What? Why, the test of a belief, in this case a superstition tied into the classic pattern of "three's". For mentor, that's a subset of the "trinity" concept. Two members of prolific and high profile popular song writing teams passed this week, no more than a day apart. That would be Jerry Lieber and Nick Ashford. There's always sadness at the capping of lives, and in this case, again, ones of this accomplishment.

But I can't resist. With two folks of this stature leaving us so close together, where is the third? It's something I always heard Mom saying. This, like the famous James Randi card test that has yet to be passed, is a good time to see if "this" holds. But oh, how meretricious of me, inviting another death. Well, at least I may have set a few readers on the trail of a look-up.

In the mean time, ain't no superstition low enough, ain't no blogger crass enough. Yakety-yak, please talk back.