Hi,
I was in the office today to catch up on a few things and now will be off again until next week. I did want to wish you a Happy 2008 and I also wanted to pass along a story I heard on NPR that I found fascinating.
Do you remember the movie from several year ago, Awakening? According to the International Movie Data Base, the 1990 movie starring Robin Williams was about "the victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them."
The film was based on a book by writer and doctor Oliver Sacks. He has a new book, called Musicophilia. You will find more about the book at the NPR link.
In the book he discussed such mysteries of the brain, like why songs get stuck in our brains and why some people actually find it painful, physically, to attend a concert.
Anyway it is a fascinating listen (and read).
Hope you had yours have a wonderful beginning to the new year. Blog at ya in 2008.
Til Next Thursday.
RF
