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"It is the right hemisphere that understands the emotional or the humorous aspect of a narrative; it is also better able to appreciate irony and sarcasm – all that is not explicit but radically alters meaning. . . . There is a large literature showing that the right hemisphere is crucial for appreciation of cartoons, jokes and humour of every kind." Iain McGilchrist, The Matter with Things

The Quick-Hitting Eudemon

The lust to find life in space continues: For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe." [http://news.yahoo.

Cho Woman, Protests, and Sundry News

The Vatican appears to be heating up under the lead of its octogenarian leader: The Vatican's second-highest ranking doctrinal official on Monday forcefully branded homosexual marriage an evil and denounced abortion and euthanasia as forms of "terrorism with a human face." [http://news.yahoo.com/s/

Monday Moanin'

Not much this morning. I played outdoors with the kids most of yesterday afternoon, including an hour of soccer with Abbie (12) that dang-near killed me and damaged bones or ligaments or other mystery parts in my right foot. I couldn't walk on it last night. This morning,

The Weekend Eudemon

I took the afternoon off work yesterday. I read on front porch, shot baskets with my children, hung out and talked with Marie and the kids, drank beer. Very pleasant. I'm going to pay for it a little this morning. I have to go to the office to

Quicks Hits and Brews

Ghostly stuff: A yacht has been found off Australia with its engine running and a table laid for dinner - but no sign of life [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2296594.html?menu=news.quirkies]. __________ A Dutch escort service has set up a whore line for virgin customers

The Thursday Eudemon

Sanjaya is gone, but I didn't see it. I'm sidelined with a cold, so I'm basically sleeping, sucking zinc lozenges, and walking real slow. Drudge has a neat run-down of presidential candidate reactions to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the partial-birth

Beam on Fire

A reader sends along one of the best columns I've read in awhile: "Gay people, give me back my stuff [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/04/18/gay_people_give_me_back_my_stuff/?p1=email_to_a_friend] ." The article is

Monday Mornin' Eudemon

This might be the dumbest story I've read this year: Porn actresses say they like to go out with regular guys, but sometimes the regular guys are intimated [http://www.sunjournal.com/story/207790-3/bsection/Can_regular_guy_date_a_porn_star/] . Thank you, Dr. Insight. You show

The Weekend Eudemon

On tap this weekend: Social gathering, short field trip with Meg, Mass, soccer game, church breakfast, out-of-town company. My wife told me last night that I've become a recluse, but it simply isn't true. I think she means I've become a person who doesn&

Friday

Color me flummoxed over Imus. I listened to him when I lived in Detroit in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I liked him; I didn't like Howard Stern. I found Imus somewhat urbane, if occasionally outrageous; I found Stern consistently obnoxious. When I started listening to Imus,