Monthly Archive: January 2009

Jan
19

Obama’d Out

Don’t get me wrong. I’m as audaciously hopeful as the next guy, but I gotta tell ya. I’m a bit Obama’d out right now. I mean c’mon. CNN spent at least 3 hours Saturday covering a train ride with live streaming video from (hold on to your hat) inside the train! I can’t tell you …

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Jan
17

Thinking, Feeling, and the Brain

Bolte Taylor, points out that most people are well aware that there exist within themselves two conflicting personalities. She explains/believes that these two personalities actually exist in two separate hemispheres of our brains-right and left. She sums up where these two personalities (and how we often talk about them) originate on page 134 of her …

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Jan
16

Jill Bolte Taylor Is An Amazing Woman

I am fascinated with the brain. My masters thesis/research is brain-based stuff. Long story short–I’m hooked. I shared a bit about Jill Bolte Taylor about a year ago on my other blog, but yesterday I started reading her book, My Stroke of Insight. After watching her speak (see below), I was sure I’d be let …

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Jan
16

I love George Bush . . .

You know those Coors commercials run during football games with the coaches during press conferences? How ’bout some of that with George Bush? Gold. I would have loved to have him in my class as a kid. So here you go. Serving up some great Bushisms of the past. I’m seriously going to miss this …

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Jan
12

A Truth Uncovered

An ongoing struggle I’ve always had is that I’m not certain what I’m supposed to be doing. Is it teaching? Writing? Leading? I have a lot of interests, so I’m always feeling sort of half into something and half into something else. I struggle with a reason for my existence. Why am I here? What …

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Jan
09

Erin McKean asks for help collecting words for “The Dictionary”

A long time ago (in blog years) I wrote a post entitled: You won’t find any snarky, grammar/spelling Nazis here, in which I attempt to encourage you to write without worrying too much about stumbling over all those silly and often confusing rules and conventions. Then, as sort of a disclaimer, I wrote another post …

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