Remembering My Father
It was seven years ago today that I sat in a small room at a hospice in Baltimore, Maryland and watched my father take his last breath. He had small cell cancer from a lifetime of smoking and drinking....
View ArticleHalf of Americans think prayer can save the terminally ill.
This just in: 1 in 2 Americans is a total idiot: More than half of randomly surveyed adults — 57 percent — said God’s intervention could save a family member even if physicians declared treatment would...
View ArticleDeath is difficult to imagine.
There’s a fascinating article on the Scientific American website today titled Never Say Die: Why We Can’t Imagine Death: The common view of death as a great mystery usually is brushed aside as an...
View ArticleIf Heaven is so great why are so many Christians reluctant to go there?
Spend any amount of time talking with a True Believer™ about their religious outlook and eventually they’ll get around to raving about how awesome Heaven will be. Each one will have a slightly...
View ArticleIn death as in life, timing is everything…
(NewsCore) – COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. — A Minnesota woman won $15,000 in the lottery a month after she died, with her husband left surprised as he did not know she even played, KARE-TV reported Saturday....
View ArticleDeath of a blogger.
I didn’t know Derek K. Miller, but he sounds like he might have been someone I would’ve enjoyed hanging out with. I only know about him because the very last post he wrote on his blog — a post...
View Article[SEB Guest Post] The abyss looking back.
Here’s something that’s been bothering me so much that I just have to write about it. But I can’t put it on my own blog; the subject might read it there. Sound petty? Hypocritical? Might be. I could...
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I am approaching the end of my life.
As you have probably noticed, I haven’t posted since the end of October and I apologize for that. But I have a good reason: I’ve been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer that has metastasized to...
View ArticleRest in Peace
I’ve been a long time reader, sometimes topic, and even longer know-er of SEB. I had the first hand treatment of his jokes, his thoughts, his everything, because I grew up with him. And, perhaps for...
View ArticleMemorial
Hey everyone, it’s SEB Jr. again. There will be a memorial honoring my father on: Sunday, March 20, 2022 1:30-4:30 PM EST If you would like to share anything – memories, thoughts, feelings, etc. –...
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