Considering the fact that today is the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks that stole the life of 33-year-old Douglas Farnum – and seeing as how I have spent the entire day in my home, which, up to the day of the attacks was his home – Doug has been on my mind all day. In thinking about him, I remembered how funny he was, how much he loved life – and how he loved to make people laugh. Recalling all this information made me remember what an amazing person he was. I then realized that despite the fact that I have written so many columns about Doug – I never wrote one about the kind of person Douglas Farnum was – so here it goes:

Brilliant. Selfless. Hysterical. Twisted. Entertaining. Talented. Helpful. Generous. Interesting. And to use his mother’s word from this morning’s ceremony – Amazing. Doug had a truly unique personality that instantly captivated anyone who encountered him. No matter if he met you five years ago or five minutes ago, his goal was to make you laugh – and he always did a great job doing it. He was also great at finding the most obscure things on the Internet. From weird and amusing sites to forums containing interesting stories that made you think, Doug was the best navigator of the Information Superhighway that I have ever met. I remember so many e-mails I received from him with subjects like, “Check this out!” or, “Wow.” That would contain either weird pictures or weird stories – but no matter how obscure, they were always funny.

One thing that impressed me about Doug was that after a while of reading other people’s rants, blogs and stories on the web – he became quite a sought-after writer himself. From his posts on various forums under the moniker of “sickofitall” to the wrestling posts he would write on both www.ringfever.com and many other wrestling sites, a lot people including myself found themselves logging onto the World Wide Web just to read Doug’s latest entry, which was always entertaining, hysterical – and ingenious.

One of his favorite things to do was show of his dog, a bulldog named Alex with as unique of a personality as her master. How he would love to show off her talent to his friends and anyone who would watch. His favorite thing she did was a “trick” that he called, “The Squiggly Dance.” Sitting on her bottom, Alex would swing her body to the left and right over and over again – much to Doug’s delight. He referred to Alex as, “the coolest dog in the universe” – and she was – until earlier this year when she joined him in Heaven.

I could go on and on about what an amazing person Doug was. He never had his own personal agenda, he would bend over backwards for someone if they needed him no matter what – and he always searched for the funniest things about life – and loved to share them with anyone who would listen. The void that this world now has because Douglas Farnum is no longer with us is larger than the entire 16-acre site of Ground Zero, and impossible for anyone to ever fill. The world lost quite an irreplaceable man on September 11, 2001 in Douglas Farnum – and since that day – the world just hasn’t been as wonderful – or as funny of a place.

You are missed beyond words Doug. All my love and prayers.