Answering Life’s Questions
Should I sock away money for retirement? Should I stay on my diet? Should I exercise? Should I take the vacation? Should I buy the dream house? These are the questions I ask myself […]
Tag: Death
The ultimate after-party: Putting fun in funerals
When we buried my mother’s ashes, my sister and I tucked a pack of cigarettes into the urn vault. Mom literally had been a diehard smoker—she died of complications from COPD—and we figured she’d be […]
Call it Like it is
Why do we always have such an issue with calling a spade a spade? If it’s in the deck of cards, and it’s not a club, a diamond, or a heart, it’s a spade. See, […]
Are These Better Job Options?
Recently I’ve started considering alternate jobs and careers where I would excel. Do I currently have a job and career? Yes, but there are certainly other things I could do that would bring me joy and happiness […]
Return of the Dead – Non Zombie Style
Another death-defying story that creeps me out: a man in Brazil, who was declared dead of a heart attack and multiple organ failure, has jumped back to life. The doctors are not sure what happened, […]
Reality: A Little Less Funny Concept
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK The other night my wife asked me to hand her a bottle of water. I reached for it and said, “When I blow a dollar on a bottle of […]
I’ve Got the Three Days From Now I’ll Be 69 Next Year I’ll Be 70 and Where Did My Life Go Blues
CUE: Piano, jazz trumpeter and torch singer, performing the sad song of all sad songs. This song makes other sad songs feel bad about themselves. Pretty good, the way I set the scene, huh? ME: […]
Opera for People Who Don’t Like It
DEATH, OPERATIC STYLE In most operas, somebody dies. Usually it’s the hero or the heroine, or both of them. Occasionally, someone else will get in on the act, too, not wanting to be left out […]
Keith Richards’ Body Found Alive Inside His Apartment
In the wake of this weekend’s discovery of Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s body found dead in his Manhattan apartment, most likely from a drug overdose, news came quickly of another grisly discovery – […]
More Opera for People Who Don’t Like It
In my last post, I talked about prostitutes, psychos and tuberculosis. In this one, I will discuss various violent means by which operatic characters meet their ends. Some of these would make the ID Channel […]