By @edent · death · 1 comment · 250 words · read ~205 times.
There's an old joke about a man who reads his morning paper in bed. If he's not listed in the obituaries, he gets up to start his day. A few months ago I was checking my email in bed (always a bad idea) when the vanity alert I have for my name appeared. Google took […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Book Review death · 250 words
It's only part-way through the first chapter that you realise that this is all true! There really was a Premonitions Bureau running in the UK (albeit under the auspices of sensationalist reporters). People gave serious study to the idea that some people could foretell specific tragedies before they occurred. Books were written, television interviews were […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp death govcamp ukgc ukgovcamp · 4 comments · 400 words · read ~492 times.
The last year has seen an overabundance of death. Some of us got chatting about the various people from the GovCamp community who have died recently, and how we could memorialise them. It used to be the case that we started every 'Camp with a reading of the rules. A gentle intro to let everyone […]
Continue reading →By @edent · death NaBloPoMo · 900 words · read ~549 times.
My friend died last month. When I was a lad, it seemed that I was always going to funerals for some ancient relative. Everyone looks old when you're a kid. But my friend wasn't old. He was about my age. He had a trendy, digital job. The funeral is done, the grief lingers on. What […]
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