A sad day

I took the day off from work today to do all of the last-minute stuff that needed to be done before my trip. And also to sleep a whole lot. When I rolled out of bed at 11:30 and fired up the computer, The Rommate IM'd me and told me that Jerry Orbach had died. This is sad news. I immediately remembered a conversation we had a couple of weeks ago while watching several episodes of Law & Order.

The Roommate: Don't you wish Jerry Orbach was your Dad?

Me: I don't know. He did put Baby in a corner, and you kow, nobody puts Baby in a corner.

I've been kind of iffy about Dennis Farina taking his place on L&O, and even more iffy about yet another L&O spinoff (Note to Dick Wolf: Criminal Intent blows), but now I'll watch it, sadly. R.I.P. Lenny Briscoe.