Monosyllabic Manifesto » death http://www.scotthough.com Ponderings and rants with the odd link tossed in for good measure. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:29:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Joe Murphy, Rest In Piece My Friend http://www.scotthough.com/joe-murphy-rest-in-piece-my-friend/ http://www.scotthough.com/joe-murphy-rest-in-piece-my-friend/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:30:55 +0000 Scott Hough http://www.scotthough.com/joe-murphy-rest-in-piece-my-friend/

Joe Murphy, a beloved podcaster, died today of Cancer. He was diagnosed four months ago. He had leiomyosarcoma, a nasty form that is radiation and chemotherapy resistant.

He was a real person where most podcasters are “on air” personalities. I only met him once. It was right after his first surgery where they found the cancer was inoperable. I spent 2 hours on a bus just to get to the other side of town where the hospital was that he was in. I spend only 20 minutes with him then went home. He never knew I was coming.

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]]> http://www.scotthough.com/joe-murphy-rest-in-piece-my-friend/feed/ 0 Wierd burial plans http://www.scotthough.com/wierd-burial-plans/ http://www.scotthough.com/wierd-burial-plans/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:41:36 +0000 Scott Hough http://www.htmlfaq.info/?p=18 I was walking by a cemetery today on the way home from work. It got me thinking. I now know what I want when I die. Its a little weird. Then again, I’m not completely normal.

I’ve decided when I die, I want part of the flesh cut of my leg and a metal plate embedded into the bone with my name and birth and death dates. Then i want to be placed in a funeral pyre with the gifts from my loved ones. I’m not talking cremation, I want my bones to survive. Then I want my bones and the remains of the gifts put in a coffin. With me in the coffin will be a time capsule with a recording of me and some documents about who I was. That way future civilizations can benefit from my weirdness.

]]> http://www.scotthough.com/wierd-burial-plans/feed/ 0 Seeing old friends… sort of… PART II http://www.scotthough.com/seeing-old-friends-sort-of-part-ii/ http://www.scotthough.com/seeing-old-friends-sort-of-part-ii/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:38:43 +0000 Scott Hough http://www.htmlfaq.info/?p=15 After showing my friend Sam my last post he told me he was talking to our friend PJ. Apparently PJ has been having very weird dreams lately. Lately I’ve had the feeling of a presence when I’m out and about. I don’t know if it means anything, but I gotta admit these seem to be unlikely coincidences.

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Things like that get you kind of thinking. Makes you wonder what things would have been if they were still alive. Most of all it just makes you think about them. Jamie, if your out there, you rule!

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