[sterlingice]

Not trying to speak ill of the dead - just talking about the story here. It's kindof interesting but also a little bit of a letdown. I always hope to find some great insights or some bits of wisdom, but this didn't have a whole lot. I'm happy for him, in an abstract sense, as he seems to have a life well lived, full of hedonistic pleasure and a touch of meaning. But this reads more like an obituary combined with a CV. I was just hoping for more wisdom - the part about the intensity of life gave my wife and I some food for thought for a few minutes - but, generally, it came down to "on all those matters, no insights, no thunderbolts of discovery. I remai**n as ignorant as ever", which is a little disappointing. Then again, it's not like we get magic powers or insight right before we die.

SI