Suicide - Always wrong?

I was listening to the radio when some nut job in Cleveland started eating a light bulb on a dare. I don't know what happened to him ultimately, but this made me start thinking about suicide.

Society says suicide is wrong, flat out. Dr. K is criminal and suicide is a crime, right?

I don't understand this viewpoint. Why is suicide taboo? Sure, I don't doubt for a minute that some people are too hasty to consider suicide, but is that their decision, or ours? Why do we feel we have to intervene on a stranger's attempt to get out of pain. Of course I encourage anyone with these feelings to get help, but that isn't going to always eliminate the feelings dread, doom, and terminal agony.

There are at least two situations where I think it is ridiculous that society does not "allow" suicide. First of all, the terminally ill. Why can't someone decide that they would rather go now rather than suffer for 6 months, then die? Why can't they make that decision? Is it religious beliefs? If that's the case, then we should not impose those beliefs on other people. Follow the golden rule, and allow someone to escape torture as you would want to do also. And assisted suicide, sheesh. Someone is so bad off that they don't have the physical means to do it themself, yet we won't let a physician help them. That makes zero sense to me. Secondly, prisoners. If someone is senteced to death, life, or even a long term, why in the world do we not allow them to commit suicide? I say give them the means to do so when they walk in the door. I don't want to pay for this person's upkeep for 40 years. Food, legal fees, corrections operational costs, etc. If they want to die, let them. Think about the bare facts of this sentence. -We won't let a death row inmate kill himself.-

Interesting Blog on this topic - http://self-deliverance.blogspot.com/

James Frey - Fudgemaster

Man, Frey is really pissing me off now. I saw him on Larry King last night, and the guy did not really answer a single question. We can only hope this turd doesn't run for office. How can we figure out what percentage of what he said in his book "A Million Little Pieces" is truth? He says only the parts outside the facility are disputed. Well guess what, that's because it's the only part that can be disputed. The internal records are off limits. This makes me wonder that if he's willing to take some hefty liberties with "facts" that can be easily disputed, how much B.S. is this phony throwing at us in the sections we can't confirm or deny.

Some people make the argument that even though the author is discredited, the book stands as a great read and a great source of motivation for those that feel they have no hope. Really? If this book motivated you to think you could rise above your problems, only to find that it is lies so someone could make some money, wouldn't you feel burned? Wouldn't make you even more distrusting of those trying to motivate and lift you up? A great read? Hardly, the choppy prose and blue-collar writing style leads you to believe the author doesn't care about style or flow, and is just too raw to worry about it. Come to find out, he's a soft-spoken author by profession.

I think there is going to be so much come out against this guy proving he's full of it, that the publisher will eventually set a precedent and offer refunds or some kind of credit.

James Frey - A Million Little Lies?

There seems to be mounting evidence that James Frey, uh, embellished more than a bit on his experiences as addict all-star in A Million Little Pieces. Maybe I'm naive, but if you can't decide whether a book is going to be fiction or non-fiction until AFTER it is complete, then guess what, it IS fiction.

I have to give the guy credit, he spoofed us all, including getting the crown jewel of book blessings, Oprah. The problem now, is that even if the guy is being 95% truthful, he's still full of crap. I was really engrossed in this book until I saw some of the reports in the New York Times, and Thesmokinggun.com. Now, it may as well stay where it is as a coaster.

So, it is time to move on to another book. I had started a book written from the perspective of a autistic person by a guy who had worked with austistic people for many years. It is interesting how he speaks from what he suspects is the viewpoint of such a person. Please note, that unlike James Frey, this author is not claiming to be a prolific autistic person, but rather writing from that perspective, thus being Fiction. Fiction James, Fiction.

Animal Magnetism?

Check this out: http://quizilla.com/users/EmrysWolf/quizzes/What%20Is%20Your%20Animal%20Personality%3F/

I'm a crow, which I suspect by personal characteristic summary is probably fairly accurate. However, the image of a crow isn't very appealing is it? Couldn't I have had the same results and been a, let's say, eagle?

Blah-lidays

The Christmas break was actually pretty cool this year. I took several days off, and I really needed it. Of course, the down side of that is like not doing laundry for weeks, stuff piles up. Yeah, I'm talking about work. It seems most people come back at the beginning of the year with this new vigor, this rejuvinated spirit. It really irks me. I want to ease back into things, not to mention just getting caught up being out, and the type A's are all gung-ho and fired up. They've got their own resolutions about work, and guess what?...you get to execute it for them. Yipee.

Can we move Christmas and New Years to early October so we could enjoy the weather?

Christmas usually bums me out because I'm pretty weak with managing my money, and post-Christmas is ugly. However, this year wasn't too bad.