Cryogenics ... science fiction or future?

I am in complete favor of pretty much any method that will extend my life and put off death. Because of that, I plan on becoming an Alcor member as soon as I have the money for it. Alcor is a program that suspends the body at the brink of death and holds it in that state while it waits for technology to catch up and develop the tools necessary to fix whatever problem the body has that caused it to die in the first place. A lot of people think I'm wierd, or even naive, for jumping on board with this idea. And I do not have the memory retention to adequately debate their concerns. I've done the research, I've spoken to the people, etc. etc. I came to the conclusion that this is the right choice for me. But I can't seem to remember the details that would answer the questions that the opposition proposes. All I can say basically boils down to "you're wrong, but I don't have my notes".

So, my friend datan0de, who is an Alcor member and a very smart individual, has written his own list to common objections. As he states on his page, this is directed primarily towards those individuals who do not understand the science behind it and reject cryogenics out of hand, without doing the research, without comprehending what it is. Neither of us are opposed to people who fully understand the proceedure and *still* decide that cryogenics is not for them. So, because he can say things so much better than I can, I link to his entry and I repost it here for my own archival purposes to refer to in the future:

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( Low Hanging Fruit- Common Objections to Cryonics )

Share Your Favorite Books!

So I just got turned on to this online book sharing thing.  Much the way delicious is an online sharing of your bookmarks, this allows you to list the books on your shelf, list books you're reading, list books on your wishlist, and list your "top 10" (of course, I couldn't keep mine to just 10).  You can also assign tags to your books for easy categorization and sorting.  Then, you can browse your friends' shelves and recommend books to each other.  There is also a convenient button for buying books you see through Amazon.

So visit Shelfari and start sharing your books.  Visit http://www.shelfari.com/invite/3KBDNL7QemhXVIJIGhEO-A to join as one of my friends!

I've also created a polyamory book discussion group, since there were none already.  You can view it and join at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/12041/about

(and for those who don't have it already, my delicious account is http://del.icio.us/Joreth - these libraries and more found in the About Me section of my website at http://www.theinnbetween.net)