Ford, Brown, Saddam, the holidays...

There's too fucking much going on...most of it death. Hmm, I JUST realized that SADDAM makes "three." The traditional "celebs die in 3s" thing. He can count, right? It is truly and simply amazing that these 3 figures have died within days of each other...wildly disparate figures, yet each immensely influential. Even the media seems to be almost overwhelmed by which figure to concentrate on and when. To clarify the latest death: SADDAM HUSSEIN was EXECUTED by HANGING last night just after 10pm eastern time. Most of the world rejoiced. **The President Ford funeral ceremonies began today...much coverage. It was absolutely incredible to watch...solemn and moving. A spectacle in the BEST way. Mrs. Ford, 88, pausing to pray over and then pat her husband's flag-draped casket...her husband of 58 years...a very special moment that the whole world got to see. I continue to be newly riveted by these 2 American historical figures. **Not much to say about James Brown...a long ass line of people in Harlem waited to see him layed out at the Apollo; now he's back in Augusta, GA, his hometown, for the funeral. **The Saddam execution is very surreal and macabre. I'm all for his death, but it's admittedly unsettling to see the video of him getting a rope put around his neck. Naturally, i'm fascinated by it...but it's certainly disturbing. You wonder what was going through his head. You wonder a LOT of things. Summing up, there's SO much importance in 3 current deaths that I can't remotely wax eloquent about ANY of it. It's all far too rich with meaning. Let's just say it's all made me AGAIN dwell on the preciousness of waking up every morning.