Dying is almost like sex, you can do it alone, but that's iffy and not ideal unless you're Patti. And my father would be Patti if he could. But too late for that. I think you have to die young to get that, young and extremely isolated, neither of which look good to me. 

JJ Cale, Clyde on the radio I took to be saying goodbye, or at least trying to say it. 

I have to get chickens because they make me smile. What if you only kept beings incl people around that made you smile?