Tom Brady Doesn't Like Cowards

Murder-suicides piss me off.

David Brockdorff was passionate about the New England Patriots. He wore the gear of his favorite football team, and even converted some of his friends.

And thanks to some friends who unveiled a memorial Monday night at Urbana Middle School, that's the way David will be remembered.

A framed Patriots jersey, bearing the name Brockdorff and the number 12 -- for quarterback Tom Brady, David's favorite player -- now graces a display case in the school's front lobby. A ceremony was held Monday night, before the school's end-of-year awards assembly, to unveil the jersey. David would have been in eighth grade this year.

Students at Urbana Middle formed the group Forever in Our Heart (4evr in r <3 in text-speak) to remember their friend, killed Nov. 22, 2007, along with his siblings, Megan and Brandon, and mother, Gail Pumphrey, by his father, David. After slaying the entire family on Thanksgiving Day, the elder David Brockdorff then killed himself.

The irrational act irrationally, I suppose. But why do you have to kill your kin, especially your children? I know this recession has stoked a spike in such tragedies, but jeesh...

Sad story. Kudos to these kids for doing their best to grieve and stay positive.