{"id":3132,"date":"2008-05-19T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/randy-pausch-still-alive-and-kicking-and-sweeping-his-wife-off-her-feet.html"},"modified":"2008-05-19T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T14:31:00","slug":"randy-pausch-still-alive-and-kicking-and-sweeping-his-wife-off-her-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/randy-pausch-still-alive-and-kicking-and-sweeping-his-wife-off-her-feet.html","title":{"rendered":"Randy Pausch, still alive and kicking — and sweeping his wife off her feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alert reader sent me word that the great Randy Pausch<\/a>was featured this weekend at the graduation ceremony at Carnegie Mellon. <\/p>\n

The local press<\/a> takes note: <\/p>\n

The crowd rained a second standing ovation warmly on Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon computer science professor whose inspirational book, “The Last Lecture,” has attracted worldwide attention. Dr. Pausch, who is dying of pancreatic cancer, said a friend recently told him he was “beating the [Grim] Reaper” because it’s now been nine months since his doctor told him he would die in six.<\/p>\n

“But we don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well,” said Dr. Pausch, who urged the graduates to find and pursue their passion. He put an exclamation point at the end of his remarks by kissing his wife, Jai, and carrying her off stage. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bless him. This man is a miracle, for many reasons. I hope he sticks around a long, long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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