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 A Cry Heard Round The World: Kim Sun-Il died desperate and alone, but he did not die unheard. Looking At And Longing For Mars: Reflections on a childhood dream. A Robot May Not Harm a Human Being. Is The Opposite True?: Thoughts on the future rights of artificial intelligence. Long After The Boys Of Summer Have Gone: What makes a relationship work? Winter Of Our Feline Discontent: What the cat wants, the cat gets. But what DOES it want? To Tell The Truth: There may be no honor among thieves, but can't we find it even in a few good men and women? Should The Human Brain Retire?: We know that we cannot win forever. We know that machines will continue to improve. So why don't we let the human brain retire gracefully now, with honors?
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The posts below are in reverse chronological order with newest posts at the top. The Ones We Leave Behind''To please no one will I
prescribe a deadly drug, or give advice which may cause his
death.''
—Hippocratic Oath To Front Page | Read This Story The Measure Of A Man"What matters is to turn
one's predicament into a human
achievement."
—Victor Frankl To Front Page | Read This Story Light At The End of the Carpal TunnelI figured that I must be
doing something right. I figured that I had the problem licked. I figured
wrong.
To Front Page | Read This Story Law and DisorderEvery story has a beginning,
but not every beginning is a promising one.
To Front Page | Read This Story At Home In My Little Shop Of HorrorsIf horticulture were only as
easy as adding water and dirt ...
To Front Page | Read This Story Memorial Day And The National TrustSometimes those who do not
remember the future are condemned to live in the past.
To Front Page | Read This Story Because I Could Not Stop For DeathThe value in a life is not
its length but its character.
To Front Page | Read This Story The Bell-Tale HeartShould my membership in the
Fraternity of Men really be revoked for a moment's weakness?
To Front Page | Read This Story Test of Mettle, Test of FaithTo become a lawyer, all Maxcy
Filer had to do was pass the bar exam. It took him nearly 24 years.
To Front Page | Read This Story When Labor's Love Is LostMy wife is the one losing her
job. Why am I the one who feels it so deeply?
To Front Page | Read This Story My Big Fat Camp Wedding: Epilogue"In helping others, we shall
help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes
back to us."
—Flora Edwards To Front Page | Read This Story My Big Fat Camp Wedding--Part IIIThis post is the final segment of an
absolutely true three-part story. It won't make much sense to you unless you
read the earlier segments, which start here.
To Front Page | Read This Story My Big Fat Camp Wedding--Part IIThis post is the second part of an
absolutely true three-part story. It won't make much sense unless you've read
the first segment, which you'll find here.
To Front Page | Read This Story My Big Fat Camp WeddingValentine's Day is just around the
corner. Will my wife forgive me for failing to mention that I've been married
before?
To Front Page | Read This Story Visiting Sins Of A Son Upon His FatherIf Karma has any meaning at all, I'm
due for tough times when I become a parent. But can't we end the cycle of
destruction now?
To Front Page | Read This Story Flying Away On A Wing And A PrayerMy glider ready, the cliff awaiting, I
had only my pledge to seal a pact of friendship. Would I honor
it?
To Front Page | Read This Story And Tidings of Comfort And Joy2003 was a year to remember. Let's
hope that 2004 brings more good, less bad, and whole lot more common ground.
To Front Page | Read This Story Profiting With Every Christmas Card He WritesIf my old friend Kevin isn't wealthy
today, it isn't for lack of trying.
To Front Page | Read This Story Long After The Boys Of Summer Have Gone"When you realize you want to spend
the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as
soon as possible."
—Harry, "When Harry Met Sally" To Front Page | Read This Story If I Could Save Time In A Bottle ...Life throws curve balls. Expect them,
but don't be thwarted by them.
To Front Page | Read This Story Talking Turkey With Reluctant RelationsAh, Thanksgiving! The fragrance of
turkey roasting in an oven, the happy chatter of guests mingling around a table,
the bonding of family, and growing of girth—but hey, who am I kidding? My
family doesn't do holidays like Courier & Ives; we're the living embodiment
of the Sopranos.
To Front Page | Read This Story Winter of Our Feline DiscontentAs anyone who has ever been around a
cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the
limitations of
humankind.
—Cleveland Amory To Front Page | Read This Story Please Don't Throw Me In The Blackberry Patch!Sometimes the ties that link are also
the chains that bind.
To Front Page | Read This Story A Pitiful Killer's Worthless LifeGary Ridgway stands accused of 48
murders. Will prosecutors spare his life even before a
trial?
To Front Page | Read This Story Home Sweet HomeHappy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound. —Alexander Pope, Ode on Solitude. To Front Page | Read This Story Looking At And Longing For Mars"We choose to go to the moon in this
decade, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are
hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our
energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to
accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to
win."
—John F. Kennedy To Front Page | Read This Story In Remembrance: 9/11/01Both my interviewer and the twin
towers are destined to be remembered for how they died as well as how they
lived. But on this day of reflection, the future concerns me
most.
To Front Page | Read This Story Sometimes the good old days were just the old onesRediscovering the favorite cartoon of
my childhood made me realize that good taste takes years to
develop.
To Front Page | Read This Story Kitchen dreams gone up in smokeIt's there in the latest
Williams-Sonoma catalog: The blowtorch that will be mine—if only I can
convince my wife that excellence in the kitchen demands proficiency with small
arms.
To Front Page | Read This Story A Man's Home is his HovelReflections on a housing search in
Silicon Valley
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