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by kneedeep
Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:40 pm
Forum: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks
Topic: What is your relationship with music?
Replies: 26
Views: 20263

Re: What is your relationship with music?

Music is something of a wonder drug for me. Over the course of a day I will play a wide variety to adjust my attitude for the situation at hand. I listen to New Age instrumentals when I wake up irritable with low blood sugar or come home from work with a headache, Rock to pump my blood up for exerci...
by kneedeep
Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:50 pm
Forum: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks
Topic: 5. Brainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes
Replies: 10
Views: 11155

Re: 5. Brainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes

"What song is stuck in your head today?" is a regular, joking query between several of my associates at work. Announcing "sticky songs" occasionally causes an exchange between participants, and we've all confessed to searching the radio for a good song to get stuck on just before...
by kneedeep
Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:23 pm
Forum: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain - by Oliver Sacks
Topic: 1. A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia
Replies: 11
Views: 12508

Re: 1. A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia

I feel that Dr. Tony Cicoria's story may have been the wrong choice with which to open the book. It did not have the ring of truth to it, and is leaving me sceptical of the stories coming after. Cicoria did have "a few" piano lessons as a boy, and saying that he had no real interest in the...
by kneedeep
Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:04 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Should only the native-born become president?
Replies: 13
Views: 5942

Re: Should only the native-born become president?

Emotionally - my answer would be yes. I feel a hint of fear at the idea of a foreign born president. Analyzing it rationally - I'm not so sure. Immigrants are frequently extremely passionate about their adopted country and tend to see the true issues more clearly. Too many of our past presidents see...
by kneedeep
Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:33 pm
Forum: Arts & Entertainment
Topic: What movie scared you when you were a kid?
Replies: 109
Views: 30737

Re: What movie scared you when you were a kid?

The Wizard of Oz ( the flying monkeys might get me!)

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