You mean places without fully developed social safety nets and economic systems? Not sure how those are a relevant comparison.

I would totally watch that show.

It actually made me think that too, but mostly because the population size of the town leads me to believe people really know one another there and a whole family was executed in different locations(although the locations aren’t spread out) so it also doesn’t seem like the work of one person. But you are absolutely…

Not because it happened in a rural area, but because nearly an entire family was wiped out. We don't know yet who did it. I am simply speculating just like you are with your theory that it came from within the family.

Sounds like he has an actual mental illness, in addition to being a complete dick.

Have you seen Love and Mercy? It’s good and heartbreaking.

Thank you. I am so glad things are changing (incrementally) and women are being believed and supported in these instances. We used to be called hysterical liars anytime something like this happened. I am sure that’s why many of us never told our stories to anyone outside the business. And I still wish I had given a…

I’m a big fan of Pet Sounds and also gained a new appreciation for Brian Wilson after finding out how terrible his father was. The rest of them were fine, but I can’t help admire Brian Wilson.

The “almost were” types can be the actual worst because they are in that taste of glory, Machiavellian stage of avaricious yet “artistic” climbing. Asshats bedazzled by their own heady dreams of stardom, willing to do anything to make it the big time. Blergh.

I hate the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the heat of a thousand habaneros.

I saw this news last night, then noticed his new Netflix stand-up special dropped the day after his wife died. I watched the special—which is pretty good—and just felt so awful for him. There are bits where he talks about his wife and his kid, and death, and it was suddenly a far more complicated set than I think he…

This is how I felt, too—Oswalt’s stand up comedy is so full of love and joy and centers so much around his family that reading the news was actually painful for me though I never met either of them. He always comes off so genuine and normal that I think this made me ponder my own mortality a little, and my husband’s…

There was an article recently, in the New York Times maybe? A woman this age or younger. She woke up in the night with nausea and her husband insisted she go to the hospital. She thought he was overreacting, it was just nausea, but it turned out she was having a heart attack - the type that’s fatal unless detected…

Some people have no sense of humanity when they put things on the internet. Sadly, there are a boatload of things that could have killed her in her sleep that have nothing to do with drugs, like an aortic dissection or a heart attack or a blood clot. These things happen infrequently but regularly to folks her age.

My former stepsister died of a heart attack at 47 while walking out to her car to go volunteer at a homeless shelter, which I thought was particularly poignant.

Oswalt is one of my favourite comedians, he seems like such a genuinely nice and funny person in real life, and I think that’s clearly proved in the sincere outpouring of love on Twitter right now. Hearing the way he talks about his wife and daughter in his stand-up made this gut wrenching for me to read. That poor,…

It’s really hard to deal with a barrage of calls when you’re meeting with the funeral director and mourning your loved one. He’s a famous guy who has a ton of friends, so it would be even harder for him. I actually think Twitter is okay in this case (although I think it’s super tacky when people post condolences on FB…

I feel terrible for Patton. He seems like a decent guy. I feel especially bad because of all the comments I’ve seen about how it must have been a drug overdose. People just assume you don’t die young unless you’re on drugs, but that’s just not the case. A few years ago, a friend of mine just dropped dead at the age of…

I don’t completely disagree with you BUT Calling him right now might not be the best thing. It is still fresh and he might need time with his daughter and by himself to cope, or at least try. So maybe it is like, putting a message out there and when he is ready, it will be waiting for him with out intruding on…

It’s not really self centered if you take in today’s social climate. Think about it, say someone who knows Patton very well calls him up with condolences but doesn’t tweet about condolences, what happens online? You get nosy people calling you “cold,” “mean,” “selfish” and “uncaring” for not saying anything about your…