Posted 9/13/21 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills…. Amos 9:13 Happy Monday to all! I hope you had a nice weekend, full of joy…
Tag: brain
In a State of Flux
Posted 2-13-20 I realized I have mentioned the movie 1917 before, but I want to recommend it again now. The entire two+ hour movie was filmed in 2 takes!!! The camera went everywhere, in real time, and told a simple but profound story flawlessly. Amazing! As momma might say, “this video ain’t that”. However, it…
What Makes an Event a Memory?
Posted 12-4-19 Have you ever wondered what causes something to go from a passing thought or situation to a memory…a long-term one? I have too. Lots of people and several movies have tried to think it through as best can be done. One of my very favorite movies, from my favorite movie maker (Pixar) is…
The Fall of the Hypothalamus
Posted 10-7-19 I love Fall in the Ozarks! A couple days ago it was 90+ degrees…and really had been for the entire month of September. We typically are at least 10-15 degrees cooler than that, a fact not missed by yours truly who drives Tempo One to work every day sans air conditioning. The last…
Brain Tired
Posted 4-27-19 I am pretty booked up today and tomorrow, but I have a busy week of posts lined up next week. I deeply admire 24/7 caregivers. I spent 8-10 hours directly hanging out with and serving mom this week and my brain is already deflated (the 65 hours at work may have contributed too)….
Spiders on the Brain
Posted later 2/17/19 For this week’s segment on the brain, I would like to briefly discuss a possible cause of dementia. I am not a neuroscience whiz, nor even a particularly brainy guy, but I love to read literature about the brain and how Alzheimer’s harms it, so I can try to understand the complexities…
The Hippocampus
Posted 2/10/19 Depending on which of the many semi-reliable sources for such information, wild tigers (not in zoos) kill between 50 and 2,000 people worldwide. These ferocious felines (Panthera tigris), according to mascotdb.com, are ranked number two behind the Eagles as the most popular sports mascots in the United States, numbering in the thousands. Hippos, on…
Komputer
Posted 2/7/19 Mom never did embrace the computer world. For years and years, she knew her memory wasn’t good and she had extensive experience with caring for people in nursing homes, so she understood Alzheimer’s. I suspect that she could see the writing on the wall. 🙁 She spent a couple years fighting memory loss playing…
Mom’s Diagnosis
Posted 12/19/19 “There is age-appropriate involution with expected changes of ventricles and sulci, cisterns are not effected. There is no intraparenchymal area of restricted diffusion, mass effect or midline shift. Craniocervical junction is unremarkable. There is findings of partially empty sella. Orbits and paranasal sinuses are unremarkable. There are confluent (re: merging together…this is not…
I Want a Hippocampus for Christmas
12/18/18 I am a brain nerd. I have always been a brain nerd. I love to think about the irony of using my brain to study it. Two of my favorite books in my readings in 2018 were https://smile.amazon.com/When-Air-Hits-Your-Br…/…/0393330494 and https://smile.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Lif…/…/ref=sr_1_2… . (Smile.amazon.com lets you donate a small part of your purchase on Amazon to a charity of your choice)…