I blame Heath's probable suicide on the Giant's pathetic journey to the Super Bowl -- and the illusion that they stand a chance against the Pats, as propagated by irresponsible media hounds like you.
 

"I wonder how long it will be before some rightwinger—Rush Limbaugh, perhaps—links Ledger's death to his portrayal of a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain in a "See? That's what happens!" kind of way."

Looks like you just did, Richard. Ya big dummy.
 

Call it preventive measures....
 

You can't take preventive measures, Richard: the movie is called Bareback Mountain!

Oh, wait --
 

Never mind.

Standing Eagle
 

By the way, when are you going to promote my awesome parable in political philosophy?
 

I felt it was very sad , I don't know how old his daughter is but she should not have had to lose him as young as he was
 

He was great in 'I'm not there'. Yes, Richard, promote SE's parable, but only if he's paid up for Huckabee's SC loss.
 

Until I see the guy again the interest clock is running: 25% APR seem fair?

Let's see -- compounded continuously -- e is the limit as n approaches infinity of n minus one over n to the n.... Carry the four.... times one Hamilton.....

Consider it paid!

SE
 

Seems sacrilegious to make jokes on this post. Because I feel terrible about this. He had a lot to live for. More than most. He was beautiful and I loved watching his work. He gave a lot. It's not easy to be that good.
May he rest in peace.
eayny
 

I knew that comment was eayny by the time I got to the second line. She's the sentimental one around here.
 

SE: do the words "too soon" mean anything to you?
 

To 7:58 - That was very sweet to say. Oddly I needed to hear that today. And I actually always thought lmpaulsen was the sentimental one around here. Where is she? I haven't seen her around lately. I've missed her.
eayny
 

You're right, eayny, and I shouldn't have tried to do two things with mine of 11:17. Agreed, very sad, and here is a good little clip of him talking about "I'm not There":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjW7vJz1g_I

If it was a cocaine overdose, hard not to think via his break-up with Michelle Williams, who plays Coco Rivington in the same movie, she being an obvious version of Edie Sedgwick, who, well you know.
 

Correction: "If it was an overdose"
 

Thank you for your kind words, eayny...I'm around...just been quiet lately. And I echo your sentiments about Heath Ledger, he was a fine actor...I thought Brokeback Mountain was a great movie and Heath's portrayal of Ennis deeply touching, a sad and infinitely lonely man who couldn't come to terms with what he was but couldn't help himself. Heath could make you feel that loneliness.

A great loss of acting potential cut short...an apparently shy man whose craft was more important to him than his celebrity. I admired that.

lmpaulsen
 

Sadder still. Ledger seems to have been obsessed by Nick Drake, the great but troubled singer-songwriter who overdosed on anti-depression meds in 1974, aged 26.

Here's a video Ledger did of himself with Drake's Bright up my northern sky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOowzrAT488

Talk about cries for help.

It gets worse:

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23101264-921,00.html

RIP
 

Thanks for sharing that, rt. And glad to see you around lmpaulsen!
eayny
 

Nick Drake has probably been the soundtrack of more suicides.....

If, that is, Ledger committed suicide.