Two Brains In One, Constipated Dogs, and More
Actress and model, Mamie Van Doren, joined us on this day in 1931. She turns 92 today.
Go Calypso Go- https://youtu.be/C1YvkZ0Go5M
Ugh, I caught our dog eating a cat turd out of the litter box! I scolded her and then afterward… I can still barely believe what I saw… she darted back in and snapped up one last cat turd crumb!
Now if only the cats would eat the dog turds, I'll never have to buy dog food or cat food again, or even clean up after them.
Reminds me of the David Letterman joke- If your dog is constipated, why screw up a good thing?
Why screw up a good thing? Hmmm…
***And it gets better, just as I was going to post this, the dog ate some cat puke and the kids are having a blast running away from her.
February 6, 2022
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I just watched The King on PBS's Independent Lens, one of the first movies in ages that I feel like I need to re-watch. It traces the life of Elvis as kind of a metaphor of America changing from post-WWII to modern day, while various people ride in his Rolls Royce across the country offering insight.
February 6, 2019
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This is bizarre. When the connective tissue between the two hemispheres of the brain is cut something extraordinary happens. You can show a picture of an egg (for instance) to the left eye, which gets processed in the right hemisphere. Ask the person what they saw and the person will say they don't know (since the left hemisphere controls language, and the left hemisphere didn't see the egg.) BUT, let that person pick among a bunch of ten objects including an egg, and they will point to the egg. Ask the person why they picked it and they'll confabulate a story, like they had eggs for breakfast the other day or something. The right side knows why, but the right side is mute. There seem to be two conscious entities acting independently in one body. The extraordinary thing is that one consciousness seems to be cut in two with a pair of scissors, but how can that be???
February 6, 2019
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People are scoffing at the president for his call for unity, but I don't see a problem with it. He's welcome to unite with the rest of us. (You don't think his call for unity was just a disingenuous demand for loyalty and subservience, do you?)
February 6, 2019
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On what would be Ronald Reagan's 107th birthday it's important to remember that he sold arms to Iran to secretly fund the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Nicaragua.
February 6, 2018
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We've come a long way. Remember Jeb Bush's dopey "Please clap"? That weakness paved the way for an authoritarian bully who says you're treasonous for not clapping for him.
February 6, 2018
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Oh my, this one.
February 6, 2016
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I surprised Gretel while she was running, and she tripped and hit her face on on the floor. Once she stopped crying she wanted me to kiss her bloody lip. What could I do? I kissed her bloody lip. "I tried to play a joke on her, but the joke was on me," I thought, as I reflected on the fact that her blood tasted iron-y.
February 6, 2016
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I just realized that for months to get to racquetball I was taking the two legs of a right triangle instead of the hypotenuse!
February 6, 2014
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Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers were killed in the Munich air disaster on this day in 1958.
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Jackson, by Johnny Cash and June Carter, was released on this day in 1967.
https://youtu.be/m67eqm0mNCQ
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The Blizzard of 1978 hit the region on this day, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
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On this day in 1988, Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
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There wasn't just one moment that led to the Iraq War. But one speech, from U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered 20 years ago at the United Nations, would come to define and undermine the conflict.
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Babe Ruth joined us on this day in 1895. From The Sandlot:
"Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player that ever lived. I mean, people say he's less then a God, but more than a man. Like Hercules or something."
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On what would be Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday it's important to remember that he sold arms to Iran to fund the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Nicaragua.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair
February 6, 2011
Salon- Reagan's embrace of apartheid South Africa
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/05/ronald_reagan_apartheid_south_africa
February 6, 2011
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Bob Marley was born on this day in 1945. Here's a picture of his dad.
He was very embarrassed of his dad.
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Other notable birthdays- Aaron Burr (1756), Eva Braun (1912), Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917), Haskell Wexler (1922), François Truffaut (1932), Michael Pollan (1955), Axl Rose (1962)
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Chippewa John Smith left us on this day in 1922. It's said he was 137 years old.
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Other notable deathdays- Gustav Klimt (1918), Arthur Ashe (1993), Joseph Cotton (1994), Jack Kirby (1994), Ralph Kiner (2014)
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Sorry to hear that Lata Mangeshkar passed away today at 92, and she had just recovered from Covid. This video has about a quarter of a billion views, and is one of my all-time favorite YouTube clips. Her music was used in over 1000 Bollywood films.
Lag Jaa Gale- https://youtu.be/TFr6G5zveS8
February 6, 2022
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Slate- Are You There God? It’s Me, Brain.
How our innate theory of mind gives rise to the divine creator.
http://www.slate.com/id/2283372/
February 6, 2011
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Watched Ikiru again tonight. Good night to not have stomach cancer. The snow song:
life is brief.
fall in love, maidens
before the crimson bloom
fades from your lips
before the tides of passion
cool within you,
for those of you
who know no tomorrow
life is brief
fall in love, maidens
before his hands
take up his boat
before the flush of his cheeks fades
for those of you
who will never return here
life is brief
fall in love, maidens
before the boat drifts away
on the waves
before the hand resting on your shoulder
becomes frail
for those who will never
be seen here again
life is brief
fall in love, maidens
before the raven tresses
begin to fade
before the flame in your hearts
flicker and die
for those to whom today
will never return
https://youtu.be/umLtGRl_WE4
February 6, 2015
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Glen Campbell... not much time left.
Gentle On My Mind- https://youtu.be/2A7iuQF_tAc
February 6, 2016
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Guy Breaks a Priceless Relic, hahaha! A warning against materialism.
https://youtu.be/oxGWENAv_oA
February 6, 2016
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Psychology Today- Facial Expression Makes Me Uneasy
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fallible-mind/201601/why-ted-cruz-s-facial-expression-makes-me-uneasy
February 6, 2016
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The Hill- Trump: ‘Any negative polls are fake news’
Donald "Malignant Narcissist" Trump, is saying that anything negative toward him is a lie, anything positive is the truth.
Early in the primaries I was more afraid of Cruz that Trump, because Cruz knew he could do anything he wanted since God was on his side. Then I became more afraid of Trump, because Trump sees himself as God, and these quotes this morning are supporting evidence, as if we needed more.
Perhaps as someone's cognitive dissonance grows to unsafe levels their skin turns orange, a evolutionary survival mechanism held over from prehistoric times when we knew not to trust orange ones.
http://hill.cm/iTeZCye
February 6, 2017
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Politico- Trump: ‘I call my own shots … and everyone knows it’
Let me guess...
Bannon: "Tell them, "I call my own shots … and everyone knows it’."
February 6, 2017
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That machine killed fascists!
Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land
https://youtu.be/wxiMrvDbq3s
February 6, 2017
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Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers- She's Got You
https://youtu.be/wJrcmmA4QNI
February 6, 2019
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Peace
Good news, there hasn't been a war between major world powers since WWII. It's been referred to as The Long Peace.
No doubt there's been violence (like Vietnam), but international wars dropped from 6 per year in the 50's to 1 per year in the 2000's, while deaths dropped from 240 per million to 10 per million.
Why? Many reasons, from trade, to the empowerment of women, to the rise of human rights, to major improvements on poverty, and on and on. It's easy to overlook all of the increments of progress. There's no better time to be alive than now.
And now the bad news, Putin. Although we got to this point, the future is uncertain.
Updated Feb 06, 2022 10:46:54am
Feb 06, 2022 10:46:54am
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Vivian Maier
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Arthur MIller- "The very impulse to write springs from an inner chaos crying for order - for meaning."
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John Adams- “Thanks be to God, that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right.”
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Tom Waits- “Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.”
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Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean- “In many ways, writing is the act of saying I, of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying listen to me, see it my way, change your mind. It’s an aggressive, even a hostile act. You can disguise its aggressiveness all you want with veils of subordinate clauses and qualifiers and tentative subjunctives, with ellipses and evasions—with the whole manner of intimating rather than claiming, of alluding rather than stating—but there’s no getting around the fact that setting words on paper is the tactic of a secret bully, an invasion, an imposition of the writer’s sensibility on the reader’s most private space.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes,- "The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs."
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Miyazaki- "The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless."
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H.L. Mencken- "All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
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