A U.K. gerontologist claims that the first person to be able to avoid the illnesses of old age and to live indefinitely has probably already been born.
Cambridge PhD alum, author and chief science officer of the SENS Research Foundation Aubrey de Grey believes that the first person to live to be 1,000 is already walking the planet.
But he tells Vice’s Motherboard website that true immortality is probably out of the question. “The first thing I want to do is get rid of the use of this word 'immortality,' because it’s enormously damaging. It is not just wrong; it is damaging,” said de Grey. “It means zero risk of death from any cause—whereas I just work on one particular cause of death, namely aging.”
He said he’s already working on therapies that could take people aged 60 years and rejuvenate them enough so they won’t be biologically 60 again until they are actually 90.
Let me apologize for neglecting this for so long. The last month or so I have been so busy meeting new people and relearning old Robertson blarney techniques I have been too exhausted to take time to work up an entry before plunging into bed at 2 am, waking at 4 am for pills, and then sleeping until noon. Then repeating the cycle next day. Also my car has been in shop getting a transmission transplant and I have been forced to explore neighborhood stores on the electric scooter. The batteries were so old I was limited to 100 yards before needing a recharge. That changed last week when I finally found enough money to buy replacement batteries during a sale. Normally the two would have been $125. I got them on sale for $59 plus $14 for shipping.
Yesterday I went exploring the shopping mall that used to be Sharpstown. Today it is de Plaza de Americas. I first though the place was a large $ store. Eventually I realized the whole shopping mall is loaded with upscale clothing, electronic, and etc stores. I cannot wait to take my Austin family for a tour. I have been spreading the word about the mall to all here at Clarewood. For some reason very few have ever visited the mall. I felt like a tourist in Wonderland.
Last night I harvested my first ripe tomato from my little garden flat.
The thing is just over 2 and a half inches in diameter. Tomorrow it will be in my salad. I measured the pH of the soil and discovered it is as alkaline as concrete. That explains the pale green dry look of the leaves. When I get my car back I am going to buy a large bag of compost and soil acidifiers from the nearest nursery.
Saturday I went to the birthday party for a woman who is 99. She had a Dixieland Jazz band playing music. She danced with some of the guests. I hope to be able to set upright and not piss on myself at 99.
Today I finished making chicken and dumplings. This time I chopped up carrots, Yukon gold potatoes, red bell pepper and a Jicama into the chicken broth in which I had simmered two chicken breasts to falling off the bone tender. I then simmered the vegetable/broth until the carrots were fork tender. I then used a hand mixer until most of the vegetables were broken into small chunks. For the dumpling I rolled out canned “exploding” biscuits to 1/8 inch thickness and stamped out dumplings in the shape of Texas. I dropped those into the boiling broth and let them puff up. Returned to simmer and added back the shredded chicken. After an hour simmering to meld flavors I dished up a big bowl. Then another and another. I had thought the carrots were a mistake but the chicken dumpling soup turned out very good. Everything is good here for me but Rascal is unhappy. The lack of a car has made it impossible to get to the grocery stores that sell his particular favorite “Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys” Florentine Collection and he has decided to only eat cooked shrimp and then only enough to survive. He has lost about a pound since starting the “hunger strike”.
I will set aside an hour each day after dinner to write an entry.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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