So, having been out of the sling and back at work for a while, I'm pretty much healed. Right?
Hmph.
I've got pretty near a full range of movement back, and in general wandering about and sitting at a computer, I'm pretty much fine. But there's no s… more »
They say you can't beat the clock.
Your brain has a clock, and you can change its speed fairly easily. Which can give the illusion that you can, in fact, escape its influence. The truth is, though, that it controls almost every move you make.
I ima… more »
Two years ago, because it stood no chance of passing its MOT, I sold the Vauxhall Corsa I'd owned from new for 600 quid, and spent the lot on a Ford Fiesta the same day. A blue 1995 Fiesta with 90k miles on the clock. One of those "It'll keep me mobile f… more »
At the end of 2007, for a variety of interesting reasons, I found myself celebrating Christmas in Arizona.
It was cold.
The pound was unusually strong against the dollar, I had a bit more spare cash than usual, and I was having problems with using… more »
Muscle memory's a funny thing.
For starters, the name is a misnomer - muscle has no memory. It's all done by the brain, in quite a clever way:
When you first try to perform a new action, your brain has to control each individual muscle to make the… more »
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