{"id":5804,"date":"2020-04-21T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2020-04-21T18:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T18:07:48","slug":"a-modest-proposal-for-getting-past-doomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/a-modest-proposal-for-getting-past-doomsday\/","title":{"rendered":"A Modest Proposal for Getting Past Doomsday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1-3.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1-3-292x141.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A sage once said that anyone can see the future, provided they don\u2019t care how it will affect them. Most people are terrified by the prospect of death, but there are things far worse\u2014most of them cruel and unnatural. Sensible people are doing what they can to dodge the reaper, but none have a playbook for managing what awaits them in the aftermath. Consider this:<\/p>\n<p>Imagine one morning you wake up, make coffee, switch on your computer and look at the news. In one of the side-banners is an obituary. Oddly the deceased has the same name as you, the same birthday, same date, same year. They have the same address as you, same partner, same everything. Rest in Peace. <\/p>\n<p>A week later, you learn that your late lamented doppelganger has in their will left you all their assets, goods, chattels, and property, real and personal. What do you do? <\/p>\n<p>Answer that question and there is your game-plan. Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sage once said that anyone can see the future, provided they don\u2019t care how it will affect them. 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