tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post2704959999467797405..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Smoke Gets In Your EyesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-78244342416152960662018-09-10T10:27:45.615-05:002018-09-10T10:27:45.615-05:00well, not exactly...well, not exactly...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-90095254278493071522018-09-10T09:03:18.388-05:002018-09-10T09:03:18.388-05:00I've only been watching her a few weeks, but I...I've only been watching her a few weeks, but I especially enjoyed the video on the dead of the Titanic and the Arizona, for historical reasons. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-71646233519239460592018-09-10T09:02:04.132-05:002018-09-10T09:02:04.132-05:00Living in the moment....like the story the author ...Living in the moment....like the story the author recounts, of a society which used to haul out a skeleton at parties holding a sign that said "Eat and be merry, for soon you will look like this!"Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-33928994407034809512018-09-10T08:59:49.114-05:002018-09-10T08:59:49.114-05:00Thanks for mentioning "Grave Matters"; i...Thanks for mentioning "Grave Matters"; it wasn't one I'd heard of . Sounds like a deeper, more serious approach to the same subject. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-66765004253126715392018-09-10T02:59:58.169-05:002018-09-10T02:59:58.169-05:00This sounds like a very worthwhile read. I like th...This sounds like a very worthwhile read. I like the fact that it mixes humor with real life alternatives to the way that we usually look at death in our society. I will check our some of the YouTube videos. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-18094369485541797172018-09-09T22:53:54.199-05:002018-09-09T22:53:54.199-05:00non-fiction, i gather... and it does seem unpleas...non-fiction, i gather... and it does seem unpleasant, probably due, as you say, to unfamiliarity with the subject... but life is to be lived in the moment, so, as Alfred says, "what, me worry" (pardon if i'm repeating myself, i'm old, after all)...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-79750755377892082822018-09-09T21:59:15.702-05:002018-09-09T21:59:15.702-05:00Tough subject, but an essential one. I'll hav...Tough subject, but an essential one. I'll have to ask my mom if she's read this; I think she read Grave Matters which is similar in theme. We also just both read The Undead, by Dick Teresi, which covers the (fuzzy) definition of death and organ donation/harvesting procedures. It's really unpleasant stuff, but I guess it's better to know sooner than later.Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.com