Monthly Archives: February 2006

Seeing in Pictures

Posted on February 25, 2006 by

I went to a really interesting presentation last night by a guy named Daniel Reisberg, an expert in cognitive psychology. He was talking about how some people can visualize things in their minds and some people can’t, although they may not know they can’t. Researchers can tell this by sticking people in FMRI machines while they are being instructed to visualize something. For the visualizers, when they follow an instruction like “picture your living room in your mind”, the visual cortex lights up just like it would if they were … Continue reading →

Posted in Deep Thoughts | 1 Comment

Pert’ Near

Posted on February 5, 2006 by

Doing admit vitals on a new patient one night, an elderly man with twinkling eyes, long hair, and a Santa Claus beard, I asked him how tall he was. “Pert’ near tall as you are,” he replied, looking up at me from where he lay on the hospital bed. “I’m six two,” I said. “Is that how tall you are?” “Pert’ near,” he nodded, then clarified for me, “I’m five six and a half.” I guess, depending on your perspective, that a gap of seven and a half inches could … Continue reading →

Posted in Parallel Universes | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

God is Good is God

Posted on February 5, 2006 by

God is good. I’ve always understood this statement as a description. Recently, however, it occurred to me that perhaps I’ve been misinterpreting it all along. I’m thinking that it was actually meant as a definition. The word good, I’m thinking, may not be an adjective in this sentence. It might actually be a noun. If good is an adjective, then when you look around you and see good things, you know they came from God. You look inside yourself and see goodness, and you know it is from God. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Deep Thoughts | 1 Comment