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Early Sunday Morning
Apr. 3rd, 2005 09:12 amNo one I know is pathetic enough to be online this early on a Sunday morning, apparently.
Deaths come in threes:
Terry Schaivo
John Paul II
(prediction) Prince Rainier of Monaco
I think I've figured out why the Pope's decline captured my attention so. I'd always found him an interesting, even anachronistic figure (that is to say, I find the Pontificate anachronistic). But I was thinking about it last night, and I've concluded that on some level, he reminded me of my grandfather. Grandpa was about 10 years older than the Pope, but they were both stooped in the same way (Grandpa from osteoporosis, not from Parkinson's disease), moving so carefully and appearing so frail in their last years. In the end, they even died of the same thing - well, ultimately they both died of old age - but I was thinking of sepsis.
S'just interesting.
Deaths come in threes:
Terry Schaivo
John Paul II
(prediction) Prince Rainier of Monaco
I think I've figured out why the Pope's decline captured my attention so. I'd always found him an interesting, even anachronistic figure (that is to say, I find the Pontificate anachronistic). But I was thinking about it last night, and I've concluded that on some level, he reminded me of my grandfather. Grandpa was about 10 years older than the Pope, but they were both stooped in the same way (Grandpa from osteoporosis, not from Parkinson's disease), moving so carefully and appearing so frail in their last years. In the end, they even died of the same thing - well, ultimately they both died of old age - but I was thinking of sepsis.
S'just interesting.
