Rant one: It's chilly right now.
Rant two: Slipknot's bassist just died.
Rant three: The sister of an acquaintance of mine just recently died. I wasn't really close to my acquaintance, but our families know each other. We went to kindergarten and first class together. We say hello to each other. Her older brother used to go in the same class as my cousin, and their dad used to coach my cousin's football/soccer team. Her mother works at a school I used to go to in 2nd and 3rd grade, and we greet each other. I bet my mom talks to her.
I didn't personally know her sister, but she was a friend of several of my cousins (yes I have many cousins, blame my grandparents).
The most tragic, however, was how her sister died. She was somewhere in Chile, picking peaches. In order to reach a branch, she stood on top of a well that was covered in planks. As she stood on them, the planks broke. She fell down and hit her head on the edge, knocking her out. She ended up drowning. She was just 22.