Sufi mystics instruct their disciples to do the following exercise: to sit down, medidate and write down what they would do with their life if they only had 1 year to live (it may've been 30 days i forget, but that's immaterial). they were then to return this list to their master and discuss its merits not so much in terms of what it meant to the disciples themselves but what it did for their fellow man or woman

after 911 a colleague of mine who had lost 2 family members in the towers gave me a book to read. ironically perhaps, he's Muslim by birth although not by practice (he's an atheist like me). i've included a link to it below. i have to confess even a godless infidel like me found it to be an informative and enlightening read (strangely enough it "lightened" up the load)

John Ritter's sudden death is similar to Daryl Kyle's (STL pitcher who died in his sleep of heart attack @33 last year) & Russian skater Sergi Grinkov who collapsed on ice & died of heart attack @28 years old back in 1995; examples of people dying so suddenly & way before there time....

Life is so very short...Unexpected illnesses, events like 9/11, etc. show that you really do need to live life to the fullest every day, as tommorow is not promised.....

but I could easily see the truth in Megan's words.  This man seemed to have such a gentle heart.  I remember his character in "Sling Blade"...ironic that after playing a fake gay man in the TV show he was forever known for that he should have his career best performance portraying a gay man.  His sincerity really came out in that role...there was something in the look on his face when he expressed his concern for the mother and for "Carl" (Thornton's character) that couldn't be faked.

I lived in Santa Monica in the mid 70's for a while, and "Three's Company" is just as much of a memory for me as the waves at Venice Beach or my deceased sister's zucchini burgers.  It was SO L.A.