dennis the menace pt. I

I apologize for the late Friday post - obviously I do have a life and I would hope that on a Friday night I wouldn't be blogging but would actually be out, you know, doing things. Case in point, I had a really busy day yesterday, so let's get to the mayhem now, shall we?

First off, I want to start with a few maintenance-type issues: I've been receiving a few concerns that people are having difficulty commenting? If you should feel the urge to voice your appreciation that I tackled a certain subject, disagree with me wholeheartedly on my verbal blasphemy, or simply want to spam my comments box with ads proclaiming you are a Nigerian president and need my credit card number to transfer funds, please scroll down to under my post and click comments. You'll receive a comment box where you can type your information, then to post it, click on the list beside "Comment as" and select either your ID type (if you're an existing blogger), Name/URL (if you're not an existing blogger but just want to comment), or Anonymous (if you're one of those silent types that likes to remain secretive about your creeping.

Moving on, you'll notice I added a list on the side pertaining to Heschl's Gyrus, which happens to be the primary auditory cortex in the brain. I chose it to be eloquent, since it's the first point of interaction with your brain that auditory stimulation makes (note I said BRAIN not CNS, don't get all semantic on me neuro kids), but I suppose I could substitute Wernicke's & Broca's Area for the language content, planum temporale for pitch perception, or even the whole right hemisphere for prosody? That's not the point though, the point is this section is so you can share my terrible taste in music. I'll try to keep it up-to-date with everything I'm interested in at the moment. I was actually driving over to Mag's house and The Clash's Rock The Casbah came on full force via The Bear, bringing up years of nostalgia. Will Smith sampled it in Will2K, which was a song that in itself defined a generation. The Clash was just a phenomenal band that really questioned the integrity of mainstream music during their day, and have been timelessly idolized in modern day pop culture from Gilmore Girls to Time Traveller's (and you thought I couldn't go a post without giving a nod to Niffenegger).