Burials and birthdays

Last week marked the loss of one of my great old friends and the birthdays of a few old and new. My late buddy Donny coincidentally shares a birthday with my brother and shared admiration for the same local sports teams as my buddy Doug who has the same first name of a late great uncle who I was very fond of. It should be noted that Doug's partner Alex (another bud of mine) has a stout young Pitbull who goes by the name Buddy which is all my sister and I ever called my late grandfather.
Don, I'll do my best not to be a w.o.p. from now on.....