brokeback mountain

Was opera ever truly the highest form of cultural expression? I mean, and no offense to my two opera loving friends, does a tale of a malformed dwarf’s unrequited love of the peasant girl which is thwarted by the black-hearted prince really represent high culture? I don’t know, I think the best of movie of the last ten years was Iron Man.

The church owned by whacko Fred Phelps is picketing again although I think that goes without saying because he would picket and protest the sun rising if it would get him in the local papers. I try not to be too blaming here at Chez Coma but when it come to Westboro Baptist Church that rule doesn’t apply as I’ve had some personal interaction with these folks about a year and a half back when one of our National Guardsman was killed in Iraq.

If you are in the mood to picket funerals, have I got one for you.

There’s this guy who died. He’s single, mid-30s. Some of his friends say he was married to this one chick for awhile, but others of us have never really seen any proof of it. Regardless, he spent most of his time hanging with other guys and was even caught kissing this one dude in his “group” once. In front of God and everybody he just totally planted one on the dude! Tell me tha

I didn't know Heath Ledger personally, but I remember the extremely classy and sensitive answer he gave when he was constantly being asked by the media what it was like for him being a straight man and having to kiss another guy in 'Brokeback Mountain.'

Heath's reply was,"It's not like I'm kissing dirt. I'm kissing another human being. I'm kissing someone with a soul."

That pretty much told me all I needed to know about Heath Ledger. He saw the humanity in all, and more importan

I was pretty surprised at my own response to the death of Heath Ledger today. Just like Newscoma, I found out by Jag breaking the news on Twitter.

I was shocked this evening with the sad news of the death of Heath Ledger. I am saddened because here is a human being who may have taken his own life. My understanding is that he is the father of a young child. Tragic.

CNN and MSNBC are reporting that actor Heath Ledger, who has gotten rave reviews for his performance in Brokeback Mountain and in the upcoming Batman movie as the Joker in The Dark Knight, was found dead in his apartment in New York.

He was 28-years-old.

There is a huge conversation going on Twitter about it right now as I write this.