On many days I read the Wikipedia to learn what interesting things happened on that day in history. When I do that, I always find myself reading carefully through the births, to find out who was born on that particular day of the year.<\/p>\n
But I never even glance at the deaths. I guess I am simply not interested in knowing when people have left this Earth.<\/p>\n
I am reminded of this because I met with a physical therapist today who asked me various questions about my health. At some point she asked me something that prompted me to reply “My plan is to live forever.”<\/p>\n
A short silence followed. I broke the silence by saying “So far, it’s working.”<\/p>\n
That got a laugh, but I am not sure I was entirely joking. I suspect there may be a connection between that conversation and my Wikipedia reading habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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