Mary, I'm so sorry. I will miss being his doorperson. I never thought of him as mean. He definitely had a "don't f*** with me" attitude, but I think it was more that he didn't suffer fools. Ed was the boss, he knew it and he wanted to make sure everyone else knew it, too. But he did let Freddy snuggle up with him, so how mean could he really be?

Now my Caitlin on the other hand is mean. Jusat ask any of the dogs. We once took care of a friend's dog for the weekend and poor Cassis wouldn't even go to the kitchen for a drink of water without a human escort...