{"id":178,"date":"2007-03-22T16:05:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T00:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2007-12-09T13:16:40","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T20:04:40","slug":"what-would-be-the-right-book-to-take-to-cathy-seipps-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"What Would Be The Right Book To Take To Cathy Seipp’s Funeral?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many funerals these days are not as exciting as they should be. Lewis Fein on KTLK radio.<\/a> From the Luke Ford Fan Blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jackie Danicki<\/a> is doing yeoman’s work. I hope she doesn’t stop. The best stuff I’ve read is on National Review Online<\/a>. Rob Long’s essay<\/a> was tremendously moving. I was also impressed by Eugene Volokh’s comments at the end of the symposium<\/a> on Cathy. John O’Sullivan, one of my favourites, is also wonderful<\/a> but he’s ten years off on when Cathy (and family) moved from Winterpeg to the OC. Also checkout Mickey Kaus on BloggingHeadsTV, which includes a touching mention<\/a> of Maia. But my two favourite pieces are by Rip Rense<\/a> and Denise Hamilton<\/a>. I see Luke Ford has posted a brutally honest account<\/a> of his relationship with Cathy. I’m not sure why he’s writing this, especially today. It strikes me as more than a little tacky. I’m going to assume that Luke is struggling with his<\/em> grief. My usual excuse for Incorrigible Boy‚Ñ¢ whenever he does something especially obnoxious is to say: "Oh, he’s just joking." Sometimes I have to say this a number of times to convince myself. I’m afraid that won’t work this time. Mr Ford seems to be somewhat lacking in the empathy department. (<- English understatement) Of course, he’s never going to be Mr Sensitivity, but I do think that if he put his mind to it, perhaps by checking out some self-help books from the Beverly Hills Public Library (he should take Bradley J. Fikes with him), he could increase his empathy level a few points. No-one expects, or wants, a wilting\/shrinking violet. In fact, I usually find Mr Ford’s imperviousness to the feelings of anyone beside himself to be an admirable trait. (It’s very manly.) Not on this day, however.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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