Comments on: Clicklist: Strange medicine http://greenlagirl.com/clicklist-strange-medicine/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/clicklist-strange-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-392475 Siel Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=5168#comment-392475 I think H.M.'s death was the impetus for the Slate article. The personality / enthusiasm of the 20s seems like both a blessing and a curse.... I'd like to be enthusiastic when old, but it'd be shocking to look down and see v. old hands.... I think H.M.’s death was the impetus for the Slate article. The personality / enthusiasm of the 20s seems like both a blessing and a curse…. I’d like to be enthusiastic when old, but it’d be shocking to look down and see v. old hands….

]]> By: yoel http://greenlagirl.com/clicklist-strange-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-392267 yoel Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:07:11 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=5168#comment-392267 H.M., the most famous amnesiac, just died :(. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05hm.html?_r=1&em He sort of knew there was something wrong with him. I once met someone who had met him, and the 2 saddest things were 1) he had to get the news of his mother dying hundreds of times, 2) even as an old man, he had the same personality/enthusiasm of his 20's. It must have been awful to look in the mirror. H.M., the most famous amnesiac, just died :(.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05hm.html?_r=1&em

He sort of knew there was something wrong with him. I once met someone who had met him, and the 2 saddest things were 1) he had to get the news of his mother dying hundreds of times, 2) even as an old man, he had the same personality/enthusiasm of his 20′s. It must have been awful to look in the mirror.

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