If we were not Americans but given the choice of what to be, I believe that many, perhaps most, of us would gladly choose to be Australians.

Lift up prayers for his wife Terri and his two children, Bindi & Bob.

UPDATED: These people are unbelievably (delinked) sick.