# Happy Birthday, Jasper Dog!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 15, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877 "2014-01-15T15:58:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/1 "2014-01-15T15:58:47Z")

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Blogger James Lileks’ dog Jasper is (approximately) 19 years old!

[Wow! What big ears you have!](http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0114/011514.html)

Nineteen! Wow. Good dog!

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/2 "2014-01-15T16:19:50Z")

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I’ve followed Lileks’ blog for close to a decade now, and I’ve corresponded with him enough times that I imagine he recognizes my name now. Very glad that Jasper is still around.

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/3 "2014-02-04T16:03:54Z")

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And Jasper has passed. ☹

[http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0214/020314.html](http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0214/020314.html)

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/4 "2014-02-04T17:31:29Z")

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I sent Lileks a sympathy email.

Jasper was a great dog.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/5 "2014-02-04T22:25:08Z")

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Damn! Now I’m sobbing like a baby. What a beautiful eulogy.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/6 "2014-02-08T22:20:44Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> I sent Lileks a sympathy email.
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> Jasper was a great dog.

And Lileks sent me a personalized response. I’m sure he had thousands of emails, so he probably scripted it, but even so, a class act all the way.

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/7 "2014-05-29T21:25:03Z")

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And the Lileks have a new puppy! His name is Scout.

Go [here](http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/14/0514/052814.html) and read Wednesday (May 28th) and Thursday (May 29th).

And yes, there are pictures!

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-jasper-dog/678877/8 "2014-05-30T19:33:59Z")

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Oh, I’m in love!