{"id":14,"date":"2004-04-06T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-07T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=14"},"modified":"2004-04-06T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-07T00:34:00","slug":"if-you-could-talk-to-dead-people-with-whom-would-you-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"If you could talk to dead people, with whom would you talk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

— John S wrote:
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> If you could meet and chat with anyone that you wanted who was
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> deceased. Whom would you choose?<\/p>\n

My reply:
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I think… Einstien. He would be a hoot at a party. If I couldn’t get
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him, then Uncle Al Crowley. Ooooh! Carl Jung!<\/p>\n

Picture this… a dinner party with Nietzsche, Crowley, and Ayn Rand.
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Maybe Churchill to provide color commentary?
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— John S wrote: > If you could meet and chat with anyone that you wanted who was > deceased. Whom would you choose? My reply: I think… Einstien. He would be a hoot at a party. If I couldn’t get him, then Uncle Al Crowley. Ooooh! Carl Jung! 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