Confessions of a mortician
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Confessions of a mortician
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#2Interesting article; no doubt there are some interesting things to learn about death from a mortician - however this article felt way too long.
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#3I thought the article was interesting, especially the author's fear of nonexistence. I know I'd much rather think of more pleasant things.
I wonder if the dearth of comments here is due to a general uncomfortableness with nonexistence.
A nice reminder that we should all be doing what we love.
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#4Interesting article; no doubt there are some interesting things to learn about death from a mortician - however this article felt way too long.
Funny. Poignant. A little scary. A little gross. Eye opening (a la the Matrix). That's a lot of value for a 10-minute read.
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#5For those of you who liked reading this, I (tangentially) recommend Irvin Yalom's book, "Love's Executioner" [1]. Irvin Yalom is a truly talented writer and a very talented psychotherapist; in this book (and, really, in his work), he focuses on how he and his patients grapple with death. I have a copy on my shelf that I read from time to time, and I can't recommend it highly enough.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Loves-Executioner-Other-Tales-Psychoth...
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#6Interesting article; no doubt there are some interesting things to learn about death from a mortician - however this article felt way too long.
Funny. Poignant. A little scary. A little gross. Eye opening (a la the Matrix). That's a lot of value for a 10-minute read.
In fairness to jgmmo, Medium.com estimates it's a 25-minute read. You can see their estimate at the top right of each article.
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#7Some 10 or so years back HBO had the Six Feet Under show. It was centered around a funeral home family business. But it was a pretty good show all around. Highly recommended.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Funny. Poignant. A little scary. A little gross. Eye opening (a la the Matrix). That's a lot of value for a 10-minute read.
In fairness to jgmmo, Medium.com estimates it's a 25-minute read. You can see their estimate at the top right of each article.
I did not even know about this feature; thanks for the tip.
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#9Some 10 or so years back HBO had the Six Feet Under show. It was centered around a funeral home family business. But it was a pretty good show all around. Highly recommended.
Yes, and I can assure you that you are in safe hands. Six Feet Under has one of the most satisfying endings to a TV series I've ever seen. You may cry (manly tears) but you will not be disappointed.
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#10"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for (at some forty-five hundred heartbeats an hour)." - Vladimir Nabokov