He was always the life of the party. The manner in which he would tell a story with that strong southern accent was special to many people.

The response from the community has been phenomenal.

Doug was born and raised in Louisiana and came from a very poor family. They didn't have much.

Life is a distasteful party, but it is the only one I'm invited to.

I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in fact it would be not enough to say, that it was not worth the trouble.

I'm not some big party chick, so it's not like I have to keep up my big social life.