Okay. Life really does stink.

People have been beating up on me (a reporter!) the last few days for being too positive. And then David Sommerstein goes and posts a happy photo from his mental health break.

So to preserve balance, here’s my “life sucks” post of the day, from an AP story out of South Carolina:

A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.

Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., died instantly Monday evening when he was hit by the single-engine plane, which had lost its propeller, said Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen. The pilot’s vision was blocked by oil on the windshield.

Jones apparently did not see or hear the plane, which was “basically gliding,” the coroner said.

I’ll never be able to jog on a beach again without looking nervously over my shoulder…