beyond Green Eggs and Ham…

 

 

“Don’t cry because it’s over.

      Smile because it happened.”

 

Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) (1904-1991)

American writer, poet, cartoonist

 

This is Dr. Seuss, “The Cat in the Hat” guy, you know.

He’s known for his outrageously good stories for kids of all ages.

So, really, for me, his quote doesn’t seem very “Green Eggs and Ham“-ish, but still there’s a Seussian feel to it, I’m sure you didn’t have any trouble immediately thinking of an example, I sure didn’t…

It made me think of some current research in neuroscience that I’ve been reading about, specifically involving memory and experience…here’s a typical scenario:

The orchestra is just about wrapping up a most entrancing performance of Bernstein’s West Side Story melodies, when a careless booby in the audience struggles for nearly half a minute to dig his loudly ringing cellphone out of an inner pocket…you’re tempted to say that this toweringly annoying interruption has “ruined” the concert for you, but the researcher points out that it only ruins your memory of the concert, in fact you thoroughly enjoyed it right up to the very end…

It was good for you, remember that it was good for you…smile because it happened.

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Book review: The Bridges of Madison County

If you’re looking for

highly stoked eroticism

and high-rolling lives

that throw off sparks when they touch,

look elsewhere.

by Robert Waller

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