A Book That all should read

I'll check it out. I love to read, just have not had much time for it lately

I saw this book at Costco yesterday & almost bought it. Will have to look for it at the library!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&feature=related"]YouTube - Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams[/ame]

I've been following Prof Pausch for awhile. I really respect and admire him.

Hello all you Sowallers,

I haven't been around much lately,lurking some,just haven't had anything important to say..until now.(well OK,I think its important).
My wife gave me a book for my birthday and yesterday I spent a glorious day on the beach reading it from cover to cover.The book is titled "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch.
I feel every parent should read this book, heck everyone should read it. I couldn't put it down. It made realize some of the mistakes I made raising my children but it also gave me hope that I can start living my life the way that it should be lived.
Ok ,that is all..
I hope everyone is doing well.
Have a GRAYT Day !!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday bennedy!!! Hope to see you and the wife soon. And I will check out the book.
Franny

there is another thread on this somewhere on SoWal.com

Hello all you Sowallers,

I haven't been around much lately,lurking some,just haven't had anything important to say..until now.(well OK,I think its important).
My wife gave me a book for my birthday and yesterday I spent a glorious day on the beach reading it from cover to cover.The book is titled "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch.
I feel every parent should read this book, heck everyone should read it. I couldn't put it down. It made realize some of the mistakes I made raising my children but it also gave me hope that I can start living my life the way that it should be lived.
Ok ,that is all..
I hope everyone is doing well.
Have a GRAYT Day !!!!!!!!

very intriguing! will look for this. happy birthday ben!

I loved the uTube lecture with Randy Pausch. for those who don't know about him, he's a professor who found out in 2007 that he had terminal pancreatic cancer and gave his "last lecture" at Carnegie Mellon. It's on uTube and is a wonderful testament to the human spirit. He gave the lecture and wrote the book mostly for his 3 young children and wife, and we all get to learn from him, too. There was a special (Diane Sawyer?) on him a few weeks ago and an article on him in the Wall Street Journal. He wrote the book while riding his indoor bicycle for exercise by dictating it to a journalist (who then put Pauch's words into the book format). He has a very good sense of humor and a lot of wisdom to pass on. Pausch figured that he had to exercise anyway, so this was a good way to use that time and yet not take it away from his family given he only had/has a little time left. After he finished on the bicycle, the dictation session was over and he went back to his family.

The Diane Sawyer special with him was very moving. We were in tears.