true. Those are different kinds of brave. I'd hate to pick one over the other.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guess we in everyday life don't always get to see very brave things. I got > to see my gf's cousin stop and save a family in an overturned car on I95 a > couple months back. Weird that nobody else bothered to stop gas was leaking > out everywhere. > I'd find it hard to rate the bravest things i've ever seen. Especially since > some things are brave in differnet ways then others. know what i mean vern? > > On 7/25/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> My professor had discovered that he had cancer past the point where >> they could even tell what he had cancer of. The lecture I am talking >> about was in fact his last lecture. It has become clear the the chemo >> wasn't working. This was a University of New Mexico seminar on native >> american philosophy and he talked about how he felt to be dying as a >> Pueblo Indian vs how he felt to be dying as an academic with a PH.D >> living in an Anglo environment. Two quite different things apparently. >> Certainly the bravest thing I have ever seen. >> >> This professor that just died, well, apparently his university had a >> lecture series called "Last Lecture" where the lecturer was supposed >> to speak about the things that mattered most to him as though it was >> his last lecture. At his 'last lecture' this professor announced that >> he had pancreatic cancer (almost always fatal). He then went on to >> talk about what it means to know you are dying and what he would like >> to say while he had the chance. The video of that one is online, if >> you are interested. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > What is a last lecture?? Seems like i might be missing something :) >> > >> > >> > >> > On 7/25/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> that's sad. I was once a student at professor's last lecture; it was >> >> an incredibly brave and amazing talk. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 7/25/08, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > R.I.P. >> >> > >> >> > via Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from >> >> > Perez Hilton by Perez Hilton on 7/25/08 >> >> > >> >> > The sad yet inevitable has happened. >> >> > >> >> > Randy Pausch has passed away. >> >> > >> >> > The former professor at Carnegie Mellon was diagnosed with pancreatic >> >> > cancer last year and became an Internet sensation after his >> >> > inspirational Last Lecture became viral on YouTube. >> >> > >> >> > Pausch subsequently appeared on Oprah and his Last Lecture was >> >> > recently turned into a book. >> >> > >> >> > Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and children, whom he >> >> > dedicated his moving speech to. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264655 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
