Brain on Michael Doornbos

Just brushing up for Trivia Games on the ages of Presidents

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:03:48 +0000

I’m kinda a nerd (just a tiny bit). While I was on my daily hike through the hills of Western North Carolina I got to thinking about the ages of Presidents. It kinda springboarded off of last weeks rabbit hole of the birth order of presidents. Spoiler Alert, more than half were middle children.

Here’s my completely random and 100% non political set of facts about the age of Presidents (of the United States of America).

Not quite "You have your head in the clouds"

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:01:26 +0000

“It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are… than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Dr Jill Bolte Taylor's TED Talk

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:40:58 +0000

TED 2008 just wrapped up and in no time, they’ve started to post some of the talks on the site. I’ve been interested in the brain and how it works for years. My Uncle had a massive stroke about 10 years ago and lost much of his ability to communicate through speech. Dr Taylor is a brain scientist who lived through a stroke of her own and a long recovery. This is a great talk about seeing a stroke and some of our brain functions through a scientist’s eyes as her own brain starts to unravel.http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf Her book is on lulu here.My Uncle Don passed away in January. I wish I could have shown him this talk.