Of music, dreams and obituaries

What's on my mind this morning ...

Gone too soon: Listening to Amy Winehouse today and just reveling in the richness of her voice. She died so young. What a loss.

Oooh, Barracuda: Heart didn't make it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame this year ... but Guns N Roses did. In fact, several uber-talented acts didn't make it -- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Rufus and Chaka Khan, The Cure. Well, they're all still eligible next year. Very bummed, though, that Heart was passed over. The sisters from Seattle are some of the original "grrrrl rockers." (Then again, Nancy Wilson told the San Diego Union-Tribune: "If we actually get inducted, I'll eat my hat.")

Dream a little dream: Last night, I dreamt that I was sent to South Carolina to attend a training conference for work. I got on the plane with just my purse and what I was wearing. There was no suitcase, no change of clothes, nothing. Our first training seminar was getting under way when I realized this. It was also during this seminar that I realized many of the people there were former Olympian colleagues and people I'd had other training conferences with before. But all I could think about was finding a mall where I could buy pajamas and a change of clothes.

And lastly: I hate obituaries for really young people that don't include how they died. Don't start an obit for a 28-year-old woman, "She was taken from us suddenly and tragically" and then not explain. I Googled the woman from today's obituary page and found nothing about her sudden, tragic death. I did learn, though, that she got married in July and that her now-husband was in a terrible skiing accident in 2004, was paralyzed and then sued Snoqualmie and was awarded $14 million.

But the young woman's sudden, tragic death? Can't find it anywhere. Not on my work website, not on the Times' website, not on any of the TV stations' sites.

Maybe I am too snoopy, but I think it's weird to write an obit like that and not explain.

OK, back to my vacation, listening to Amy Winehouse and buying Christmas presents.