{"id":12632,"date":"2019-11-18T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T19:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12632"},"modified":"2019-11-18T14:26:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T19:26:44","slug":"tom-spurgeon-bonus-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tom-spurgeon-bonus-episode","title":{"rendered":"Tom Spurgeon Bonus Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show:
\nTom Spurgeon Bonus Episode<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Tom_Spurgeon_Bonus_Episode.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>

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\u201cThe danger isn\u2019t in the limits of what you can do for someone. The danger is in withdrawing, and realizing you don\u2019t have those relationships anymore. If you can be engaged in someone\u2019s life . . . that\u2019s what you have and that\u2019s what you work with.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Following the unexpected death of Tom Spurgeon<\/a>, my best friend and an inveterate supporter of the show, I’ve re-posted our 2012 conversation, along with a new (and emotional) introduction. Give it a listen<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI was morphined up and looking out the back of an ambulance for about three hours. You get to see things as a beginning, middle and end. . . . My story might end in a couple of hours. What does that mean? What was that life like?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n