It's kind of sad that people, icons even...that I grew up with are dying.

I've been starting to feel my age lately and current events only add to it. It's not like M.J. was old, either...but considering the amount of stress he has been under recently and in the past, I guess it's not all that surprising.

Harry Kalas, who's best known as the voice of the Phillies, was another recent death that hit kind of hard. The Phillies hadn't won a World Series since the year I was born, but after years of hearing him call plays, to finally hear him announce the Phillies as World Champions was a great moment...and at the very least I take some comfort in knowing that he saw "his" team reach the top before he passed on.

I was at Otakon when I got news about Bernie Mac's death, and while I wasn't a huge fan of the man I did enjoy his comedy and occasionally watched his sitcom...it seemed somewhat surreal.

I really didn't know who Heath Ledger was until I heard he had been cast as the Joker, and didn't care much to find out until after he died.

The state of the world being what it is, with the economy and now North Korea promising Judgement Day, I guess facing your own mortality is something everyone will have to go through.