Same Story, Different Details

This is kind of a sad one (2).

The remains of Hedviga Golik were found last month in her apartment in Croatia. According to reports she had made herself a cup of tea, sat down in her armchair to watch some tv, and must have passed away.

Having been born in 1924, there is nothign too surprising about all of this. In fact it isn’t much of a story until you start to get into the details. Golik was reported missing and was last seen by a neighbor… back in 1966. Although officially reported missing, apparently either no one ever did anything to try and locate her, or in their search for her the police did not enter her apartment.

Fast forward 42 years to May 2008 and the police and some bailiffs are busting down her door to try and help figure out who owns the apartment only to find Golik in her armchair dead now for as long as she had lived.

Besides a few cobwebs, her apartment appeared just as it had been in 1966, a virtual time capsule, with her cup of tea still on the table in front of her.

According to the authorities: “So far, we have no idea how it is possible that someone officially reported missing so long ago was not found before in the same apartment she used to live in.”

Okay, I thought I was done with this, until I did a search for a picture and found the CNN article, which isn’t exactly the same story.

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Feel this sweater, there’s no better, Than authentic Irish setter

Yes, we’re referencing songs from the Simpsons here, but it is really quite fitting.

A couple in Newcastle, England made BBC news the other night due to their unique way of keeping their deceased pets as part of the family. Some folks bury their pets in the yard, others keep their ashes after a cremation, there are even those who hit the taxidermist so that little fluffy will forever have a place in the home, curled up by the fire.

The Willis decided to turn their deceased dogs into outwear. Apparently inspired by a dog fur stole that Princess Diana once wore, they have collected hairs from their deceased loved one had them spun into usable fabric and Mrs. Willis has made sweaters for her and her husband out of at least two of their dogs. Kind of sweet. Kind of creepy, I don’t think this is going to be a huge fashion trend anytime soon (though, in fairness, human hair was used in a dress for Project Runway this past season… Which brings us to the big question: Would you rather be clothed in human hair or dog fur?).

Arthur C. Clarke: RIP

Sir Arthur was quoted as saying religion was “a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species”, and he left written instructions that his funeral be completely secular.