Apoplectic Skeptic: Actual conversation with guy in guitar store.

nedhepburn: “So, I was wondering how much this would get me” “Why you want to sell that?” “Moving. Need the money” “Looks like this thing got kept in good shape” “Yeah” (couple of minutes go by as he looks at it) “Yeah, don’t sell this” “Why?” “Because guys come in here all the time… ApoplecticContinue reading “Apoplectic Skeptic: Actual conversation with guy in guitar store.”

I just want to spend the summer hiking and kayaking.

A blog I follow had a “Fitness Thesis” of sorts at the beginning of the year, and I’m not sure which it was, or I would link it, and I’m not really even sure that the author titled it that. Despite my lack of attention to details, I did find the idea interesting, so I’veContinue reading “I just want to spend the summer hiking and kayaking.”

The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex)

psychotherapy: Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to tickle some universal nerves. When listening toContinue reading “The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex)”