Comments on: Good Byes to Dr. D… http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2008/02/12/good-byes-to-dr-d/ Chemically-enhanced neural rewiring, on a semi-regular basis... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ken http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2008/02/12/good-byes-to-dr-d/#comment-425091 Ken Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2008/02/12/good-byes-to-dr-d/#comment-425091 It's always sad when someone you know and feel affection for passes away, and is a double insult when it appears the result of seemingly chaotic and senseless violence. But how much worse is a fast death versus a long, drawn out one where all sorts of artificial measures are used to extend the number of final breaths while draining the family's finances? Of course and unless I missed it, details of the slaying were not revealed in the SFgate item. The older you get, the more frequently the death of people you know tends to be perceived. It's so hard for some, including myself, to make the threshold of apparent separation that occurs with death as a thing to be celebrated, instead of mourned. Perhaps paying attention to nighttime dreams can help.... Surely, if he were still alive today, he'd be happy that you remembered him with fondness. It’s always sad when someone you know and feel affection for passes away, and is a double insult when it appears the result of seemingly chaotic and senseless violence. But how much worse is a fast death versus a long, drawn out one where all sorts of artificial measures are used to extend the number of final breaths while draining the family’s finances? Of course and unless I missed it, details of the slaying were not revealed in the SFgate item.

The older you get, the more frequently the death of people you know tends to be perceived. It’s so hard for some, including myself, to make the threshold of apparent separation that occurs with death as a thing to be celebrated, instead of mourned.

Perhaps paying attention to nighttime dreams can help…. Surely, if he were still alive today, he’d be happy that you remembered him with fondness.

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