Missing Buddy
It's been a year since I wrote a tribute the best dog I'll ever know. As these things tend to go, sometimes it feels like yesterday and sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago. The Casa de Sez still feels a bit empty without Buddy, and we all still miss him terribly. With a year gone by now, he's been on my mind more than usual, so it feels like a good time to share a quick story about friendship, loss, and the overwhelming power of Ray Charles in front of a piano. Soon after we said goodbye to Buddy boy, Mrs. Sez and I drowned our sorrows by binge-watching Boardwalk Empire , because we're only about 20 years behind on good TV shows. In the middle of season three, there's an episode focused on Al Capone where he does many things you might expect from Al Capone. However, there's a subplot about his deaf son being bullied at school. After initially trying to teach his son to physically fight back - which doesn't go well - the episode ends with a brief momen...