hutch
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 02, 2012 at 07:47 PM UTC
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can't stand the NFL but knew enough to be saddened…seemed like a real nice guy…
they must be real sad in Samoa too… when I visited could tell they were real proud…
chaz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 04, 2012 at 04:54 PM UTC
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On another board there's a thread discussing the validity of a rumor regarding Adam Youch's demise. Hope this is not true.
El Tee
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 04, 2012 at 05:08 PM UTC
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Jaguar wrote:
The Killers Saxophonist Tommy Marth Commits Suicide
Don't like the band at all but still think this is sad. Bet you he was bipolar. March and April are the biggest months of the year for bipolar suicides.
Jaggy, thanks for the add'l details above. You mentioned this a few years ago on the board. I think you explained simply (which I have relayed to people) is through the winter months some have depression / SAD and when spring arrives while everyone else is out enjoying the light and has normal energy, those that are depressed are still weighted down. They are hard on themselves for not being able to get up and out, and thus become more depressed (esp. Mar/Apr). Something like that. anyhow, made sense, and as mentioned, have used that example when have SAD / spring change discussions with others or when unfortunate suicides make the news this time of year.
jaguar
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 05, 2012 at 02:56 AM UTC
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eltee wrote:
Jaguar wrote:
The Killers Saxophonist Tommy Marth Commits Suicide
Don't like the band at all but still think this is sad. Bet you he was bipolar. March and April are the biggest months of the year for bipolar suicides.
Jaggy, thanks for the add'l details above. You mentioned this a few years ago on the board. I think you explained simply (which I have relayed to people) is through the winter months some have depression / SAD and when spring arrives while everyone else is out enjoying the light and has normal energy, those that are depressed are still weighted down. They are hard on themselves for not being able to get up and out, and thus become more depressed (esp. Mar/Apr). Something like that. anyhow, made sense, and as mentioned, have used that example when have SAD / spring change discussions with others or when unfortunate suicides make the news this time of year.
Eltee, what I wrote was a bit over-simplified and can't fit for all. Manic depression and SAD are actually 2 different syndromes though SAD will often affect other disorders. Clinical depression is yet something else altogether and can also be affected by SAD.
People who are affected by SAD usually either are most effected in the dead of winter or deep into summer. July is a big hitter. My SAD hits in the winter and the depression can be long lasting. I always think of April 21st as being my turn around point. I get lots of sunlight where I work now and I've found that it's done amazing wonders with keeping it under control.
April and March tend to be the most likely months for bipolars with suicidal tendencies to take action in that direction. It's still a disorder that they haven't fully cracked yet. I learned a lot about it while taking at course at Johns Hopkins on the relationship between the psyche and the arts. GREAT class! The professor, Kay Redfield Jamison, suffers from a bipolar disorder herself so, naturally, she tended to focus more in that area. She wrote a good book on the subject which I bought before the course was even offered. Had no idea at the time that she was local. She brought in every week some world class professional to lecture on the subject. One was Norman Rossenthal (sp?), the guy who wrote the book on SAD. Also, the guy (forget his name) who is the head of the Human Genome project. Learned a lot of interesting things, much of what were still very new findings. (Now, if only I could remember it all!)
Isaac
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 08, 2012 at 12:39 PM UTC
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wml7
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 08, 2012 at 06:42 PM UTC
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evilizac wrote:
Maurice Sendak
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&hp
I like this quote by him
In an interview earlier this year with Comedy Central Talk Show Host Stephen Colbert, Sendak offered his unvarnished opinion on ebooks. ?F___k Them. I hate those ebooks. They cannot be the future. They may well be. I will be dead. I won?t give a sh_t.?
;D
sweetcell
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 09, 2012 at 01:56 PM UTC
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THIS is an obituary:
Sydney Wignall, explorer, spy and marine archaeologist, died on April 6th, aged 89
http://www.economist.com/node/21554174
vansmack
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 10, 2012 at 06:48 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
THIS is an obituary:
Sydney Wignall, explorer, spy and marine archaeologist, died on April 6th, aged 89
http://www.economist.com/node/21554174
The Economist has some of the best obits. 1/3 of the time I have no idea who they're talking about but the story told is well worth the listen (I podcast most of the Economist).
RustyOrgan
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 10, 2012 at 10:42 PM UTC
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Maurice Sendak is AWESOME!
Everyone go see his doc!!
wml7 wrote:
evilizac wrote:
Maurice Sendak
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&hp
I like this quote by him
In an interview earlier this year with Comedy Central Talk Show Host Stephen Colbert, Sendak offered his unvarnished opinion on ebooks. ?F___k Them. I hate those ebooks. They cannot be the future. They may well be. I will be dead. I won?t give a sh_t.?
;D
James Ford
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 11, 2012 at 12:14 AM UTC
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Don't think I want to go see the doctor of a dead guy.
RustyOrgan wrote:
Maurice Sendak is AWESOME!
Everyone go see his doc!!
wml7 wrote:
evilizac wrote:
Maurice Sendak
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&hp
I like this quote by him
In an interview earlier this year with Comedy Central Talk Show Host Stephen Colbert, Sendak offered his unvarnished opinion on ebooks. ?F___k Them. I hate those ebooks. They cannot be the future. They may well be. I will be dead. I won?t give a sh_t.?
;D
kosmo
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 13, 2012 at 01:33 PM UTC
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Isaac
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 14, 2012 at 02:40 PM UTC
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Awe. . . Yeah it did. Love some Stax, plus the Blues Brothers was my gateway into real, good music.
Che
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 15, 2012 at 01:08 AM UTC
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Belita Woods, female vocalist of the P-Funk died today.
hutch
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 16, 2012 at 08:39 PM UTC
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say it ain't so..
Chuck Brown
i am gay and i like cats
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 17, 2012 at 06:51 PM UTC
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you know . . . the old walky would have said "fuck her, she hated gay people."
the new walkonby . . . says, "she was a legend and will be missed. her songs were awesome, and i loved to dance to them."
rest in peace!
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 17, 2012 at 08:06 PM UTC
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hutch wrote:
geez..
Donna Summer
fuck her, she hated gay people
chaz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies
May 17, 2012 at 08:12 PM UTC
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Seth wrote:
hutch wrote:
geez..
Donna Summer
fuck her, she hated gay people
Take THAT PC forum police who forbid speaking ill of the dead or legendary…..