I was so caught up with the news I almost forgot to post this…

Michael Jackson died today.

Jackson, 50, died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.

Rest In Peace, Michael.

Farrah Fawcett has died after a long battle with cancer.

Fawcett, 62, died at John's Medical Center in Santa Monica at 9:28 a.m. Thursday morning with her longtime love, Ryan O'Neal and her friend Alana Stewart by her side.

Her death brings an end to a 3 year battle with anal cancer which later spread to her liver.

Fawcett, a native of Texas, is the daughter of James Fawcett and Pauline Evans.

She attended University of Texas in Austin, graduating with a degree in Microbiology, but still wanted to be an actress.

Rest In Peace, Farrah.

Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died, her husband said Wednesday. She was 57.

Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died Tuesday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005, he said.

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In addition to her husband, the Ohio native is survived by her parents, two brothers and three children.

Memorial and funeral arrangements are pending.

Rest In Peace, Dr. Fitzgerald.

Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.

McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.

Bragman didn't give a cause of death, saying only that McMahon had a "multitude of health problems the last few months."

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Besides his wife, Pam, McMahon is survived by children Claudia, Katherine, Linda, Jeffrey and Lex.

Rest In Peace, Ed.

President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in to law today. So what is the purpose of this law?

The new law bans candy and fruit flavors in tobacco products, and it limits advertising that could attract young people.

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act also allows the FDA to lower the amount of addiction-causing nicotine in tobacco products and block misleading labels such "low tar" and "light." Tobacco companies also will be required to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings.

The law won't let the FDA ban nicotine or tobacco outright.

Quick quiz.

01. Name two tobacco products you have seen in the last 90 days on television. (You do not have to include any products which contain candy or fruit flavors in your answer).

02. Name two tobacco products you have seen in the last 90 days in print. (Once again, you do not have to include any products which contain candy or fruit flavors in your answer).

03. Name two tobacco products that you know of, which contain candy or fruit flavors.

Exactly who is this law really going to protect?

Bueller? Bueller?

Before too long they'll be regulating the production of office furniture because you know, those chairs can spin awfully fast and you might actually be productive while sitting at a desk.