My friend CJ (a woman), sent me the link to this funny and rather insightful video about the differences between men’s and women’s brains. Reminds me a bit of Rob Becker’s Defending the Caveman show, which is the funniest thing I have ever seen on this topic (tears streaming down my face, gasping for air, ribs hurting from laughing so hard — you must see it!). This just brought knowing smiles to my face, but it’s pretty good.
Archive for February 4th, 2008
Men’s vs. Women’s Brains
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 4, 2008
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Healing with Mind and Body
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 4, 2008
Is there a medical link between mind and body? A Harvard professor examines the history behind the idea in The Cure Within. I have not read the book, but based on the ideas put forth in the NYT review, “Faith and Healing,” it might be worth looking at.
In “The Cure Within,” her splendid history of mind-body medicine, Anne Harrington tries to explain why we draw connections between emotions and illness, and helps trace how today’s myriad alternative and complementary treatments came to be. A professor and chairman of the history of science department at Harvard, Harrington has produced a book that desperately needed to be written. Some 60 million Americans use these therapies in the effort to combat serious diseases like cancer and AIDS, as well as the normal physiology of aging. In the United States, office visits to providers of complementary and alternative medicine now outnumber visits to primary care physicians. The costs of such care approach $40 billion dollars a year. Books, talk shows and Web sites present riveting testimonials of clinical benefits from Eastern breathing techniques, dietary supplements, positive thinking and prayer.
Posted in Books, Health, Research, Science | Tagged: Anne Harrington, Books, review, The Cure Within | Leave a Comment »
Vermont’s Forgotten Trails and Frozen Lifts of Winters Past
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 4, 2008
I’m not a skier, but I liked reading this NYT story about Vermont (and other states’) documented lost ski areas, relics from the postwar surge of skiing in America.
Posted in Nostalgia, Outdoors | Tagged: Nostalgia, Outdoors, ski, ski areas | Leave a Comment »
We’re Not Connected, We’re Isolated
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 4, 2008
I haven’t read this book, but the NYT review of it, “Log On. Tune Out,” makes for good reading, itself. In Lee Siegel’s book, Against the Machine, he looks at the way the Internet is reshaping American culture he and doesn’t like what he sees. Some valid points, and also some good criticism offered by the reviewer.
Posted in Books, Technology, Web 2.0 | Tagged: Against the Machine, Books, Lee Siegel, review | Leave a Comment »
Ski Jumping Next?
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 4, 2008
Maybe I should try ski jumping sometime? That ought to scare me silly. If I could overcome that kind of fear and do it, wow! Here’s an article about an East Coast ski jumping festival that got me thinking about it: “Slide, Jump, Fly in Connecticut.” They also give ski jumping lessons there, when the festival isn’t going on. Hmmm….
Posted in Outdoors, Sports | Tagged: Adventure, Outdoors, ski jumping, Sports | Leave a Comment »
