Life...or death?

Your link for the day, that hits a little too close to home.

The link is from CNN, and it links to an article about where the line is when it no longer seems feasible to keep a terminally sick person alive.

The 'too close part' is this: my brother-in-law's (Adam) wife's (LauraLee) mother was in a car accident on Friday , 27 July 07, at 2600 South and Highway 89 in Woods Cross. The power was out, and someone ran the 4-way stop. She was Life-flighted to the U (University of Utah), where her family was told that she was brain-dead.

Now, I don't know what her exact condition right now is, but I wouldn't want to be left 'alive' if I knew I would never regain any semblance of my normal life. Nor would I want to be strung along while my family waited for a miracle to return me to normal (or, for me, what passes as normal).

To quote the article "Recent research into the brain seems to be making it more difficult to say when a terminal patient is actually dead. It turns out that patients considered brain-dead may have a minimal consciousness left and therefore still be technically alive.

"The research seems to suggest that it's very difficult to distinguish the minimally conscious from the permanently unconscious," said Georgetown bioethics professor Robert Veatch."

Where does life end and death begin? Who is ultimately responsible for making the life-altering decisions for me when I can't make them?

If anything, this week has made me realize the importance of having a living will made up, as we never know when we're gonna kick the bucket.

"I wanna go home..." "Shut up, you little weasel!"...

OK...

Your link for the day.

For those of you who haven't read the 7th Harry Potter book yet, but are going to: don't click the link as it contains spoilers.. For those of you who don't care, click away!

The link is a short article about what happens after the end of Book 7. Right on.

Monday...

I picked up the last Harry Potter book on Saturday, started it on Sunday morning, and I'm about 80% done. I think I'll finish it tonight.

I'm not gonna post spoilers, nor does this link have any. I will say that I like this book A LOT!!!!!1111 It's very exciting. I've even felt chilly-bumps when I've read it.

Ahhh, Friday...

...this thread got me thinking: Would I pay $100 million for a real lightsaber?

I know my brother-in-law Craig would, and I'd hope everyone would get in cortosis-weave bunkers when he does. But me, I don't know. It sure would be cool, even if I couldn't block bullets or anything.

I suppose, ultimately, it would be pretty useless. Cool, but not useful.

Have a fun weekend. Val and I are gonna play racquetball tonight. Whoo hoo!

And, Happy Birthday to my sweet mother-in-law today.

Bye!

PS Oh, and if you've been living under a rock and haven't heard, the last Harry Potter book comes out tomorrow. Go out and support a great author, if you want.

Update #2 - a cool qoute I heard this week that I like: Honesty is the highest form of love.

Indeed it is.

So.....tired.....

...that I'm gonna wimmp out on this post, and post a few ninja pictures.

Bye!

A few changes for your visual input...

Well, a couple of changes here today.

I added a counter at the bottom of the blog to keep track of how many hits this little blog gets.

I renamed the blog into something a bit more .... interesting. Have I metioned just how much I like tofu? No? Well, tomato basil baked tofu and/or savory baked tofu are SO EXCELLENT with noodles and tomato sauce. The savory tofu has the same consistency as chicken, so it goes great with pasta, or on top of rice with soy cheese, sweet-n-sour sauce and lettuce. MMMMMMmmm. Yummy.

Mom and dad's anniversary is today. They have been married 30 years I think. Dad's birthday is tomorrow. Rock on!

I think they both have completed their move to WA, even if they haven't started/finished unpacking yet.

Sorry for being silent last week. I took Thursday and Friday off last week, along with the free day on the 4th. 5-day weekends for the win!

By the way, the 4th was lots of fun. Went and played volleyball in 100+ degree heat, sweated a lot, swam for 2 hours, stuffed myself silly, and went and watched fireworks at Lagoon. And I did all of this in the knowledge that I didn't need to be back to work until today.

Evil? Absolutely Fun? Definitely.

The best part is that I didn't even get sunburned. SPF 30+ FtW!(for the win)