The weird thing about THIS year is that my son won't be calling my stepfather to thank him for his service. The first time Raiden did that was a few years ago, and he did it on his own. I was so proud. I was neither close to nor fond of my stepfather, but I supported any social effort my son ever made, and I thought the Veteran's Day recognition was a biggie.

My stepfather died in early October, and his funeral was Oct 10, which ironically was the 5-year anniversary of my mother's death. He flew Spitfires for the RAF in WWII. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross. When he wasn't being totally self-absorbed, he had moments of being interesting. [Some day I should post about his hijacking of my mother's funeral.] He was very anti-war, no doubt informed by the horrors he witnessed in WWII.

I was hoping for the ubiquitous pic of Jack in his Spitfire in the obit, but they used a pic from the set of his TV show instead. This is the obit from the CBC. Here's his Wiki entry.

Anyway, it's weird to be having Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day, and have *remembering him* be something of the past. Today we watched the movie Shallow Grave, which ends on Jack's co-written song, "Happy Heart". It was somehow fitting, as he was terrifically proud of the song, and that they used it in this film.