The loss of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day nearly made the interwebs grind to a halt. When I think of the influence of each of these celebrities in my childhood, I’m reminded of that poster of Farrah that existed in every teenage boy’s bedroom, and the multitude of video hits by Michael Jackson that really transformed the video era.

I think what has hit me most is that I am at the age where some of the celebrities of my youth are going to start fading out.  Not that Farrah and MJ were my heroes growing up, but I start thinking of someone like Clint Eastwood — that day will be a sad day for me.

I had to stop watching the news coverage. I was disappointed that the coverage took the spotlight off the Iran election. We are so fickle, as indicated by the rapidly changing pace of trending topics on Twitter!