Huh. Arafat died of AIDS, confirms Palestinian leader
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2007 6:04:34 am PDT #8598 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ailleann - Jul 18, 2007 6:13:53 am PDT #8599 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
News from House!
connie, I love you, but spoiler font is your friend! (Or, at least it's my friend.)
I'm not surprised, just... I didn't realize I cared until just now!
(And here I thought I was an unrepentant spoiler ho...)
shrift - Jul 18, 2007 6:14:15 am PDT #8600 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh, man! Not that I've ever been, but São Paulo is a hilly mofo and also a ginormous city, so I hope they take measures to fix that freaking runway. I mean, damn, São Paulo is like New York huge.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2007 6:14:40 am PDT #8601 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2007 6:59:57 am PDT #8602 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This disturbing bit of medical science is from 1935:
LIKE a fairy tale of medicine is the description of an operation which removed nearly the entire “thinking” portion of a woman’s brain, changing her entire personality. For the first year after the operation the woman was almost childishly gay and happy. Later came more mature changes, which improved her power of concentration, memory, and endurance. The right prefrontal lobe and most of the left lobe of the brain were removed by Dr. Glen Spurling of Louisville University’s School of Medicine.
That's all there is, so we don't know why this operation was done....
shrift - Jul 18, 2007 7:04:18 am PDT #8603 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Well, tommyrot, now I feel like I need to retroactively choke a bitch.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2007 7:07:41 am PDT #8604 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Really. There has to be much more to this story than what we're getting. I'm really curious.
Vortex - Jul 18, 2007 7:13:04 am PDT #8605 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What I find interesting about it is that even after the removal of the "thinking" brain, she still continued to develop and may eventually have gotten back to "normal"
Nutty - Jul 18, 2007 7:18:08 am PDT #8606 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
an operation which removed nearly the entire “thinking” portion of a woman’s brain
The joke is, it's not unheard-of to remove one hemisphere of the brain -- in a young child. It's basically the last-ditch fix for severe epilepsy. And because a young child's brain still has its infant plasticity, children who have this operation usually end up in the ballpark of normal development. Despite having only half a brain.
I'm not sure this fantasist of 1930-whatever really wants a grown woman with seriously-damaged frontal lobes. Everybody who knew Phineas Gage reported that after his accident, he became an asshole.
brenda m - Jul 18, 2007 7:56:07 am PDT #8607 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Did anyone see the piece in the NY Times Magazine recently about brain disorders? It focused on something called t memfault Williams or Thomas or Jethro or some first name name. Near as I can tell, and I don't mean to make light here, it basically turns you into a puppy - super friendly and gregarious, always sunny, and absolutely no ability to pick up social cues. Seriously freaky.
But they had some very interesting discussion about the evolution of the brain and what you can learn about priorities (on the species level) from how the brain developed. (Also why Survivor is so genius, but I might have inferred that part.)
ETA: [link]