FLIES ON THE WINDSCREEN, PT. 3: This bizarre death meme almost deserves its own category on the Camel. And, since I just came up with a title, it now has one.

Unexpected and/or ironic deaths will heretofore be recognized under the heading "Flies on the Windscreen." Thus far I've observed that war correspondent David Bloom perished of a pulmonary embollism. Journalist James Walker died in a car crash...on the way to interview the family of a dead soldier. And now diet guru Robert Atkins is in critical condition -- and not because his heart exploded as a result of his meat-and-cheese-centric diet, as you might expect. He just slipped on some ice.

As Depeche Mode observed, "Death is everywhere."