Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

That awkward moment when, in the heat of a call going against your team, you realize you've been rooting for the wrong team for five minutes.

[Angrboda]

10 Amazing Rock Songs That Got Banned

10. Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones
9. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
8. My Generation - The Who
7. You Don't Know How It feels - Tom Petty
6. Lola - The Kinks
5. Imagine - John Lennon
4. Rape Me - Nirvana
3. I want To Break Free - Queen
2. Darling Nikki - Prince
1. A Day In The Life - The Beatles

[arewethereyet]

10 Amazing Rock Songs That Got Banned

10. Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones
9. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
8. My Generation - The Who
7. You Don't Know How It feels - Tom Petty
6. Lola - The Kinks
5. Imagine - John Lennon
4. Rape Me - Nirvana
3. I want To Break Free - Queen
2. Darling Nikki - Prince
1. A Day In The Life - The Beatles

I was taken aback when my daughter told me the theme of the high school band's show is this year.  (Granddaughter is in the colorguard.)  This year's theme is Imagine.  We are in TX - I am shocked, I tell ya.  Can't wait to see the show.

[Angrboda]

You Don't Actually Have A 'Lizard Brain', Evolutionary Study Reveals

A new study has shown that the concept of the mammalian 'lizard brain' can be well and truly put to bed.

Based on a study that examined brains of bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps), large lizards from the Australian desert, scientists have shown that mammal and reptile brains evolved separately from a common ancestor. It's another nail in the coffin of the notion of the so-called triune brain.
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The idea of the lizard brain first emerged and rose to popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, based on comparative anatomical studies. Parts of the mammalian brain, neuroscientist Paul MacLean noticed, were very similar to parts of the reptilian brain. This led him to the conclusion that the brain had evolved in stages, after life moved to land.

First, according to MacLean's model, came the reptilian brain, defined as the basal ganglia. Then came the limbic system – the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the hypothalamus. Finally, the neocortex arose in primates.

Under the triune brain model, each of these sections is responsible for different functions; the more basal parts of the brain, for example, were supposedly more concerned with primal responses – like basic instincts for survival.

However, neuroscientists have been decrying the model for decades. The brain just doesn't work like that, in discrete sections that each play a separate part. Brain regions, anatomically distinct as they are, are highly interconnected, a web of humming neural networks. And with the advent of new techniques, we can start to better understand how brains evolved.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

You Don't Actually Have A 'Lizard Brain', Evolutionary Study Reveals

A new study has shown that the concept of the mammalian 'lizard brain' can be well and truly put to bed.

Based on a study that examined brains of bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps), large lizards from the Australian desert, scientists have shown that mammal and reptile brains evolved separately from a common ancestor. It's another nail in the coffin of the notion of the so-called triune brain.
Skip advert

The idea of the lizard brain first emerged and rose to popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, based on comparative anatomical studies. Parts of the mammalian brain, neuroscientist Paul MacLean noticed, were very similar to parts of the reptilian brain. This led him to the conclusion that the brain had evolved in stages, after life moved to land.

First, according to MacLean's model, came the reptilian brain, defined as the basal ganglia. Then came the limbic system – the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the hypothalamus. Finally, the neocortex arose in primates.

Under the triune brain model, each of these sections is responsible for different functions; the more basal parts of the brain, for example, were supposedly more concerned with primal responses – like basic instincts for survival.

However, neuroscientists have been decrying the model for decades. The brain just doesn't work like that, in discrete sections that each play a separate part. Brain regions, anatomically distinct as they are, are highly interconnected, a web of humming neural networks. And with the advent of new techniques, we can start to better understand how brains evolved.

Boru

[The Architect Of Fate]

So anybody remember Ricky Gervais's little speech at the golden globes where he rambled on about supposed Hollywood Hypocrisy? One of his big points was that the people there were hypocrites for making shows that criticize social ails while working with companies like Apple that have bad practices and work with China. While surely MR Gervais would object to anything he made being distributed by those same evil companies and would never work with an organization that would allow them to distribute something he made .......Right 

https://tv.apple.com/us/person/ricky-ger...kqo5amxyrt

Ooops .....


He always whimpered about the Hollywood hypocrisy on sexual harassment. Such a brave soul. Surely he would never work for a broadcaster that would cover up the crimes of a serial sexual predator who had been accused multiple times over several decades of kiddy diddling and surely he would never befriend or praise such a person .....

https://www.theatlantic.com/internationa...bc/470943/

Oooops 


https://hotindiareport.com/celebrity/ric...interview/

Double Oooops 


And for a little extra he's an epic hypocrite on Animal rights as he whines China eats Dogs but only recently gave up meat because apparently factory farming isn't as cruel somehow. This gets even funnier when his defenders insist he was allowed to be inconsistent because no one is perfect. Unless you are in Hollywood apparently.

https://veganstrategist.org/2015/05/05/r...e-so-what/

[Rev. Rye]

Worst idea for a drinking game possible: watch Morbius and take a shot every time they say “It’s Morbin’ Time!” By the end of the movie, you’ll be sober, thirsty, and wonder why you even bothered.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Worst idea for a drinking game possible: watch Morbius and take a shot every time they say “It’s Morbin’ Time!” By the end of the movie, you’ll be sober, thirsty, and wonder why you even bothered.

Well if you have a drinking problem. I suppose it's the best drinking game.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Even during those years where I was almost perpetually drunk, I don’t think I’ve ever played a drinking ‘game’. I took that shit seriously.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

Have the windows in the house open for the first time in months. Probably won't last all day, but for now, it's really nice!