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 …
Monthly Archive: January 2009
Jan
19
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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