Embrace

When you want art and story to carry a message, this is how you do it.  Beautiful.

For When It Is Time to Have the Talk

Parents, for the love of your child, don't put off "the talk" until it is too late.

Up - the Other Story

What Up! might have looked like if he didn't have all those balloons.  And an example of how we are supposed to get along...

Thanks to Susan for this.

It's All Tolkien's Fault

A new study posits that the "reading skill" area of the brain and the "remembering faces" part of the brain may be competing for space.

Seems right to me - I can't remember names of people I'm supposed to know, and I read a lot.

So if I don't recognize you next time we meet, just ask me what book I'm reading. 


(Oh, I can't track animals either.)

Just my thoughts,

Sean

Armistice

"Coach, the ball is not on the right spot..."

The sheer audacity of this play makes me laugh, even after multiple viewings.  I want to see the NFL try this one.

Brain Rules for Baby

A very interesting listen, from the brain of John Medina.

Stand By Me

This is old, but still moves me, so when it popped up on Experimental Theology, I thought I'd re-post.

The group Playing for Change recorded street musicians around the globe, asking each to contribute to one song. Here is that song: