They say Death comes in Threes

What a surreal day, and an odd week. Ed McMahon's death? Not too surprising. Farrah Fawcett? Perhaps a more tragic and brave figure, but also not shocking. But Michael Jackson? I don't know what to say.

That's the kind of shocking death (shocking, but not surprising - know what I mean?) that is so jolting, you remember where you heard it. I saw that he had suffered cardiac arrest while at the gym, but I heard the news of his death over the radio at a liquor store.

I hear Walter Cronkite is gravely ill. Yes, he's 92, but can we handle losing another icon this week? Jeez.