I assume not, but since he seems to be questioning the vitality of other hoary Sphere institutions, I thought I'd ask.

Quincy

Shhh Quincy, he's dreaming. We're all part of his dream. If he wakes up we disappear.

Quincy!

The answer is an unequivocal yes!

I am dying.

Every heart-beat is one less.

They say we all have an allotment of heartbeats - an average of around 2 billion I believe - and when you have used up all your credits - poof!

You are non est

And I think I see my own mortality reflected in the various fora on the site. As soon as one seems inactive, I immediately think: "is it dying". When all the time it is the projection of my own state.

But since I have answered the question posed on this thread, perhaps we could use it to discuss our personal attitudes towards the inevitable fact of our mortality.

What do you all think about this dying business?

Just another related aspect.

How does the approach of death impinge on your own work?

I recall Gore Vidal's comment on hearing of the death of Truman Capote: "a good career move".

I think it's a bugger Mark.

Janet

Bugger or not, Janet, we seem to be stuck with it.

But it could always be worse.

Imagine if there was no such thing as death.

How terrible would that be!

Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank god?

And the answer to Quincy's query is an unequivocal maybe.


Cally

I think it's far out, man, I haven't seen those psychedelic t-shirts for ages; but you need to work on your spelling, it's the (tie) "dyeing" business.

gratefully,
Robert Meyer

Mark is like a shark. He has to keep posting. Without constant activity, he dies.

Micheal, that's right.

I post, therefore I am.

And if I stop posting, I will be post-posting, and thus, toast.

Some might say: "get a life".

But if I haven't already got one, how can I ever die?

It is all so mysterious.