Media immersion can really hurt one's sense of probability...

[jducoeur]

So I just read about the death of Ken Lay (heart attack, this morning), and my immediate gut reaction was, "Too convenient -- clearly faked his own death." It rather bothers me that, on an intuitive level, that seems more plausible to me than him simply succumbing to the stress. My carefully-honed sense of cliche has gotten a bit out of hand...