tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post7364112512108132838..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Your Brain Is Playing TelephoneMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20280652989652813282019-02-06T07:19:31.420-08:002019-02-06T07:19:31.420-08:00I *adore* this picture of you playing guitar. Ver...I *adore* this picture of you playing guitar. Very Francoise Hardy /mid-late 60s. Ahhh, youth!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60798364810100826082019-02-06T07:17:52.928-08:002019-02-06T07:17:52.928-08:00OK, perhaps you can explain why your delightful de...OK, perhaps you can explain why your delightful description of human neurotransmitters makes me think of the hydro-pneumatic suspension system employed by Citroen in lieu of steel springs? Maybe because they are both about systems that transport stimuli with the goal of producing a response? https://youtu.be/g8HzCuJoeaA Or perhaps my filing cabinet is just too full, and this is some of the Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73016020662566554322019-02-01T19:32:04.232-08:002019-02-01T19:32:04.232-08:00Did you know (of course you do, I'm heading in...Did you know (of course you do, I'm heading into a rhetorical question) that slightly different arrangements of neurotransmitters and receptors make our entire selves putter along like Dad's 1926 Model T (in my case) or in better built models, new Audi's or even the latest Porsche? Damn, I was hoping I was building more neurons. Certain neurotransmitters in skeletal muscle have a Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90549558154146068982019-01-31T16:03:37.682-08:002019-01-31T16:03:37.682-08:00"Remember". Typo."Remember". Typo. whimsy2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297905288843331074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15244358834628617092019-01-31T16:02:39.562-08:002019-01-31T16:02:39.562-08:00Remarkable how this matches my own experience. My...Remarkable how this matches my own experience. My brain is a file cabinet. All the drawers are full. The top one is overflowing. There is detritus all around. The stuff on the ground is forgotten stuff, S<br />tuff I no longer renumber. And I'm constantly surprised when it happens yet again. Amazing, being 81. whimsy2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297905288843331074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91882472091652829922019-01-31T08:36:43.662-08:002019-01-31T08:36:43.662-08:00See, right there, you made a sentence that has nev...See, right there, you made a sentence that has never been formed before in the whole world. I love when that happens.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66853249575465050442019-01-31T08:36:04.384-08:002019-01-31T08:36:04.384-08:00Sudoko works too. Try it and get back to us.Sudoko works too. Try it and get back to us.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-82610792708365910552019-01-30T20:53:11.828-08:002019-01-30T20:53:11.828-08:00If the size of my bum is anything to go by, my gli...If the size of my bum is anything to go by, my glia spend far too much time sending out for sandwiches than they do in tightening up loose bolts. I can feel the empty spaces in my brain getting larger as information just drops out.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28272607434146095902019-01-30T19:36:56.187-08:002019-01-30T19:36:56.187-08:00Strangely (for me), I can't think of a comment...Strangely (for me), I can't think of a comment. Maybe my synapses are messed up and I just need to go play Solitaire.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84041085842385317552019-01-30T18:53:51.223-08:002019-01-30T18:53:51.223-08:00Fishducky, I LOVE this!!!!!Fishducky, I LOVE this!!!!!Rose Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180873324576064516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81965784842011077602019-01-30T18:42:50.823-08:002019-01-30T18:42:50.823-08:00And these days we go to the Banks for a monetary b...And these days we go to the Banks for a monetary black-out.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79337797236609518012019-01-30T17:05:40.925-08:002019-01-30T17:05:40.925-08:00That was a '68, I think. First square year. My...That was a '68, I think. First square year. My dad's car. The occasion was going to the Outer Banks for a total solar eclipse!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555986440645575041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71136975734871322742019-01-30T17:03:17.194-08:002019-01-30T17:03:17.194-08:00They bought that, huh?They bought that, huh?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555986440645575041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79079194256533600842019-01-30T14:55:01.759-08:002019-01-30T14:55:01.759-08:00I had the same Volvo, same color. You could fit lo...I had the same Volvo, same color. You could fit lots of people in that trunk....if you were sneaking into the drive-in movie...not that other thing.<br />Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60264218438729626012019-01-30T13:05:45.602-08:002019-01-30T13:05:45.602-08:00Tom Rush was beautiful. His voice sounded like he ...Tom Rush was beautiful. His voice sounded like he looked, too. Come to think of it, so did Dylan’s. Also: I once did a lot of parenting therapy. Mom and Dad would invariably get one of those light-bulb-turning-on looks when I explained about the teen brain being in defrag mode. Quite often, that explanation would let them love their kid again.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42079200774302896822019-01-30T12:43:59.672-08:002019-01-30T12:43:59.672-08:00Fortunately for you, I like my students sassy.Fortunately for you, I like my students sassy.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2357878721876101242019-01-30T12:43:37.666-08:002019-01-30T12:43:37.666-08:00Maybe, hon--but my delete key is active and quite ...Maybe, hon--but my delete key is active and quite possibly stuck in the "on" position!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9298101412445126742019-01-30T12:24:33.238-08:002019-01-30T12:24:33.238-08:00OMG, I love the way you write!! Here's someth...OMG, I love the way you write!! Here's something of mine:<br /><br />FISHDUCKY’S THEORY OF MEMORY<br />Are you familiar with the fishducky theory as to why our memory seems to disappear as we age? If not, don’t worry. I’m going to tell you. What was I talking about? Oh, yes--memory. If you subscribe to the theory, as I do, that the brain is like a computer, then you know that it has a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27451448329703322562019-01-30T10:46:11.041-08:002019-01-30T10:46:11.041-08:00Sometimes the pruning just makes everything bushie...Sometimes the pruning just makes everything bushier.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85585494868132373792019-01-30T09:47:52.300-08:002019-01-30T09:47:52.300-08:00D'uh. You ARE a teacher.
*goes to the corner f...D'uh. You ARE a teacher.<br />*goes to the corner for sassing the teacher, again*Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78853056501563032432019-01-30T09:42:00.731-08:002019-01-30T09:42:00.731-08:00I find myself wondering whether that teenage pruni...I find myself wondering whether that teenage pruning is another version of the 'she said it was cold and I should wear a coat. I'll show her...' thing?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74321546468595357312019-01-30T08:32:46.743-08:002019-01-30T08:32:46.743-08:00That is probably me playing Tom Rush.That is probably me playing Tom Rush.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6153412742953700822019-01-30T08:31:26.815-08:002019-01-30T08:31:26.815-08:00Some have not entirely transitioned.Some have not entirely transitioned.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85041207216043103912019-01-30T08:31:10.132-08:002019-01-30T08:31:10.132-08:00It has only been in the last few years that it occ...It has only been in the last few years that it occurred to me I would have been happy as a teacher, but I have no regrets. About that.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69013405487667682922019-01-30T08:30:34.214-08:002019-01-30T08:30:34.214-08:00I'm down to "How to not fall down" a...I'm down to "How to not fall down" and there's been some pruning there, too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com