The Language of Longevity
If someone from Elizabethan England were still living, would they find themselves saying, “What think ye?” rather than “What do you think?” As a novelist, I have to make a […]
If someone from Elizabethan England were still living, would they find themselves saying, “What think ye?” rather than “What do you think?” As a novelist, I have to make a […]
The rolling tundra stretches on for miles and the tour coaches’ diesel engine rattles. We stop for a twenty minute break so the visitors to Alaska can see the first […]
If you discovered a treatment that allowed people to stay alive (and healthy) in their own bodies indefinitely, would you share it? Portions of the novel I’m writing deal with […]
I visited a cathedral during Semana Santa in Ecuador. I knelt in a buddhist temple in Thailand. Then recently, while staring at the screen trying to find a subject for […]
What do myths tell us about societies and their views on immortality? Most myths imply it’s unattainable or undesirable. Recently, I saw an article on Listverse called 10 mythological ways to become […]
What is it about a story where the hero loses at the last second? It’s especially common in myths about the human quest for immortality. When I was preparing to […]
Tucked in the back corner of the Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, is a small origami paper crane in a glass case. The monument is the […]
It’s almost carnival season and time for booths where you’ll pay someone to guess your age. If you are one of those guessers, pay attention to a new study. If […]
One topic I don’t often talk about on this blog because it’s not exactly science fiction, is immortality brought about by fame. We see it from the pyramids to the […]
Some people don’t settle on a name for their child until they see that wrinkly, smooshed little face. Some name their children in the womb. Yet others have names picked […]