brain

Even though my column doesn't show up in the paper until Wednesday, I usually write it Monday morning -- just kind of a brain-awakening exercise to prime me for the rest of the week. So last Monday,...

Dogs are awesome. Ferguson is one of our granddogs. He also is a Therapy Dog. Amy spent a lot of time at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers, FL recovering from a brain aneurysm so she picked this way to give back to them by taking Ferg to the hospital to meet patients.

I made it to Arizona. I actually feel almost relaxed for the first time in 2 weeks. My flight was uneventful. I bought a book at the airport that totally engrossed me. It's called Musicophilia, by Oliver Sacks. I love music and I love neuroscience, and this book brings them together in a wonderfully entertaining, interesting, and fun way.

Poetry Hut Blog Saturday SCIENCE! edition:

1. — “Notice the way she easily uses the language of the brain (”neural routes,” “receptive pathways”) to describe the function of fiction.” —

Resentment is a very, very difficult thing for me to work through. I don't get resentful very often, but when I do it can become an all-consuming monster in my brain that grows and grows and takes up way too much of my time and energy.

It’s November so don’t expect every post in this “write a post a day” effort to be completely inisightful.  My friends suggested several subject for me to write about:  football, Brittney Spears, gay marriage, kids growing up and moving away, or bacon v. sausage.  I’m going to write about bacon v. sausage because…

I'm one of the lucky ones. I might get about two or three headaches a year. My mom has suffered from major migraines for years and so have so many of my friends.