Truly LOST?

Sand artist in India pays homage to the missing plane.

It's shocking that those investigating the disappearance of Maylasia's Flight 370 have totally overlooked the obvious. As anyone who watched the TV series "LOST"--and by the way that's everyone--knows, it is quite likely that a zealous fan of the show simply wanted to make the fictional tale a reality. Yes, the plane was diverted, to some unknown island off the coast of Australia, or maybe Jakarta. The 239 people on board are probably right now making huts for shelter, catching fish for dinner, and figuring out who's the hottest. At least I like to pretend.

And why not? All the real news is so bad these days, it seems like we could at least try to imagine some cheerier scenarios. Otherwise the little children who are still happy in their innocence will soon enough learn to read the paper, and what will they find? Military showdowns, political scandals, murder and mayhem, death, disease and destruction. So try to think positive for just one day: Those people on the missing plane are all alive and likely having quite an adventure. I feel better.