tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post1804522848065592641..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Cool Things in North Portland: Columbian CemeteryFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-81649607680812218222009-08-23T15:09:44.765-07:002009-08-23T15:09:44.765-07:00Yes, wasting time in disputation hurts my heart. ...Yes, wasting time in disputation hurts my heart. There is so much good and kind to do, and we shall so often fall short anyway. But at least try for something grand?<br /><br />I have no tolerance for pettiness.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-33652334851738044422009-08-22T06:06:50.479-07:002009-08-22T06:06:50.479-07:00Lisa: "Now, and now, and now."
Well sai...Lisa: "Now, and now, and now."<br /><br />Well said.<br /><br />It's like the ridiculous argumentation about religious doctrine. If the entire farrago is true all we'll have to do is want and ten seconds after our last heartbeat, we'll know. And in the meantime all that disputation over saints and angels, abortions and marriages was utterly wasted.<br /><br />We spend so much time worrying, fighting and generally fiddling around with trivialities when we could be daydreaming, making love, playing with children, writing sonnets.<br /><br />Damn but we're stupid, sometimes...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-56609292813162303872009-08-21T19:14:48.785-07:002009-08-21T19:14:48.785-07:00Chief,
Precisely. Saw a Christian booklet today ...Chief,<br /><br />Precisely. Saw a Christian booklet today entitled, "What's Life's Most Important Question?" Y'know what it was? "What will you be doing five minutes after you're dead?" implication: Will it be heaven, or will it be hell (!)<br /><br />Fie minutes after I am dead, I shall still be dead. What matters is now, and now and now, to tweak King Lear.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-36376773949840405672009-08-21T15:25:27.076-07:002009-08-21T15:25:27.076-07:00Lisa: My old drill sergeant used to bark at us &qu...Lisa: My old drill sergeant used to bark at us "What's the MOST fucked-up thing about life?" and we were trained to howl back "NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE!"<br /><br />I don't think the issue is death; we're born owing a death, it's just as much a part of life as birth. The problem is that we have developed this almost irrational fear of death and dying, made it this horrific headstone at the end of life. We've lost our sense of proportion about it, and so it looms insanely large between the everyday reality of life and the "what then?" of whatever the hell happens - if anything - afterwards.<br /><br />I think that many of us would enjoy life more if we stopped fooling around about death and after life and just resolved to live every day to the fullest extent we can.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-29300317997990955912009-08-20T21:00:43.393-07:002009-08-20T21:00:43.393-07:00This is in line with some recent thoughts on morta...This is in line with some recent thoughts on mortality which I will address soon. Small but obvious thoughts, maybe, but worthy of comment.<br /><br />Saw a comment today in the Post quoting a doctor who must tell patients they are terminal. He basically asked, how do you tell someone he is dying? Made me think: Aren't we all? Life is terminal.<br /><br />What, then?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-33361661225849501172009-08-18T18:45:50.276-07:002009-08-18T18:45:50.276-07:00FDChief,
I have/had a favorite cemetary in Eufala,...FDChief,<br />I have/had a favorite cemetary in Eufala, Ala similar to the one that you discuss. I can no longer visit since they have subdivided and made the area private.<br />We have several nice old cem's in Quincy and Tallahassee.<br />Nice post.<br />jimjimhttp://rangeragainstwar.comnoreply@blogger.com