My tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman

He was a master of his art - one of the finest from all generations.  These scenes are a couple of my favorites:





Actually, this one, from the same film, Charlie Wilson's War, is even better, but if you are offended by multiple uses of the F-word, you might not want to watch (but you are missing some super acting):

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=066BFGk6QvA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D066BFGk6QvA

Rest in Peace, Master Hoffman

I feel bad about him. Very sad situation.

It is sad that creative people need to use chemical substances to help them cope with their lives.

Sad that anyone needs them.

2/5/2014

                  It's called self destruction....Many famous people go through this, just
                  look at Justin Bieber , if I was his parent's I'd take him out to the wood
                  shed, then again I just heard today he and the father were on a private
                  plane and both were smoking pot so heavily the pilots had to wear
                  oxygen masks so the wouldn't inhale it, I predict this kid will die from
                  an overdose of drugs before he's 24, he thinks he's above everything,
                  you see fame only lasts for a short while, then what ? Matter of fact I
                  read there's a petition out to have him deported because he's a bad
                  influence on the young people , I wonder if Canada will accept him back ?
                  It's a shame talent if any and no brains, neither does his parents have any
                  kind of brains not to see their kid self destruct before them...

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/02/06/erin-candiotti-bieber-pot-pilot-wear-mask.cnn.html

                                                      Cheers..Joe..

Sad? Good riddance. His habit helped finance the drug cartels and is responsible for the violence in Mexico. One worthless junkie down, a million to go.

Hello, LC.  How've you been?

Unfortunately addiction claims the good and the bad. The fact that people profit from another's misery is heinous.

We hear about the celebrities.  They are only a small percentage compared to the nameless victims that are lost an a daily basis.

Yes, Alice, and there have been reports - one repeat on my TV right now - synchronistically? - saying that many of these people begin with drugs like oxycontin, then switch to heroin because it is more easily available.

It is a complex problem.

For sure!  I have been very fortunate to have a knowledgeable doctor or I would  be in that group 
of scumbags.