Puddleglum

Thinking about the last post on my dad's now defunct blog led to an interesting realization. I put it here: http://hemorrhagingsanity.com/?p=189

Co-blogging

My friend Tony had the idea of combining forces into one super-duper blogging team. That should at least double the chances of me writing something, right? And triple our non-readers at the same time! So it sounded good to me. Well, anyway, I've written my first post for his blog: http://hemorrhagingsanity.com/ (permalink: Bayes: not just a good idea...). Add it to your google reader or your bookmarks. I probably won't announce it here every time I write something over there.

Death, be not proud

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. ... then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? -St. Paul

One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die. -John Donne

On this point, christian theology is absolutely correct. Death is the last enemy. I'm so pedantic that I'll divide this into two things I agree with: