My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!
–Edna St. Vincent Millay
And then it goes out and the lovely light is replaced by darkness.
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I think the swastika motif of his avatar said it all.
A sad day for the world. 
OH yeah. Thanks for that
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
The arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Walt Whitman
May you rest in peace dear Robin.
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In a strange coincidence, my wife and I were watching Dead Poets Society when we learned of Mr. Williams’ death.
Oh Captain, my Captain, we salute you.
I would know a great deal about it having worked in entertainment all my life and all over the world.
The rest of your post I chalk up to the attention seeking of a needy prig.
Apparently you ARE up for it. Don’t you have some adult children to go helicopter parent?
“Let he among you who is completely without sin cast the first stone”.
BTW - if he was just a “junkie” you are just an “asshole”.
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Governor Brownback, is that you?
Jesus too busy for lunch today?
Too bad the reach of the TPM moderators does not extend to Fox News:
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Clearly then you don’t have enough experience to be able to grasp what cl;finical depression and real mental health issues are.