A two-year-old toddler is run over and left to die in a Chinese gutter as a video captures the horrifying indifference of 18 passersby. The financially taxed owner of exotic animals frees his menagerie before killing himself, resulting in the tragic slaughter of most of the animals. Libya's deposed despot Moammar Gadhafi is captured alive but turns up dead later, and a video released leaves little doubt that he was brutalized by an avenging mob.

It's all too much and I want to retreat from the world; stay locked inside in fear. Maybe if I ignore it, it didn't really happen. Maybe if I drink something, I can numb the pain. Maybe if I buy something, I can heal the hurt. Maybe if I keep asking 'why,' I will find the answer.

Wish me luck on my journey, and you be careful, too. And here's some candy to sweeten the sorrow.