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In Memory of Tugga

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My brother’s beautiful dog Tugga passed away on October 20. He’d been slowing down noticeably the past year or so and a steady stream of  health problems was taking it’s toll. So incredibly sad to see him go. He was a wonderful, wonderful dog and a faithful companion to my brother for so many years.

I, too, spent many, many hours with him over the years and am very glad I was able to see him in early October when I went back up north. He was bouncing and happy to see me and I was looking forward to seeing him down here in Florida in a few weeks as they passed thru on the way to Sanibel. It brings tears to my eyes to think he won’t be visiting.

It wasn’t too many years ago that he was crazy healthy and vigorous, fitter and more active than dogs half his age. He was almost always happy, but was at his happiest near water and especially loved chasing sticks tossed out as far as our aging arms could toss them. In his younger years, he almost literally would never tire. In later years, he still enjoyed chomping on a stick til it was shredded in a million pieces.

RIP, Tugga. Dec 1999 – Oct 2011

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Tugga in Sanibel pool 2010

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Tug & Phil at Carleton Willard

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Tug & Phil at Carleton Willard

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Tug & Sally on Sanibel beach

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Tugga in the snow

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Tug with a bone. 2007.

Many other great shots of Tug can be found here:

- my Tugga album

- Vicky’s Tugga album

Could she be a judge some day?

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little cameron aug 2009 Could she be a judge some day?

Will Cameron be a Judge?

It’s impossible to know, but maybe little Cameron will become a judge one day.

As reported in the Boston Globe, a study concludes that girls given masculine names are 3x more likely to become judges than the average Sally or Sue:

Because President Obama is a lawyer and his mother had a commonly male first name (Stanley), he might appreciate this study out of Clemson. The authors calculated the “masculinity” of every first name in South Carolina as the fraction of registered voters with that name who were male. Then, they compared the average masculinity of female voters’ names to the average masculinity of female judges’ names in the state. While the average masculinity of female voters’ names was 0.026, the value for female judges’ names was 0.084. The authors estimate that changing a girl’s name from “Sue” to “Kelly” increased her odds of becoming a judge by 5 percent, but changing her name to “Cameron” increased her odds by a factor of three.

Coffey, B. & McLaughlin, P., “Do Masculine Names Help Female Lawyers Become Judges? Evidence from South Carolina,” American Law and Economics Review (Spring 2009).

Original article in American Law and Economics Review (paywall)

Boston Globe blurb (16 Aug 2009)