Wow. . . I woke up this morning and found that half the country has died. Ok, that may be an exaggeration, but E. Pierce Marshall (the son of Anna Nicole Smith's dead husband), Aaron Spelling and Patsy Ramsey have all died. I have a special place in my heart for Aaron Spelling shows. From "Charlie's Angels" to "90210," I was a fan. No one will ever produce tv shows like them again. I find the death of Patsy Ramsey the most interesting, though. JonBenet Ramsey's death was one of the first "true-crime" stories that I became interested in. I watched every show and news update, read every book, and came to believe that John and Patsy Ramsey had killed their daughter. It may have started as an accident, but I believe that one or both of them were responsible for her death.

Over the next several years, I got neck deep into "true-crime" from all over the country. I amassed quite a library of true crime books and learned all about blood spatter patterns, autopsy protocol and forensic psychology. Recently, I got rid of most of that library . . . I realized a few years ago that I was spending way too much time focusing on death and destruction and not enough thinking about life.

So, farewell to those who passed on yesterday. All will be mourned by those who loved them.