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The Last Lecture - 4/8/2008 6:38:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		ABC will air a special episode of "PrimeTime" tomorrow night, about dying professor Randy Pausch.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3633945&page=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/8/2008 6:58:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		I saw his lecture several months ago. What an incredible man.

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/8/2008 6:59:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree; he's going through a horrific experience, with such grace, and good humor.

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/9/2008 7:03:38 PM   
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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/9/2008 7:04:52 PM   
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This is on now, on ABC.


we had the pleasure of meeting him. He is awesome


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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/9/2008 7:26:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		He seems to be, holly. Brave and sad.

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/9/2008 8:50:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		When you're going to go, I can't think of a better way than to go out in style. I've seen more healthy people with much less optimisim on life than this guy. What gives?

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/10/2008 2:41:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		I guess its genes. He had a bad one, as far as the cancer goes, but he struck it rich in other ways.

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/10/2008 5:01:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I liked what he said about how his family will soon be tossed off a cliff (when he dies) and he can either roll up in a ball or cry or get busy working on their safety nets, so he decided to get busy building the nets.  They seem like a family who has it together.  It's a sad, yet uplifting story.

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/10/2008 5:13:36 AM   
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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/10/2008 9:30:36 PM   
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He seems to be, holly. Brave and sad.


I could see myself being happy if told I only had a few months left to live. I could forget about debts and loans.

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/10/2008 9:43:31 PM   
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He seems to be, holly. Brave and sad.


I could see myself being happy if told I only had a few months left to live. I could forget about debts and loans.
You sure can, your remaining family inherits your debts when you die, in the US.


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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/10/2008 10:33:13 PM   
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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/11/2008 8:13:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		-- childlike dreams.  when I was a kid I always was building a treehouse, exploring the woods, gardening.

but seems -- many dont have specific dreams.

that type of cancer is fatal.   i know someone who went fast.

one ponders is it better to know WHEN you will die?   a dog has no idea that it will ever die.

so if you were a kid- what would you be doing on a summer day?

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RE: The Last Lecture - 4/11/2008 10:17:55 PM   
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On a side note, dogs do know when death is near. I've had more than enough in my family to figure that one.

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