Pet Sematary

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…ts for Alzheimer's and so on, but aging itself, as outlined above, is just really an evolutionary necessity. Stephen King treats this sensitive topic well in his novel, 'Pet Sematary', dealing with both the human resistance to, and the biological necessity of, death, including the aging process leading into that. Personally I find great comfort in the idea that even if however many millions of years from now, all or most mammals, including humans, will be extinct, some of our genes won't be, just as for example birds have some of the genes the dinosaurs had. The individual may be here for only a short time, but the genes she carries are far more transcendent.

…e time, no matter what my schedule is. It is an anchor in my life. Mostly sf and time-tested classics. I'm starting to read Aubrey-Maturin by Patrick O'Brian. I finished Master and Commander and I'm on the next one, Post Captain. I'm reading Bad Money by Kevin Phillips, which basically called the market failures early this year. I've got A Canticle for Leibowitz and Anathem, which I'm doing as a pair. I started reading Stephen King in chronological order a while back, and I'm up to Pet Sematary (early 80s). Also, Crockford's JavaScript book.