Stories
Stories about facets of lives lived and, implicitly, components of mental functions.
The Ice storm spring
The ice storm spring Flehingen Observer L.K. Stern Unedited story No new news. This disaster story continues and so it seems to be the end of the world around us, the land of Medina. Maybe somewhere else there is a spring but not here. Where? How did this happen? I...
Dr. T. and his patient C.R.
Dr. T. and his patient C.R. edited story Liz Wheeler, Esq.says, “I’m confused. Nothing is what it seems, whatever that means.” Her colleague, Larry Stone, Esq. responds, “I agree. I guess we have to continue to be confused.” As you walk into the lobby of the Collins...
Memory and more :A Noah’s Ark Science Story (and cast of characters)
Memory and more:A Noah's Ark Science Story edited story The Noah Saga is inspired by the story of Noah's Ark as described in the bible which includes events leading up to the building of the Ark, the great flood, the rescue of pairs of all of the earth's animals, life...
Chairs
edited story Foreboding We are all too familiar with this place, this home of our fears. We wish that weren't so. Even though chairs are not assigned to any of us we nevertheless choose to sit in the same chair each time we come here. The chairs are all the same, a...
Don’t Try to Remember
Forget it edited Story People often complain about their poor memory. They might tell you "I wish my memory were better. Maybe there is something wrong with me and that is why I forget all sorts of things." I remind people that it would be even more helpful, even...
Act Your Way to a Slimmer You
Act your way to a slimmer you edited Story My friends and my wife think I have lost my mind. I also think I have lost it but not this time. My kids were kinder. They laughed at what I did. My 24 year daughter grinned when I told my plans to try and lose weight. She...
Shame (part 1 and 2)
Shame edited Story Part 1 Prof. Larry Putnam of the Life Sciences Division of the University of California, Berkeley was blunt. "Lots of young researchers on the faculty can feel a certain amount of desperation in their attempts to get tenure. None of them did what...
Who is Willie?
Who is Willie? edited Story Sheriff Carl said this but denied that he did. "I am here to protect our Logan community so... If they don't look like us, smell like us, talk like us, and if nothing about them is like us then I don't like them and I want to make sure they...