Gerontologist Aubrey de Gray claims the first human to live 1000 years has probably already been born. I agree, but that was like, you know, before the flood.
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Archive | October, 2011
how to be a hero
October 25, 2011
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Heroism doesn’t require a gun, or course. But it does require a battle, and the battle is inside as much as outside.
Read moresubject matter expert
October 24, 2011
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This is what I’m called on some project at the university.
Read more things I never blogged about
October 23, 2011
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I’m listing some things I planned to write about but never did. If you like an idea and want me to write about it, let me know. Otherwise my very brief notation here is all you get.
Read more where the self dies
October 21, 2011
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Marriage is not just the work of God. It is also a gift from God. So we are diminished when we squander it, neglect it or trivialize it. We have a culture that does exactly that.
Read more of apple butter and bookstores
October 16, 2011
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I still remember the smell of old books and new books and real books. But after a couple of days I would start pestering my mom to let me go to her cousin Walt’s farm, where the enticements were even greater.
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can salvation be downloaded?
October 8, 2011
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Jobs’ genius was to make “your own, unique life” easier, not more important.
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October 7, 2011
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My first Mac didn’t distract me or defeat me. It enriched my life by making the technology I use invisible. Even magical
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occupy my street
There is no reason to expect big government to be less awful than big business. Sin is not a political problem, though.
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