
Let's do the 2009 "Cool People Who've Died" list real quick: Bea Arthur. DJ AM. Michael Jackson. John Hughes. Walter Cronkite. Dash Snow. Jim Carroll. Karl Malden. Fred Travalena. Billy Mays. Farrah Fawcett. Ed McMahon. David Carradine. Jay Bennett. Dom DeLuise. Marilyn Chambers. And it goes on. Mary from Peter, Paul, and Mary died yesterday. And of course, Patrick Swayze. While everybody jokes about how bad it sucks to be a celebrity this year, I'm choosing to celebrate. Because if nothing else, 2009 has completely legitimized my otherwise irrational fear of success. [...]