http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/22/the-things-that-keep-me-up-at-night Comments On: The Things That Keep Me Up at Night by Anna Minard en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss first thing to cease when you're dying. Not to worry about feeling anything when you're dead, I promise.


Posted by Sandiai]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:17:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:11:41 -0800 The Stranger Worry is not productive; it’s a kind of procrastination. I like to pretend worry is passive, something your brain does when it’s trapped and helpless, but it’s more often a way to avoid taking some direct action that would be frightening, difficult, inconvenient or boring, like drawing up a monthly budget or doing sit-ups or finally just summoning up the nerve to ask someone What, exactly, The Deal Is. Worrying can turn into one of those problems that prevents itself from getting solved, the way that pornography can if you’d rather stay home watching it than go out and meet somebody.http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/201…
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:20:56 -0800 The Stranger It tells us that this life is not a story or an adventure or a journey of spiritual self-discovery; it’s a slog.Bingo.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:13:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by spamky]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:12:15 -0800 The Stranger
What if, while your body decays, the nerve endings still work for a while? What if we can feel the worms as they crawl through our sockets? What is the moment of death is not a moment, but a gradual experience?

In life, has there ever been a sudden, immediate transformation of our senses? Isn't it more true that such transformations take place over time? Why not also in death?

i wonder if there's enough spar left in the decaying grey matter to bring us to realize our predicament as the mourners are shoveling dirt onto our coffins? Or as the flames cremate our remains? What if we no longer have the ability to say or do anything about it, but we are fully aware of our decay?

That's the kind of shit that keeps me up at night.
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:27:53 -0800 The Stranger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ0eOUVny…
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:54:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:28:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:53:59 -0800 The Stranger
Great Shelley quote @11. One of my favorites.
Posted by pfffter]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:38:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by chi_type]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:47:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by wingedkat]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:21:51 -0800 The Stranger
Extinction is real. Our species will someday go the way we individuals all go. Our history will be utterly meaningless once the last human dies.

Makes you wonder what all the fuss is about, doesn't it?

religion works to make these civilizations, these empires, these countries, these nations appear to be worth investing time and energy into. Science helps us cadge a few extra decades beyond what we'd live to be without it. But in the end, none of that means a thing. Once you're gone, you're gone. And once this species is gone, all memory of you will fade as well.

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
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Posted by Geocrackr]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:31:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:26:41 -0800 The Stranger Of course if you figure out a way to stick around as long as you can, you get to watch your enemies get buried. There is that.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:21:33 -0800 The Stranger Posted by howie in seattle]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:14:57 -0800 The Stranger