"Cowabunga" Also Means Goodbye

As Jeff Foss snowboards off into the sunset, the BJx remembers one radical young man. You were never granted posting privileges, Jeff, but that doesn't mean you won't live on in the half-pipe that is our heart.

But enough sulking! Let's remember the good times. I'll get it started:

Jeff, I will never forget the time you were bitten by a rat.

Readers are encouraged to continue this touching tribute in the Comments section.

The Gift of Joy (and Laura Vandervoort)

Loyal BJx reader Morgan S. sends this picture of a Christmas gift that commemorates a simpler time when men's magazine circulations were under two million and coverlines were as straightforward as "Smallville's New Girl." She explains:

as it was my first full-time job, our last issue, and the only proof that i was indeed promoted before being laid off, [my sister] figured it was frameable.

Touching. But does the lack of capitalization mean that Morgan has given up on copy editing for good? Inquiring (or is it enquiring???) minds want to know!