X-Message-Number: 31133 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:57:20 -0800 (PST) From: Shannon <> Subject: Bridecicle & William O'Rights Yeah, there were many things I didn't like about Bridecicle Julian (good additional points :-) ), and yes Kennita I also found it humorous ;-) William O'Rights--your post at ImmInst is inspirational. http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=23595&view=findpost&p=274213 Keep on fighting, you are close to beating it! Anyone that has not yet donated to the Venturist Compassionate Care fund for William O'Rights can do so here: http://www.quantium.plus.com/venturist/ Also, Immortality Institute has been running a fund that you can donate to help with William's costs for treating his cancer: http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=24004 You can see that recently 600 dollars from that fund went to purchase supplements for William from Life Extension Foundation :-). If you donate to it, please put in the notes if you want your donation to be used for supplements. So far there has been success with William's arsenal of supplements against his cancer :-), we all hope that it continues. Thank You, Shannon Vyff __________ From: Julian Conrad <> Subject: Re: Bridesicle Shannon writes: Thank you for posting this story, I did not like the dystopian views--the gross depiction of desperation and the odd hitching of minds. I did like the women's love story, that was poignant. I'm surprised that you didn't take offense at the implied status of women in that society. Did the cryonics facility also have a room full of "groomsicles" for women to choose from? And why would women sign up for cryonics if they could only be fully resuscitated by agreeing to become some rich creepy guy's concubine? Besides, that society clearly lacked the means to stop the aging process, which from cryonicists' perspective makes the whole exercise a bit pointless. Regards, Julian From: Kennita Watson <> Subject: Fwd: You probably already saw this Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:53:34 -0800 I hadn't seen it. Is it OK that I thought it was funny? Begin forwarded message: From: Andrew Beals <> http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20081031.html Live long and prosper, Kennita From: William O'Rights <> Subject: =?utf-8?B?SeKAmW0gU3RpbGwgQWxpdmU=?= I think many cancer patients are harmed by gloomy prognoses. IaC ve seen people who were told they had about six months to live, and you know, in 6 months, they died! It> isnaC t good to blindly accept the doctoraC s prognosis, people who do that frame their life around the time they expect to die. After all, just because doctors predict something doesnaC t make it so. Yet some cancer patients can take a prognosis and turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Please check out my video post at Immortality Institute in the thread DEATH WATCH FOR THEFIRSTIMMORTAL, DEADLINE, NOVEMBER 1ST... Post 62-65. My Post http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=23595&view=findpost&p=274213 Full Thread http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=23595&st=0 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31133