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Aging and beards
11.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Aging can be a very frightening prospect for many people. It is something we all face, and something that with it brings many medical and spiritual complications. Of course, then, we wish as humans, as the mighty manipulators of the very mechanisms of evolution, to find remedy to this age old obstacle (Pun intended). Some [...]
Postcards and heart attacks
09.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Via this blog entry from The Guardian, and this news release from the University of Southampton, comes the next, great attempt at testing the reality of near-death out-of-body experiences. And, it looks like it’s going to be quite the n. At 1500 heart-attack patients it is the world’s largest ever international study into near-death experiences.
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Abandonment and aging
09.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Today I made a trip to a nursing home to visit a currently dying relative. I have, many times prior, been to institutions such as these, and nothing in this experience appeared at first new or unfamiliar. Usually when I visit relatives in nursing homes I take it upon myself to keep focused on the [...]
Back to life?
08.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I am back from my little trip, and am off with a slight deviation from the ordinary subject matter here @ moneduloides. Before you read the rest of this post head over to Signout at scienceblogs and check out the post The luxury of time.
Interesting, yeah?
I cannot claim to have ever had an experience similar [...]