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Can We Trust the Moon? One of Earth’s quasi-satellites, Kamo’oalewa, is a big chunk of rock about 50 meters (165 feet) long. It circles the Sun in an orbit very similar to ours on Earth, but doesn’t actually orbit us, unlike the Moon. Scientists studying Kamo’oalewa discovered that it has a chemical/mineral makeup very similarContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 29 of 63”

Good Fats and Bad Fats If you’re an adult over the age of 35, and/or you care at all about your health, you already know that there are bad fats (saturated fats like those found in red meats and dairy) and good fats (unsaturated fats like those found in nuts, non-tropical vegetable oils, many seeds,Continue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 28 of 63”

Star Wars Character Fails This is not a SW blog, and I make a conscious effort not to write about the Star Wars Universe here. But it has been on my mind lately and I thought I’d share a few musings here…not that I expect SW or anything coming from the Disney Metaverse to beContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 27 of 63”

Change and Aging The law of entropy says that the universe is in a state of constant change, with energy (heat) dissipating away from hot areas and toward cooler ones. One type of change, and most definitely the major type of change in our lives, is aging. Everyone seems to want to know how toContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 26 of 63”

Rationalization Have you ever done something you weren’t particularly proud of, or failed to do something you would have been proud to do, and then offered explanations for not only (1) why things happened that way but also (2) how your transgression or failure was justified or how it’s not such a big deal afterContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 25 of 63”

Desert Phenomenology In the movie Dune, we see the desert planet Arrakkis as a dry, inhospitable place where only the well-prepared, well-equipped and crafty can survive for longer than a moment. We also see the Fremen whose civilization has developed to live in harmony with the desert despite its harshness. This may appear to beContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 24 of 63”

Blessings in Disguise Many of us maintain a positive outlook on life by trying to picture bad events in the best light possible, as “blessings in disguise.” I actually do this myself, and have found it helpful…since any given event can be viewed in a positive or negative light, why not go for the glass-is-half-fullContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 23 of 63”

Life Acts or Life’s Work? When it comes to how we judge a famous person, should we focus on their actions in private life, or should we more or less confine our judgment to the work they produced to become famous in the first place? The question may be easy in some of the moreContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 22 of 63”

Well, I’m one-third of the way thru the Neurocycle method of changing my outlook and so far I can report that the results are encouraging but not dramatic or altogether surprising. Still, I believe it is really good for me to get into a daily habit of “mentally writing” as one of the first thingsContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 21 of 63”

Jamie Farr If you’re old, or just a big fan of the TV show MASH (both of which apply to me), you know Jamie Farr as the wisecracking, cross-dressing Corporal Klinger. But if not for a lot of persistence on his part, kindness on others’, and a keen sense of timing, Mr. Farr would haveContinue reading “The Neurocycle: Day 20 of 63”