Things One Learns When Visiting My Sister

I've been in Atlanta for the holidays where my sister has collected a terrifyingly awesome pile of People magazine back-issues so that we can get caught up on the last year of celebrity news. Much to my surprise and sadness, I read therein that George Clooney, said magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2006, had just lost Max, his Vietnamese black bristled potbellied pig companion of almost twenty years. Max died of natural causes on December 1st. The web versions of the People report, complete with cheesy "Hog Heaven" headline, can be found here. R.I.P. Max.