tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post2729539672545622724..comments2023-06-29T00:58:31.782-07:00Comments on Parklife: Art ClassParker Liferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09892332065873441546noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-23116478026242650972014-11-17T01:10:59.342-08:002014-11-17T01:10:59.342-08:00These posts help me in so many ways, I'm a neu...These posts help me in so many ways, I'm a neuroscientist with quite active Epilepsy and these posts make me realise just how trivial some of my problems are. It helps to keep the fighting spirit going.<br /><br />I love the use of music, its driven me too. I remember once dragging myself off the floor following a seizure with 'Little by Little' by Oasis on the radio. I'll forever associated that music with fighting Epilepsy's influence on my life. I swear I wouldn't have got off the floor right then if it wasn't playing.<br /><br />Keep it up, and thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-8555008427882201002014-08-15T19:49:54.346-07:002014-08-15T19:49:54.346-07:00The content of this post stand alone in being touc...The content of this post stand alone in being touching, defiant and inspiring.<br /><br />The timing, and the W.W. quote gave me chills in light of recent developments.<br /><br />I won't pretend to have enough insight to pull the chaos of my thoughts together but I will say this: I'm glad you still post. Thank you for that. Sincerely.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-22935969803775345252014-08-02T06:41:49.763-07:002014-08-02T06:41:49.763-07:00Thanks for this blog. I am also a research scienti...Thanks for this blog. I am also a research scientist, with ~25+ years of NIH funding. Luckily, I have tenure, so it was probably easier for me to be 'out' about my PD diagnosis. When I was diagnosed about 4 years ago, my first response was to call my chair and offer to quit. How could I possibly maintain my level of productivity and passion with PD lurking to steal me away from what I loved? My smart chair told me to wait 6 months before I decided what to do. Well, I waited longer than that as I struggled to get my meds properly titrated. Now, I just got another $3M NIH grant. I feel fatigued at times but also incredibly supported by my colleagues. Retire? No. When I am working, I have no fatigue, no PD, nothing but THE WORK. I am grateful for that.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815202725528694232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-57376597042702991722014-07-05T03:48:06.566-07:002014-07-05T03:48:06.566-07:00 thanks for your blog… I am amazed at your honesty... thanks for your blog… I am amazed at your honesty and courage to disclose your diagnosis in the workplace. I am not that courageousTemple14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-39297977462745540782014-06-25T17:36:06.667-07:002014-06-25T17:36:06.667-07:00Great post...it is amazing that you got to work wi...Great post...it is amazing that you got to work with one of your heroes and that it was as inspiring and valuable as you thought it could be. I had good experiences but I couldn't say that any of my mentors inspired me to this extent. My experience of meeting scientists I admired from afar has been...patchy...and sometimes I think this has lowered my expectations of people or made me cynical in ways I regret. It also makes me worry that I haven't had examples from which to learn how to be this kind of mentor for my trainees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-79059120029105490082014-06-24T17:29:05.088-07:002014-06-24T17:29:05.088-07:00Thanks for your honest and beautiful words! Thanks for your honest and beautiful words! Anne Churchlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667362750322811000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866338636233091015.post-3194434818548199762014-06-24T10:02:41.209-07:002014-06-24T10:02:41.209-07:00Lyrics and title are taken from "Art Class (S...Lyrics and title are taken from "Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kasuma)" by Superchunk. Also contains excerpts from "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman.Parker Liferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892332065873441546noreply@blogger.com