tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post6278256751860506968..comments2024-03-04T04:08:39.755-08:00Comments on The Fies Files: Hitchens on CancerBrian Fieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-44639469532885156732010-08-11T13:27:52.654-07:002010-08-11T13:27:52.654-07:00When I went deaf, someone (I can't remember wh...When I went deaf, someone (I can't remember who) sent me a quote about how we are all only temporary residents in the Land of the Well and in the blink of an eye we could find ourselves thrust into That Other Land.<br /><br />It's an apt metaphor and one I never forgot. I think of it often - especially when I read some anonymous internet commenter bitch about accommodations for the disabled...ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-14218600083131604932010-08-04T14:38:19.471-07:002010-08-04T14:38:19.471-07:00Brian, you told your Mom's story in your own l...Brian, you told your Mom's story in your own language. Comparing your storytelling with Hitchens is apples and oranges - - neither method is better than the other method. <br /><br />And you *did* draw the oppression of the hardware - - I'm 3000 miles from Captain Girlfriend's copy, but I remember quite vividly that Castle Frankenstein image of Mom strapped into a gurney with "levels of terror may vary" as a footnote. Trust me: you've communicated the idea in spades. <br /><br />Keep doing what you're doing, and if Hitch keeps doing what he's doing, we'll all have a better understanding of the human condition.Jim O'Kanehttp://www.TVDads.comnoreply@blogger.com