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Entries from February 23rd, 2009

You are what you buy: wake up & smell the toxins

February 23rd, 2009 No Comments

There’s a line from the 1938 Frank Capra film, entitled “You Can’t Take it With you”, in which Jean Author tells Jimmy Stewart “…people commercialize on fear, you know, they scare you to death so they can sell you something…” I’ve been interested in the history and current practices of advertising for a long time [...]

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No brain like an old brain.

February 21st, 2009 No Comments

It is my understanding that science and the smart people (apparently young ones) who study it, tell us that as we earthlings age, our brains gradually decay. Our minds mature, and bit by bit, produce less neurotransmitters. From what I gather, these neurotransmitters are made up of important brain chemicals. Said chemicals are super-critical because [...]

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