Back to Life

“My voice has a life of its own.”
-Judy Davis as 'Judy Garland'
in the 2001 movie
Life With Judy Garland ‘Me & My Shadows’

In January 2009 of this year an article by New Scientist was written about the recipe for making any creature and how it is written in its DNA. So last November, when geneticists published the near-complete DNA sequence of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, there was much speculation about whether we could bring this behemoth back to life.

Creating a living, breathing creature from a genome sequence that exists only in a computer's memory is not possible right now. But someone someday is sure to try it, predicts Stephan Schuster, a molecular biologist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, and a driving force behind the mammoth genome project.
The full article link:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126905.000-ten-extinct-beasts-that-could-walk-the-earth-again.html?full=true
Does this mean in years to come that we can analyze the complete DNA sequence of Judy Garland and bring her back to life, too? Nothing is impossible.

Twenty-five years ago today:

March 21, 1984, Wednesday

I was wearing my ‘cool green’ pants today. A lot of people liked them.

I called Cartier Jewelers to confirm the cancellation of my ROLEX watch transaction. Ooops, maybe next time! I also called my First Chicago VISA to take care of my billing inquiries.

I stopped by at the Denevi Camera shop after work where they replaced my batteries. My camera unit works fine now. I bet my brother, John, left the power switch “on”. Creep!

PHOTO:
Self-Portrait
with a camera
taken on
August 27, 2007


I kept my appointment with Robin, leaving my third sperm sample. I was congratulated because my “sperm count” was exceptionally high. I did not know how to react to that.
“Oh, that’s great,” I said trying not to appear too embarrassed about it.

I have a physical exam scheduled for next Thursday at 5PM and that will be that (I guess). The next step will be that they’ll ‘knock up’ some gal for me ‘from me’. Haha-It all sounds so extraordinarily funny.

I had a couple of tuna sandwiches with Dad. I went to pick up my IRS documents from H&R Block along with my Sacramento check for a whopping $86.18.

Dad stopped by my place to see John’s new bird. I hung out and watched the latest episode of Dynasty. I slept. Tomorrow is payday.