X-Message-Number: 18556
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:26:08 -0800
From: James Bryan Swayze <>
Subject: A good ??, and a commnet and a few thanks.
References: <>

> Message #18545
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 04:18:38 -0500
> From: "Henry R. Hirsch" <>
> Subject: TDIS project
>
> What services do I receive from the The Door Into Summer (TDIS) project for
> $40,000 that wouldn't be included in the regular suspension fees charged by
> Alcor or Cryonics Institute?

Good question. One answer in my wishlist would be coast to coast, and one day
beyond that, services in every or at least near as many hospitals as possible
to make it so  there's near to one per moderate sized city. I wish for a day
when a cryonicist can travel with a reasonable expectation of the same quality
a suspension near home, whether that be near to permanent storage or or not,
and abroad.

> Message #18546
> From: "mike99" <>
> Subject: New theory of Aging
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:40:00 -0700
>
> http://www.src.uchicago.edu/~gavr1/press_release.html
>
> For Release January 29, 2002
> Contact: Julie Antelman, NORC 773.256.6312
> 
>
> A new theory on aging, living long, and dying
>
> Body System Redundancies and "the thousand natural shocks that flesh is
> heir to" are key to why we age and when we die

I'm very sceptical but I have yet to read further. Still it sounds, and here's
my scientific opinion, really wierd. ;)


> Message #18544
> From: 
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:00:36 EST
> Subject: Norton donation for Swayze
>
> Brook Norton, through the Society for Venturism, has sent a second generous
> donation to the James Swayze Fund. Our warmest thanks again.

<snip>

> Message #18548
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:01:53 -0700
> From: Mike Perry <>
> Subject: Re: A check for Swayze is in the mail
>
> We have received notification of a generous donation to the Swayze Fund,
> which is being sent by Brook Norton to the Society for Venturism; an equal
> contribution will then be forwarded to Cryonics Institute.

<snippage>

> Many thanks, Brook. As usual, we encourage others to make donations through
> the Venturist organization, since we have 501(c)3 status, thus
> contributions should be tax-deductible. Make checks payable to "Society for
> Venturism" and mark in the memo field "Cryonics Assistance Fund" or "James
> Swayze Fund," and we will see that your donation gets forwarded to CI as it
> should. Thanks for the generous contributions some of you have already
> made, and for any additional funds that anyone can offer.

Thanks again Brook. Thanks to all.  It means a lot more than I let on. Some
part of me thinks denying the severity of my health issues will keep them at
bay through constant maintenance of a positive attitude. Another part of me
isn't quite fooled. The Occidental view would have me suffering a scism or
duality while the Oriental view would find a Yin Yang like balance. Guess which
view I prefer? ;)

James

--
My website:
http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze

A collection of photos of me and some of my artwork:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292752723&code=2039335&mode=invite

A radio interview on Dr. J's ChangeSurfer Radio program with me and the father
of cryonics Prof. Robert Ettinger, author
of "The Prospect of Immortality":
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=3728

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