Are we falling or flying ... and will we ever know? » rube http://www.fallingorflying.com Life, the universe, technology, project management, and why change management is so incredibly hard. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:50:50 +0000 en hourly 1 Dead Like Me. http://www.fallingorflying.com/archives/1816 http://www.fallingorflying.com/archives/1816#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:23:32 +0000 andi http://www.fallingorflying.com/?p=1816 I’ve been broadcast/cable tv free for about a month now, with only mild withdrawal symptoms (having really re-run episodes of NCIS makes great white noise for me when I work from home; so now I have to improvise….).

Even so – the combination of watching/running Netflix offerings in the background is really nice – and so far has resulted in a new mini-addiction for me – Dead Like Me – which originally ran on Showtime during 2003/2004.

Besides being mostly available via Netflix‘s instant watch offering, all episodes are available here via Hulu, for free.

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Watch it – or rewatch it.  It takes a slightly twisted often funny, and frequently bitingly accurate look at life and at one possible version of life in the after life.

Intriguing thoughts and quotes from the series:

George: We lead our lives, and when they end, sometimes we leave a little of ourselves behind. Sometimes we leave money, a painting, sometimes we leave a kind word. And sometimes, we leave an empty space.

George: I don’t want to fit in, I just don’t want to stand out.

George: So… my whole life, everything… All I get to keep are thoughts and memories?
Rube: That’s all we ever have, Peanut.
George: [voiceover] Maybe death was the temp job, and life was the vacation. A vacation you were supposed to spend with the people that you loved… with the people who loved you, and if life was that kind of vacation, what then? What would your last thoughts be then?
George: [voiceover] There are things inside you that no one wants to face. Things that you keep secret, even from yourself. But secrets are funny. The things you try to hide always turn out to be the things you can’t forget.
Daisy Adair: I gave up on forever, doesn’t last.

Even better:

What if death is not the end?

What if it is not even an escape from the issues that plagued us?

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