I assume the reason the family wanted it in the open is to combat the shame and stigma associated not just with suicide but with bipolar disorder. One in three people with bipolar disorder attempt suicide, and half of them succeed in doing so. (the stats dispel the often romanticised image of our lives).
Reading Sedaka's wiki bio, I realize I know quite a few of the songs he wrote and sometimes sang, but didn't know until now that they were his.
Love Will Keep Us Together was one of those "soundtrack to my childhood" songs, the sorta thing that always seemed to be playing at the mall etc.
Years later, in Korea, I one day randomly sang the titular lyric of Stupid Cupid to a class of middle schoolers, while improvising some vaguely appropriate little dance. They thought it was hilarious, and would often ask me to repeat it. I suspect the word "stupid" had something to do with its appeal.
I know this loss is relatively insignificant to the larger world, but Reece Jenkins, the boy's basketball coach to a local community died of pancreatic cancer just three months after being diagnosed. Sometimes such a loss can impact more people than a world leader's death. Not only is the man's family impacted, but so are those on his team, as well as the members of the high school faculty, the community, the county, peers who have competed against him, their teams, and on. Once the pebble drops in a still pool, the waves keep extending into nothingness, but that is some ways out around here.
Years later, in Korea, I one day randomly sang the titular lyric of Stupid Cupid to a class of middle schoolers, while improvising some vaguely appropriate little dance. They thought it was hilarious, and would often ask me to repeat it. I suspect the word "stupid" had something to do with its appeal.
Stupid Cupid just finished playing in the cafe I'm sitting in.
Margaret Farquhar, first woman to be Lord Provost of Aberdeen, has died. She was a tireless worker and greatly admired.
Many years ago when Nelson Mandela visited Glasgow, all the Scottish Provosts were lined up to meet him. They were in alphabetical order of city, so Aberdeen was first. The BBC commentator assumed that the woman at the head of the line was some sort of assistant, because she was female, and described the second in line (a man!) as Lord Provost of Aberdeen, got every succeeding name wrong, and found himself with a name left over at the end.
Nelson Mandela was more switched on, and asked her how things were in the Granite City. He managed to get all the Provosts right!
Marvel comics artist Jacopo Camagni, 48, gay Italian comics artist who was currently working on a series, died of complications during heart surgery today, far too young. 🕯🕯🕯
Margaret Farquhar, first woman to be Lord Provost of Aberdeen, has died. She was a tireless worker and greatly admired.
Many years ago when Nelson Mandela visited Glasgow, all the Scottish Provosts were lined up to meet him. They were in alphabetical order of city, so Aberdeen was first. The BBC commentator assumed that the woman at the head of the line was some sort of assistant, because she was female, and described the second in line (a man!) as Lord Provost of Aberdeen, got every succeeding name wrong, and found himself with a name left over at the end.
Nelson Mandela was more switched on, and asked her how things were in the Granite City. He managed to get all the Provosts right!
I wonder what'll happen to the bloke who killed him?
I remember it very clearly, too. Although Soham is as far to the NE of Cambridge as we were to the south, it felt almost as though it was happening in a neighbouring village.
From what I have read, the one who killed him (if it was just the one that has been named) is a pretty violent man with more than one murder & a rape to his name already, soI wouldn't think there's much more they can do, other than add another offence to his crime sheet & lengthen his sentence, which I assume is already a life one. I don't expect he will have much chance of parole, if that hadn't already been denied him.
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Dave, Rob's dead
Rob, Dave, is dead.
https://www.ganymede.tv/2026/02/rob-grant-rip/
Wait, are you trying to tell me Rob's dead?
I think he'd appreciate the joke.
Oh smeg! That's really sad news.
Love Will Keep Us Together was one of those "soundtrack to my childhood" songs, the sorta thing that always seemed to be playing at the mall etc.
Years later, in Korea, I one day randomly sang the titular lyric of Stupid Cupid to a class of middle schoolers, while improvising some vaguely appropriate little dance. They thought it was hilarious, and would often ask me to repeat it. I suspect the word "stupid" had something to do with its appeal.
I too was sad to read about Neil Sedaka, just an amazing contributor to popular music.
Stupid Cupid just finished playing in the cafe I'm sitting in.
Many years ago when Nelson Mandela visited Glasgow, all the Scottish Provosts were lined up to meet him. They were in alphabetical order of city, so Aberdeen was first. The BBC commentator assumed that the woman at the head of the line was some sort of assistant, because she was female, and described the second in line (a man!) as Lord Provost of Aberdeen, got every succeeding name wrong, and found himself with a name left over at the end.
Nelson Mandela was more switched on, and asked her how things were in the Granite City. He managed to get all the Provosts right!
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-artist-jacopo-camagni-died-this-morning-at-the-age-of-48/
What a splendid story - well done Mr Mandela!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatjana_Wood
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/07/soham-murderer-ian-huntley-dies-after-hmp-frankland-prison-attack
I expect many of you in the UK will remember the case.
I hope this brings some sort of "closure" for the families and friends of the two little girls.
I wonder what'll happen to the bloke who killed him?
From what I have read, the one who killed him (if it was just the one that has been named) is a pretty violent man with more than one murder & a rape to his name already, soI wouldn't think there's much more they can do, other than add another offence to his crime sheet & lengthen his sentence, which I assume is already a life one. I don't expect he will have much chance of parole, if that hadn't already been denied him.