doin it to death

The man who wrote the McDonald's "I'm Lovin' It" jingle has committed suicide at the age of 40.

i was searching for suicides in the google news as i have the day off today because of one. i work in the historic flatiron building in chicago's wicker park, which is mostly occupied by artists who rent the spaces as studios (although the vast majority of artists in the building are the most hackneyed "artists" you will ever meet). the last couple days there were complaints from coworkers about it smelling like sewage in the building. this morning, before our gallery was even open, cops were on our floor "cleaning up" the remains of an apparent suicide. i have no idea who it is, but i'm sure it was one of the artists in the building as it was inside one of the walled off studios. homeless guys do get into the building at nite to stay warm, but i woulda noticed a rotting corpse in the hallway on my way to work (they'd have to literally break through a door to get out of the hallway and into a private studio). no news yet in the online papers, but i'm keeping an eye out.