And on Nov. 1, Maynard, who in April was given six months to live, intends to end her own life with medication prescribed to her by her doctor – and she wants to make it clear it is NOT suicide.

Well, that's admirable and all to go out on your own terms rather than dying naturally of brain cancer, which sounds horrifying, but what she's doing is obviously suicide.

Vanity projects from beginning to end.

Thanks for closing down my streets.

What is so fearless about running marathons or traveling in southeast asia. It wasn't like she was slugging it out with Charley

There is no grace in Act Five,
Only the nerves, insect-like twitches,
Involuntary bowel movements, and confusion.
A snail in salt doesn't fall asleep
With a half-smile
Like Grandma from the after-school special.
It twists and contorts,
It jerks and writhes for some time,
Like a living severed limb on fire.

Make no mistake, this is a story because the subject is a pretty young white woman with the disposable income to globe-trot. She's neither the first nor last terminally person to end his or her life pursuant to Oregon's euthanasia laws, but she's certainly among the more photogenic and bourgeois.

Make no mistake, this is a story because the subject is a pretty young white woman with the disposable income to globe-trot. She's neither the first nor last terminally person to end his or her life pursuant to Oregon's euthanasia laws, but she's certainly among the more photogenic and bourgeois.

I probably would too. I've thrown around ending it all at age 30

For the past 29 years, Brittany Maynard has lived a fearless life – running half marathons, traveling through Southeast Asia for a year and even climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

So, it's no surprise she is facing her death the same way.

On Monday, Maynard will launch an online video campaign with the nonprofit Compassion & Choices, an end-of-life choice advocacy organization, to fight for expanding death-with-dignity laws nationwide.

And on Nov. 1, Maynard, who in April was given six months to live, intends to end her own life with medication prescribed to her by her doctor – and she wants to make it clear it is NOT suicide.

BOOMSDAY'S heroine is Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger who incites massive political turmoil when, outraged over mounting Social Security debt, she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. Her modest proposal catches fire with millions of her outraged peers ("Generation Whatever") and an ambitious Senator seeking to gain the youth vote in his presidential campaign.
With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers (they call it "Transitioning") all the way to the White House, over the forceful objections of the Religious Right and, of course, Baby Boomers, who are deeply offended by demonstrations on the golf courses of their retirement resorts.

I probably would too. I've thrown around ending it all at age 30 if I'm just severely unhappy with my life and certain that it's not going to be what I want it to be, and I don't even have a malignant tumor in my brain. I don't blame people one bit for going out on their own terms. It's not for me to say whether they have to be here or not.

I probably would too. I've thrown around ending it all at age 30 if I'm just severely unhappy with my life and certain that it's not going to be what I want it to be, and I don't even have a malignant tumor in my brain. I don't blame people one bit for going out on their own terms. It's not for me to say whether they have to be here or not.

Given her situation, I don't really have an issue with what she has chosen to do.