The Power of Babble
By Catfarmer

An inexplicable urge inspired me to pull an old book, "Languages Identification Guide," (acquired years ago at a used bookstore for $10.95) from a shelf this morning. I suppose the book deserves a purposeful existence at an academic library, but I sadly suspect it has gathered less dust in my collection than it might elsewhere. Translated from the original Russian, the book contains sample paragraphs for the purpose of identifying languages in which printed material appears, with myriad dialectical variations noted. The languages range from the warlike "New Assyrian" (composed strikingly of spear-like strokes) to the picturesque Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mayan script; from the flowing elegance of Arabic to lovely and ornate scripts such as Chinese, Tibetan, or Hindi; from the softly rounded characters of Burmese to the sternly rigid characters common to the Soviet Union. (Read the rest here)

Life, Death, and the Arbitrary Line Between
By Lady Liberty

I'm very much in favor of the so-called right to die. If I was suffering from a painful terminal illness, I'd almost certainly seek to die before the pain became overwhelming. I'm not the only one who feels this way, hence the doctor-assisted suicide legislation in several states (law, however, only in the state of Oregon at this time).

I also have no desire to live in a permanently unconscious state where I have been declared brain dead, or where my brain function is so low that a respirator is needed to keep me alive. I feel strongly enough abut it that I have a living will to that effect. But also in my living will is a caveat: If I'm breathing and my heart is beating without assistance, any nutritional aids are to be kept in place. Where there remains some brain function, there remains hope of recovery, however slim the hope might be and however limited the eventual recovery could prove. (Read the rest here)

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