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samvara ([personal profile] samvara) wrote2010-08-19 03:06 pm

Dear Diary, toys, sweets, movies, books

  • New mattress has arrived! Mattress shopping apparently involves having a bunch of conversations about products while lying down - I see the value but felt a bit uncomfortable at times.
  • Have been given a vast quantity of gulab jamun - people need to come over and help eat them.
  • Saw Inception, loved it.
  • Read My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor. An account of an aneurysm and subsequent recovery from the perspective of a brain scientist. Fascinating and inspiring insight into how the brain works and what bits are 'us' and what bits are 'the machine.' Glad I read it, bits of the book keep popping up as I integrate it with my world view. She did a TED talk as well.
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[personal profile] erda 2010-08-19 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the link to the TED talk. That was fascinating. I will be ordering this book.