Hey digester - 100 condolences in 3 days!

God dam iPad! That's suppose to read "dogster" not "digester"!

hanuman, you read my mind that dogster would be delighted to see this thread surge past the 100 message mark so quickly.

Glad to hear we all curse our iPads. They are a useful device with a silly name and fiendishly annoying correction "capabilities."

You can turn off the so-called correction on the iPad. It was one of the first things I did.

Marija - do have a link to the piece you quoted?

Here's the link, thursday:

http://aussietheatre.com.au/news/a-b...igel-triffitt/

And for those who want to <i>see </i> dogster, rent Howling V. He's the professor. (That's why travelaw howled goodbye.)

I looked for it on netflix but not there.
H called Cheap Thrills. Has anyone read it?e also wrote a book

sorry1 He also wrote a book, Cheap thrills. Has anyone readit. Not available on Amazon.

There is now a memorial thread on cruisecritic.com

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1690912

If you are my FB friend you can see a photo I just posted of dogster and Maeng, taken at the Pickled Liver, Bangkok, on Christmas day 2010. A very happy time for all of us.

On the origin of dogster, by dogster :

http://triffitt.wordpress.com/about-the-author/

Thanks for the links, Marija.

simpson510, what's your name on facebook.
[email protected]

You have email, Mimi.

He was an amazingly funny man.

I enjoyed dogster's writings, and his take on life and travel.
A complex man, nonetheless. Good storyteller and he kept me interested reading about his exploits.
I don't know for sure, but I think he kept fodors watch staff occupied.

Dogster travelled the length and breadth of India many times till he became totally fascinated by India. It seems to me that he got inspiration from India that led him to his writings about India.

RIP Dogster .....you will be missed on this forum.

So sorry, Dogster.

On behalf of the Fodor's team, our thoughts are with Dogster's friends and family. As many of you have said already, He was a tremendous asset to the Fodor’s Community and the Asia board. And we know his presence will be greatly missed.

His travel reports were amazing. He will be missed so much by all his friends at Fodor's.

Thank you Marija. I hadn't been on Fodors much lately and just happened to stumble in on the same day crosscheck posted. I was stunned to hear the news. I knew our Dog had some health issues, but I didn't expect him to pass at such a young age. I had recently wondered what he was up to, as I hadn't heard from him in quite a while. Needless to say, my heart is broken. When I discovered his true identity, I guess it was around 2007 or 2008, I felt like I was allowed into a secret society. Dogster was a very special person - he was incredibly kind and helped me get through some tough emotional stuff a couple of years ago. He was always authentic, incredibly wise and probably the wittiest person I've ever met. The world has lost a great person.

One of the tweets from the arts community about dogster's death said he had become a "recluse" in his final years. Little do they know of dogster's "network of distant friends" who will miss him so.