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krishna wrote on July 25, 2008 9:49am
If you've seen any part of Randy Pausch's last lecture or read anything about the inspiring Carnegie Mellon professor, I'm sure you've thought about what your final words to the world might be. What are they? [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on July 10, 2008 11:13am
A terribly trite question, I know. But after seeing Werner Herzog's new documentary about Antarctica, I think scuba diving under a frozen ocean might make my Bucket List. [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on July 10, 2008 11:04am
How about Amadeus' death: Salieri helps him compose Mozart's last work - Requiem Mass in D Minor while Mozart dies in bed. [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on July 10, 2008 10:49am
Its hard for me to picture Jack Kevorkian, who announced that he was planning a run for Congress, as an effective representative. Do you think his campaign will heighten awareness for right-to-die and death with dignity causes? And if so, In a positive or negative way? [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on July 10, 2008 10:29am
To read that Dorian Leigh, the first supermodel, had a flourishing second (and third) career as a restaurateur and caterer makes me wonder how second careers get started. How do you turn a passion into an occupation? [Report Comment]
Vince Reardon wrote on June 18, 2008 7:13pm
My pick would be Herman Melville. When he died, his biographer Raymond Weaver said he "sank into death without a ripple of renown." But by the 1920s critics rediscovered his work, and today he is considered the author of the great American novel -- "Moby Dick." Quite a comeback! Who would have imagined it? [Report Comment]
jenpb wrote on June 12, 2008 11:22am
The baptism scene from the Godfather where all of Michael's enemies are killed while he is becoming the godfather to his nephew at church. [Report Comment]
phil wrote on May 31, 2008 7:05am
Shower scene from Psycho (the original). [Report Comment]
phil wrote on May 31, 2008 7:01am
Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Nothing better than looking out of the window on a rainy night and seeing the peaceful view of this beautifully lit and calm landscape with the downtown buildings as a backdrop. [Report Comment]
phil wrote on May 31, 2008 6:56am
Six Feet Under was not odd, it was real. Unless you're one of those families hiding behind your white picket fences. [Report Comment]
Anonymous wrote on May 28, 2008 5:47pm
Heinz: he was just a nice guy. a sweetheart. nothing out of the ordinary, but certainly not forgetable. [Report Comment]
dea wrote on May 28, 2008 3:31pm
Execution is a reward for the guilty. It extinguishes their misery. Life in prison is a more appropriate eternal hell for these murderers. [Report Comment]
dea wrote on May 28, 2008 3:25pm
Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn is stunningly beautiful in the Spring. [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 28, 2008 1:17pm
Marilyn Yalom's new book, The American Resting Place - Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds, retells the histories of prominent American graveyards. Are there any graveyards that are particularly poignant to your history? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 28, 2008 12:39pm
From "Tootsie" to "Michael Clayton" Sydney Pollack was a beloved director and actor. What's your favorite? [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on May 13, 2008 3:36pm
I remember seeing the "Combines" show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few years ago, and it really changed my understanding of what Rauschenberg did. He made some of the most intimate feelings, thoughts and impressions and made 'monuments' of them from day-to-day materials. Whenever I see contemporary sculpture, I can't help but think of Rauschenberg. [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on May 13, 2008 3:33pm
Wondering if the HBO show Six Feet Under did as much for you to expose the oddities of the funeral business and introduce options like natural burial... [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on May 8, 2008 11:33am
Most people are in favor the death penalty for the wrong reasons, most of them are emotional and none rational. With a little research, it is easy to see that it's 10 times more expensive for the death penalty than life in prison. Also, when an execution is done, it teaches others that it's ok to kill, which in first place that's what we're trying to avoid. [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 7:21pm
How does your ?permanent? environmental footprint affect your funeral planning? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 7:20pm
Decades after their death, whose life is viewed drastically different now than it was then? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 7:09pm
The deaths of the founders of Baskin-Robbins, Carl's Jr and Bob Evans restaurants prompts the question: What's the secret to making it big with fast food? (Here's a hint, timing.) [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 7:06pm
Overrated or cut short? What are your thoughts about HBO's gripping series, The Wire? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 7:01pm
From Tony Montana's spectacular last hurrah in Scarface to the quiet grace of Tony's death in West Side Story (Maria bids a tender adieu, "Te adoro, Anton") death scenes are some of cinema's most memorable. What are your favorites? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 6:20pm
Though it seemed that the Court had taken a stance to further limit the application of the death penalty in recent cases (juveniles and mentally retarded) it ruled in favor of laws prescribing the death penalty for child rapists. What are your thoughts about death penalty and its place in modern criminal justice? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 6:15pm
What is about grief that inspires such great non-fiction? Ann Hood's book, Grief-- A Journey though Comfort presented so many different aspects of the process. It didn't seem to answer the question, when is grief bad for you. Any thoughts? [Report Comment]
EditorsAtObit wrote on May 7, 2008 6:14pm
What is about grief that inspires such great non-fiction? Ann Hood's book, Grief-- A Journey though Comfort presented so many different aspects of the process. It didn't seem to answer the question, when is grief bad for you. Any thoughts? [Report Comment]
dea wrote on May 4, 2008 10:17am
i hated the sopranos [Report Comment]
krishna wrote on May 4, 2008 10:17am
?On Saturday, you couldn?t get in the door. There was a piano and a whole entourage, like eight violinists around the room, and they had no music in front of them. They strictly followed the maestro.?? The maestro had played with the Boston Pops. President George Herbert Walker Bush once stayed here while he was in office. Elvis stayed here, and the Grateful Dead, and Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller and Pat Boone, whenever they played at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds across the street. [Report Comment]
dea wrote on May 4, 2008 10:08am
Michael, this is dea's test reply [Report Comment]
