My entire Facebook newsfeed is filled with pithy farewells, acknowledgments, confessions of fandom and even a few nasty condemnations. The impact that Michael Jackson had on my generation is immeasurable, I’m convinced.

Living in Hong Kong makes you appreciate things that you normally take for granted living in the USA. For instance, I used to assume that most people have no problems distinguishing between their pets and their dinner. Not so fast, Mr. Western Hemisphere.

When I was a kid, I had a book mark that had a goofy little phrase on it.

“Be alert. The world needs all the lerts it can get.”