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Marie Osmond's son's suicide -- Michael Blosil jumped from LA apt. building; 1st Andrew Koenig, now him

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Taylor

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Feb 27, 2010, 6:00:39 PM2/27/10
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Death Investigation Into Marie Osmond's Son
Posted Feb 27th 2010 5:41PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT

The LAPD has launched a death investigation into the suicide of Marie
Osmond's son, Michael Blosil.

The case now gets turned over to the coroner -- if there is any
evidence of foul play, it will turn into a homicide investigation.

Paramedics responded to the call just before 9:30 PM last night. 911
calls indicated someone had fell.


Tags: marie osmond, MarieOsmond, michael blosil, MichaelBlosil,
suicide

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/27/marie-osmond-son-michael-blosil-death-investigation-suicide,=/#ixzz0gmQWQUbB

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Marie Osmond 'Devastated' Over Son's Suicide
Posted Feb 27th 2010 4:37PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT

A rep for Marie Osmond just released this statement on Marie's behalf:

"My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss
of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during
this difficult time."

Marie's son, Michael Blosil, was found dead this morning after he
jumped off his apartment building in downtown Los Angeles.


Tags: Marie Osmond, MarieOsmond, michael blosil, MichaelBlosil,
statement, suicide

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/27/marie-osmond-devastated-son-suicide/#ixzz0gmQO1oMS

======

Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
('Alice') will kill himself or some other relatively unknown.

SoCally

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Feb 27, 2010, 6:47:25 PM2/27/10
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> Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
> ('Alice') will kill himself �or some other relatively unknown.

Kids of celebs don't count in the 3 death rule. So we've got 2 more.

I'm thinking Whitney will be one and maybe Abe Vigoda will finally
really die.

Turban Joe Balasootoe

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Feb 27, 2010, 6:52:54 PM2/27/10
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On Feb 27, 6:00 pm, Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Death Investigation Into Marie Osmond's Son
> Posted Feb 27th 2010 5:41PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT
>
> The LAPD has launched a death investigation into the suicide of Marie
> Osmond's son, Michael Blosil.
>
> The case now gets turned over to the coroner -- if there is any
> evidence of foul play, it will turn into a homicide investigation.
>
> Paramedics responded to the call just before 9:30 PM last night. 911
> calls indicated someone had fell.
>
> Tags: marie osmond, MarieOsmond, michael blosil, MichaelBlosil,
> suicide
>
> Read more:http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/27/marie-osmond-son-michael-blosil-death-i...

>
> ---
>
> Marie Osmond 'Devastated' Over Son's Suicide
> Posted Feb 27th 2010 4:37PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT
>
> A rep for Marie Osmond just released this statement on Marie's behalf:
>
> "My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss
> of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during
> this difficult time."
>
> Marie's son, Michael Blosil, was found dead this morning after he
> jumped off his apartment building in downtown Los Angeles.
>
> Tags: Marie Osmond, MarieOsmond, michael blosil, MichaelBlosil,
> statement, suicide
>
> Read more:http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/27/marie-osmond-devastated-son-suicide/#ix...

>
> ======
>
> Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
> ('Alice') will kill himself  or some other relatively unknown.


Clinical Depression is a negative force which, although not
common, has mountain-level power. When it moves against
someone, it rarely gets whipped.

robbielynn

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Feb 27, 2010, 7:21:52 PM2/27/10
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> someone, it rarely gets whipped.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, I sure feel sorry for the victims and their families. If
you've ever seen a truly depressed person, it is a powerful
force.

Mark Nobles

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Feb 27, 2010, 8:26:44 PM2/27/10
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Turban Joe Balasootoe <ddc...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > ('Alice') will kill himself ÔøΩor some other relatively unknown.


>
>
> Clinical Depression is a negative force which, although not
> common, has mountain-level power. When it moves against
> someone, it rarely gets whipped.

Depression is the most common psychological disorder by far, perhaps
the most common disease of all kinds. It's involved in almost all
suiides and attempted suicides, and I suspect it also contributes to
every case of substance or behavior abuse from alcoholism to compulsive
work. It's deadliness is underestimated if you only count suicides, as
it also contributes to heart disease and other leading killers.

Taylor

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Feb 28, 2010, 12:15:29 AM2/28/10
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Whitney I could see. Charlie Sheen, oh, yeah! But I think this will be
a forgotten and/or unknown "threes", so Abe can fit in there.

Anyone see that 'Columbo' episode about the psychiatrist who uses
suggestive therapy to make her dive off her SoCal highrise balcony by
making her relive her childhood diving days? I thought of that when I
heard the LAPD was investigating this as a possible homicide.

Lord knows multiple bouts of depression and/or drug/alcohol abuse and
a suicide attempt by Marie Osmond coupled with her string of failed
marriage she blew through during her 30's and 40's must have screwed
up her son. The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
the situation.

But I wish her well. :]


Taylor

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Feb 28, 2010, 12:17:36 AM2/28/10
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On Feb 27, 6:47 pm, SoCally <foaa...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Whitney I could see. Charlie Sheen, oh, yeah! But I think this will be

RichA

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Feb 28, 2010, 12:24:05 AM2/28/10
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On Feb 28, 12:15 am, Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 6:47 pm, SoCally <foaa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
> > > ('Alice') will kill himself or some other relatively unknown.
>
> > Kids of celebs don't count in the 3 death rule. So we've got 2 more.
>
> > I'm thinking Whitney will be one and maybe Abe Vigoda will finally
> > really die.
>
> Whitney I could see. Charlie Sheen

Only if it's a mistake. People lilke Sheen and Houston don't kill
themselves, they don't think they've ever done anything wrong.

Larc

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Feb 28, 2010, 12:53:59 AM2/28/10
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Yeah, that takes a conscience and they would both need a degree or so of
intelligence more than they have to possess one of those.

Larc

JonesieCat

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Feb 28, 2010, 2:40:34 AM2/28/10
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"Larc" <la...@notmyaddress.com> wrote in message
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Hm. Accidental overdoses etc are easier to predict than people who might off
themselves. Pretty creepy to predict who might be so inclined.

jc


CliffB

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Feb 28, 2010, 4:26:17 AM2/28/10
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On Feb 28, 2:40 am, "JonesieCat" <jonesiecac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Larc" <l...@notmyaddress.com> wrote in message
>
> news:611ko5t6h11i22h68...@4ax.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:24:05 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3...@gmail.com>

> > wrote:
>
> > | On Feb 28, 12:15 am, Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > | > On Feb 27, 6:47 pm, SoCally <foaa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > | >
> > | > > > Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
> > | > > > ('Alice') will kill himself or some other relatively unknown.
> > | >
> > | > > Kids of celebs don't count in the 3 death rule. So we've got 2 more.
> > | >
> > | > > I'm thinking Whitney will be one and maybe Abe Vigoda will finally
> > | > > really die.
> > | >
> > | > Whitney I could see. Charlie Sheen
> > |
> > | Only if it's a mistake.  People lilke Sheen and Houston don't kill
> > | themselves, they don't think they've ever done anything wrong.
>
> > Yeah, that takes a conscience and they would both need a degree or so of
> > intelligence more than they have to possess one of those.
>
> > Larc
>
> Hm. Accidental overdoses etc are easier to predict than people who might off
> themselves. Pretty creepy to predict who might be so inclined.
>
> jc

Misha barton?

Thanatos

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Feb 28, 2010, 8:29:59 AM2/28/10
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In article
<7c82dffe-6231-46d3...@m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
Taylor <lukeb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
> the situation.

What exactly is incestuous about the Mormon religion? Or is this just
another one of those things (like successful celebrities) that you
irrationally hate for no real reason?

Or maybe you just don't know what "incestuous" actually means...

I also get a chuckle out of people like you who disdain the Mormons for
not having a real religion (hence your quotes) when it's just as "real"
as any of the others. Mormonism is no more silly than, for example,
Christianity, whose theology is based on talking snakes and prophets
receiving guidance from pyrotechnic shrubbery.

Kenny McCormack

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Feb 28, 2010, 8:56:41 AM2/28/10
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In article <atropos-7E8C5F...@news.giganews.com>,

Thanatos <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>In article
><7c82dffe-6231-46d3...@m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
> Taylor <lukeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
>> the situation.
>
>What exactly is incestuous about the Mormon religion? Or is this just
>another one of those things (like successful celebrities) that you
>irrationally hate for no real reason?
>
>Or maybe you just don't know what "incestuous" actually means...

A dictionary can be a wonderful thing.

>I also get a chuckle out of people like you who disdain the Mormons for
>not having a real religion (hence your quotes) when it's just as "real"
>as any of the others. Mormonism is no more silly than, for example,
>Christianity, whose theology is based on talking snakes and prophets
>receiving guidance from pyrotechnic shrubbery.

All good points. But note that exclusivity *is* an integral part of any
"real" religion (*). If the OP ("Taylor") is a member of any of these
religions (most likely, Christianity, as you surmised), then it is an
integral part of his belief system that all the others are bogus.

(*) And yes, there are lots of fake religions, such as Scientology,
crystals, etc, etc. These are outside of this discussion.

Obveeus

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Feb 28, 2010, 9:31:58 AM2/28/10
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"SoCally" <foa...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:66be1c8e-ac37-4078...@s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>> Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
>> ('Alice') will kill himself ?or some other relatively unknown.

>
>Kids of celebs don't count in the 3 death rule. So we've got 2 more.

Unfortunately, suicide is a contageous disease. Whenever one happens, the
people that feel that they can identify with that 'victim' are nudged
towards the same path.

>I'm thinking Whitney will be one and maybe Abe Vigoda will finally
>really die.

Dozens of celebrities die every year and the numbers are only going to go up
since more and more people are being called 'celebrities' these days.
Matching them up in groups of three is silly.


last_per...@yahoo.com

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Feb 28, 2010, 9:53:08 AM2/28/10
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On Feb 27, 6:00 pm, Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Death Investigation Into Marie Osmond's Son
> Posted Feb 27th 2010 5:41PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT
>
> The LAPD has launched a death investigation into the suicide of Marie
> Osmond's son, Michael Blosil.
>
> The case now gets turned over to the coroner -- if there is any
> evidence of foul play, it will turn into a homicide investigation.

There will be no evidence of foul play. It's just another clear case
of mommy far more interested in getting her face refinished than
in raising the kid right.

Message has been deleted

Larc

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Feb 28, 2010, 11:06:33 AM2/28/10
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I might be getting the picture all wrong, but it seems this 18-year-old kid had
his own apartment and lived alone? That would have given him lots of time to
stew about his problems with nobody around to help take his mind off them. Very
smart move to make for somebody with known depression. NOT!!!

Larc

Sarah B

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Feb 28, 2010, 11:10:11 AM2/28/10
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On Feb 28, 12:15 am, Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:

The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
> the situation.

Abasterate? Hm. I think the word you're looking for is
"exacerbate" (which means, 'to increase the severity of', eg, "The
warm temperatures made the snow at the Olympics a slushy mess, and the
rain only exacerbated the situation.")

Anyway, very sad situations for these families. My condolences to
them.

last_per...@yahoo.com

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Feb 28, 2010, 11:54:22 AM2/28/10
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On Feb 28, 11:06 am, Larc <l...@notmyaddress.com> wrote:

Yeah, 18 and already in his own apartment. She obviously wanted him
dumped
somewhere. Now watch all the crocodile tears from mommy plastic face.

JonesieCat

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Feb 28, 2010, 12:04:28 PM2/28/10
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"Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:hmdup0$4ur$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

>
> "SoCally" <foa...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:66be1c8e-ac37-4078...@s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>> Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
>>> ('Alice') will kill himself ?or some other relatively unknown.
>>
>>Kids of celebs don't count in the 3 death rule. So we've got 2 more.
>
> Unfortunately, suicide is a contageous disease. Whenever one happens, the
> people that feel that they can identify with that 'victim' are nudged
> towards the same path.

Which makes me wonder about Courtney Love.

piks11

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Feb 28, 2010, 1:01:50 PM2/28/10
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On Feb 28, 7:56 am, gaze...@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack)
wrote:
> In article <atropos-7E8C5F.08295928022...@news.giganews.com>,
>
> Thanatos  <atro...@mac.com> wrote:
> >In article
> ><7c82dffe-6231-46d3-84f9-ba6baec6e...@m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
> > Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>


> >> The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
> >> the situation.
>
> >What exactly is incestuous about the Mormon religion? >

> >Or maybe you just don't know what "incestuous" actually means...
>
> A dictionary can be a wonderful thing.

Speaking of dictionaries and what words mean I'm wondering what
happens when a kooky incestuous religion gets "abasterated". My funky
little dictionary is of no help. I know it's always possible the word
could be in that giant dictionary in the library downtown. Anyhow it
sounds like a great word that fits the context it's in. What I'm
wondering is did you just make that word up? I you did then why don't
you tell us what it means.

Message has been deleted
Message has been deleted

J.D. Baldwin

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Feb 28, 2010, 5:11:21 PM2/28/10
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In the previous article, Sarah B <sarah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
> > the situation.
>
> Abasterate?

We need to get that into the dictionary. I don't even care what
definition we pick.
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_|70|___:)=}- J.D. Baldwin |quite prepared not only to retract it, but also
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Brad Ferguson

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Feb 28, 2010, 5:19:02 PM2/28/10
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In article <hmepm9$pmm$1...@reader1.panix.com>, J.D. Baldwin
<INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote:

> In the previous article, Sarah B <sarah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
> > > the situation.
> >
> > Abasterate?
>
> We need to get that into the dictionary. I don't even care what
> definition we pick.

Maybe it's when you marry the mother of your child after all.

Brigid Nelson

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Feb 28, 2010, 6:06:33 PM2/28/10
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It's what "A" does to Libertarianism: He abasterates it, therefore his
writings are abasterations.

earthage

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Feb 28, 2010, 6:10:12 PM2/28/10
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I read that he shared the apartment with roommates, who were not aware
that he had jumped.

Includes picture of building.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1254282/Marie-Osmonds-teenage-son-Michael-Blosil-commits-suicide.html

A police source said Blosil, who had been adopted as a baby by Osmond
and her ex-husband Brian, jumped off the roof of the ten-storey
apartment block in central LA where he rented a £1,500-a-month flat.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/28/2010-02-28_marie_osmonds_son_michael_blosil_left_note_saying_he_was_depressed_before_commit.html

Before Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son leaped to his death, he texted a
friend to tell her there was a note waiting for her in his apartment,
TMZ.com reports.

Michael Blosil and the unidentified woman were supposed to get
together Friday night, sources told TMZ, and she received his text
shortly before 9 p.m.

The woman, who lives in Blosil's Los Angeles apartment building, then
walked over to his flat. His roommates let her in.

Minutes after she found the note, they heard the sound of sirens
outside the window, TMZ reported. The note said that the woman was his
only close friend in L.A. and that he was depressed.

Message has been deleted

Kris Baker

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Feb 28, 2010, 6:23:07 PM2/28/10
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"earthage" <eartha...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/28/2010-02-28_marie_osmonds_son_michael_blosil_left_note_saying_he_was_depressed_before_commit.html
>
> Before Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son leaped to his
> death, he texted a friend to tell her there was a note
> waiting for her in his apartment, TMZ.com reports.
>
> Michael Blosil and the unidentified woman were supposed
> to get together Friday night, sources told TMZ, and she
> received his text shortly before 9 p.m.
>
> The woman, who lives in Blosil's Los Angeles apartment
> building, then walked over to his flat. His roommates let her in.
>
> Minutes after she found the note, they heard the sound of
> sirens outside the window, TMZ reported. The note said
> that the woman was his only close friend in L.A. and that
> he was depressed.

So he was living with people who weren't "really close
friends".....and TEXTED someone to alert them that he
had committed suicide?

Ah....the age of texting.

Perhaps if there were more face-to-face instead of people
sitting around thumbing, this could have been prevented?

WTF were the roomies doing, when he was so distraught
that he carried out a planned suicide?

...and if it's an apartment that HE rented, whle going to
fashion school, why did he need roomies anyway?

Kris

R H Draney

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Feb 28, 2010, 7:01:57 PM2/28/10
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Brigid Nelson filted:

This is scary...a few short hours ago I looked up "abasterate" on Google
(thought maybe someone else might have used it before this thread)...no
hits...now there are seven....

So Sarah B has gone and made a brand new word this day....r


--
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- Mark Brader declaims a basic scientific principle

Brad Ferguson

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Feb 28, 2010, 7:14:34 PM2/28/10
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In article <hmf05...@drn.newsguy.com>, R H Draney
<dado...@spamcop.net> wrote:


I think Brigid has done the best with this so far.

Brad Ferguson

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Feb 28, 2010, 7:15:27 PM2/28/10
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In article <7v0c6p...@mid.individual.net>, Kris Baker
<paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote:

> ...and if it's an apartment that HE rented, whle going to
> fashion school, why did he need roomies anyway?

Maybe they were sponging.

Hawthorne

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Feb 28, 2010, 11:44:04 PM2/28/10
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On Feb 28, 3:19 pm, Brad Ferguson <thirt...@frXOXed.net> wrote:
> In article <hmepm9$pm...@reader1.panix.com>, J.D. Baldwin
>
> <INVALID_SEE_...@example.com.invalid> wrote:

> > In the previous article, Sarah B  <sarah.ly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  The kooky incestuous Mormon "religion" can only abasterate
> > > > the situation.
>
> > > Abasterate?
>
> > We need to get that into the dictionary.  I don't even care what
> > definition we pick.
>
> Maybe it's when you marry the mother of your child after all.

then there's "Albertsterate" which is defined as "pleasuring oneself
while using a deflated Pujols blowup doll".

JonesieCat

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"Brad Ferguson" <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote in message
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Well. He showed them didn't he? How do you think the roomies are feeling
about now? This guy engineered his own death so as to give 'payback' to a
number of people in his life IMHO.

jc


JonesieCat

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Mar 1, 2010, 1:38:26 AM3/1/10
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"Kris Baker" <paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote in message
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Text messaging hasn't raised the suicide rate as far as I know. ;)
jc


R H Draney

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JonesieCat filted:

>
>
>"Kris Baker" <paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote in message
>news:7v0c6p...@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> So he was living with people who weren't "really close
>> friends".....and TEXTED someone to alert them that he
>> had committed suicide?
>>
>> Ah....the age of texting.
>>
>> Perhaps if there were more face-to-face instead of people
>> sitting around thumbing, this could have been prevented?
>
>Text messaging hasn't raised the suicide rate as far as I know. ;)

More's the pity....r

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Kris Baker

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"JonesieCat" <jonesi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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But if I see more of it being done at family dinner parties,
the murder rate's going to rise ;)

Kris

Turban Joe Balasootoe

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On Feb 27, 8:26 pm, Mark Nobles <cmn-nos...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Turban Joe Balasootoe <ddca...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 27, 6:00Êpm, Taylor <lukebenw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Death Investigation Into Marie Osmond's Son
> > > Posted Feb 27th 2010 5:41PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT
>
> > > The LAPD has launched a death investigation into the suicide of Marie
> > > Osmond's son, Michael Blosil.
>
> > > The case now gets turned over to the coroner -- if there is any
> > > evidence of foul play, it will turn into a homicide investigation.
>
> > > Paramedics responded to the call just before 9:30 PM last night. 911
> > > calls indicated someone had fell.
>
> > > Tags: marie osmond, MarieOsmond, michael blosil, MichaelBlosil,
> > > suicide
>
> > > Read
> > > more:http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/27/marie-osmond-son-michael-blosil-death-i...
>
> > > ---
>
> > > Marie Osmond 'Devastated' Over Son's Suicide
> > > Posted Feb 27th 2010 4:37PM by TMZ Staff, NTVNAT
>
> > > A rep for Marie Osmond just released this statement on Marie's behalf:
>
> > > "My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss
> > > of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during
> > > this difficult time."
>
> > > Marie's son, Michael Blosil, was found dead this morning after he
> > > jumped off his apartment building in downtown Los Angeles.
>
> > > Tags: Marie Osmond, MarieOsmond, michael blosil, MichaelBlosil,
> > > statement, suicide
>
> > > Read
> > > more:http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/27/marie-osmond-devastated-son-suicide/#ix...
>
> > > ======

>
> > > Deaths in "threes"... who will be the third? Maybe Philip McKeon
> > > ('Alice') will kill himself Êor some other relatively unknown.
>
> > Clinical Depression is a negative force which, although not
> > common, has mountain-level power. When it moves against
> > someone, it rarely gets whipped.
>
> Depression is the most common psychological disorder by far,  perhaps
> the most common disease of all kinds. It's involved in almost all
> suiides and attempted suicides, and I suspect it also contributes to
> every case of substance or behavior abuse from alcoholism to compulsive
> work. It's deadliness is underestimated if you only count suicides, as
> it also contributes to heart disease and other leading killers.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

We might want to cite the distinction between
Clinical Depression and (Situational) Depression,
or simply Depression, the latter being the
"common" form.

The clinical variation is less seen,
characterized as feelings of morbidity
and hopelessness even when the
patient has no apparent stressors.

JonesieCat

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"Kris Baker" <paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote in message
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Or at business mtgs when you know they're just posting to facebook on their
phones!

jc


Kris Baker

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>
> "Kris Baker" <paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7v35v9...@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "JonesieCat" <jonesi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:ChJin.10478$pv....@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>
>>>
>>> Text messaging hasn't raised the suicide rate as far as I know. ;)
>>> jc
>>
>> But if I see more of it being done at family dinner parties,
>> the murder rate's going to rise ;)
>>
>> Kris
>
> Or at business mtgs when you know they're just posting to facebook on
> their phones!
>
> jc

....and chuckling, because they're texting each other about everyone else
in the meeting.

It's so offensive. If I were in charge of the meeting, I'd make everyone
surrender their phones.

Kris

Michael Black

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And put them in the drawer with the chattering teeth and the Bag O Laughs
and the yo-yos and other things confiscated during the year?

Michael

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