Thanks, Steve, for Woody, Buzz, Nemo and Carl

[DainBramaged]

In the final scene of the "Toy Story" trilogy, Woody the cowboy doll sits on the steps of his new home and watches the boy who's owned him for nearly two decades drive off to college.

"So long, pardner," he says wistfully, and in those three little words, he sums up a childhood, a young adulthood, a lifetime.

On Wednesday, the world said "so long, pardner" to Steve Jobs. Yes, he founded Apple, but he also bought computer-animation studio Pixar from "Star Wars" mogul George Lucas, paying just $10 million in 1986. Without his leadership, we wouldn't have any of the dozen wonderful animated films that a generation has grown up watching over and over again.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44801258/ns/today-entertainment/

No studio ment more to my beautiful daughter growing up than Pixar, and last Summer we went to see Toy Story III together, tears streaming at the ending. It was a great moment in our lives.



Thanks Steve, thanks Pixar, thanks for those moments I will never forget. Thanks for hour after hour of watching the movies over and over and over again an never getting tired of them. And thank you for making my beautiful daughter happy many many times over.

[MattBaggins]

1. Without his leadership, we wouldn't have any of the dozen wonderful animated films

Yes we would have. There were dozens of creative people behind Pixar.


I know... Thou shall not question The Cult of Jobs.

[DainBramaged]

2. I am one of his harshest critics here, bu today he gets my thanks.

We are a cruel lot here. As Meegbear says, those who praise jobs will spit on Bill Gates when he dies. I will spit on neither, jobs is gone, may he rest in peace.


NOW if it was Rush Limpballs on the other hand....

[Rhiannon12866]

3. K&R! What a beautiful post!

Thank you for expressing this so well and here's to your lucky daughter, too... :toast: :hi:

[Burma Jones]

4. And especially WALL-E

A Fable beloved by my three kids and so important to helping my Wife and I teach our children well........