1st january 2009

do you realize that if the rate of longevity continues for the next million years at the same rate as it has done for the last million years in a million years from now we will all be living for one million years

just think what you could do if you had a million years to do it in...

you could lounge around swimming pools for 75 000 years

you could nip out to the edge of the galaxy and get a feel for space

you could have a relationship that lasted for 999 999 years

you could have 350 000 000 one night stands

you could become proficient in 5000 skills

you could watch a million games of your favourite sport in perfect spectator style

chase comets and asteroids around solar systems

read 10 million books and write a thousand for others to read

watch a million films on a kilometre wide screen

devise a self regulating environment

develop remote controlled robots to do all the dangerous construction work

using natural muscle/bone growth techniques make yourself any shape that took your fancy (within reason)

become an entertainer and make people laugh for hundreds of years or make them smile for 10's of thousands

learn to play every instrument that has ever been devised and make a few of you own

dance for 70 000 years

visit 10 000 star systems (what a rock collection that would be)

play every game ever invented and invent some yourself

contemplate the lovers character for 100 000 years

walk hand in hand with someone for 1000 000 000 miles

swim for 100 000 000 miles

give every star in the galaxy its own name

give every galaxy in the universe its own name

watch every play ever written

develop your skills in painting or sculpting and produce masterpieces

become the chess champion for the 700th consecutive year

picnic on a million moons

construct a children's zero gravity playground limited only by safety factors and your imagination

invent toys so delightful children never "grow up"

nurture your feel for life so that all that  you ever want is to be with other people

even with a million years there wouldn't be enough time to do all these things

to do all these things you would need to live for 100 million years

do you realize that if the rate of longevity continues at the same rate for the next  100 000 000 years at the same rate as it has...