It's so hard to say goodbye....

(With the soulful crooning of Boyz II Men in the background)

So today is both a happy and a sad day. For those gracious people who are outside of DC and don't know it, I am bless to have a friend named Dagmar (remember we protect the guilty here at CTW so that's a pseudonym). (Photo: Dagmar when he was anchoring the Saskatoon, SK evening news) I call him this because he is from a little town in Montana named that goes by the same name. Of Danish ancestry, both the town and my friend bleed Red and White... Of course this also may be due to the fact that his little town is so freaking far away that the only way to get there remotely quickly is to fly to the other red and white country we call Canadia. So if you ever find yourself in Regina (you know the provincial capital of Saskatchewan... duh) just drive 2.5 hours south and you'll be in the birthplace of my friend... ;-)

Well I am sad b/c Dagmar is leaving me. While it is for good reasons, he's moving to be with his lover who is as sweet as shoefly pie and also about 9 feet tall, in Pigeon Forge, TN. Wait that is Dolly's hometown, I mean Nashville, TN... Actually Dagmar calls it NashTucky but I digress. Now I know this is a good thing b/c all of us here love his bf whom we shall call el Donquissimo. But while I am happy he is going to be with the man he loves and has commuted back and forth to NashTucky via the ScrewUSAirways express for the last couple of years, I'm sad and clinging to the boy I once gave several mean and ironic nicknames to. That is a long story that is best told by Topher, especially if he is wearing his Yellow Nantucket Pants with the blue whales on them.

The point of this rambling mess is that I am going to miss my friend and sista Dagmar. Without him I would have never known the joys of Danish prounciation, how to get to Montana via Regina, SK, how to scowl daggers at ex-boyfriends, how to order at Timberlakes Restaurant or what a red velvet comforter feels like... But no joking, I'm going to miss having you around Dagmar - though I will be bringing my loud self down to the Parthenon of the South to scandalize you and your friends with Designing Women-like accents. (Speaking of which you MUST Download Julia Sugarbaker's classic "Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia!" rant from Season 1, Episode 2 of Designing Women.)

For those of you in DC we'll be sending our girl off in true fashion at JR's tonight at 8:30. And if you see me misty in the eyes it's from the cigarette smoke... errr yeah that's my excuse.