Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Last Minutes with ODEN
via vimeo.com Note: very sad.
Entries Tagged as 'death'
Monday, November 8th, 2010
‘Magic mushrooms’ ingredient may ease end-of-life anxiety
via cnn.com “Terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety may get some relief from a guided “trip” on the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a new study suggests. The study included 12 patients who took a small dose of psilocybin — the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms” — while under the supervision of trained therapists. In a [...]
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Why A Brush With Death Triggers The Slow-Mo Effect : NPR
So David decided to craft an experiment to study this “slow-motion effect” in action. But to do that, he had to make people fear for their lives — without actually putting them in danger. His first attempt involved a field trip to Six Flags AstroWorld, an amusement park in Houston, Texas. He used his students [...]
Friday, August 7th, 2009
A sobering thought
I generally see my parents once or twice a year–once during the spring or summer, and once during the winter holidays. My parents are in their late 50′s, let’s say, age 58. Therefore, assuming they live to be 78, I will see them about 40 more times before they die.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
The wedding of Katie Kirkpatrick
The story of Katie Kirkpatrick is simultaneously one of the sweetest and saddest I’ve ever read. This is why we need cryonics now.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
And I’d only just bought myself a new fridge-freezer!
Life Before Death: A series of photos of terminal patients before and and after their deaths. Klara Behrens, 83 First portrait: February 6 2004 Klara Behrens knows she hasn’t got much longer to live. “Sometimes, I do still hope that I’ll get better,” she says. “But then when I’m feeling really nauseous, I don’t want [...]
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Some of us are dying a little faster
“Don’t be sorry. We are all dying Jack. It’s just that some of us are dying a little faster. The key is to not live your life as if you are already dead.”
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Meeting Doctor Doom
Meeting Doctor Doom Professor Pianka said the Earth as we know it will not survive without drastic measures. Then, and without presenting any data to justify this number, he asserted that the only feasible solution to saving the Earth is to reduce the population to 10 percent of the present number. He then showed solutions [...]
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Well, someone has to pick the low hanging fruit…
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits”
