…because it is scary to think that similar brain wiping science used in that movie is close at hand!

In “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, Jim Carrey plays a guy who decides to have the memories of his ex-girlfriend erased after she’s had him erased from her own memory. Well, researchers from the Medical College of Georgia and the East China Normal University have been looking into targeted amnesia which is removing a memory from the mind. Their hopes are that this experiment could lead to therapies that could erase traumatic memories from people’s minds and allow them to live their normal lives again.

I could definitely see the benefit of this, but something trips a fear in the back of my mind. Rebecca and I have been watching “Testees” on TV, where two guys earn a living from being lab testers. Last week, they underwent testing to cause amnesia and then all of their friends wreaked havoc on their minds by making them think they were types of people they really weren’t. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be the guinea pig for targeted memory removal for fear of removing every memory I have!

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but this catch at a college game truly makes me appreciate the athleticism that it takes.

How can one catch a throw like that and not have a broken spine? I’m torn between the words “Ouch!” and “That’s amazing!”

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…never thought North Carolina would be the first.

So I am sure by now that most people have seen the television ads stating that at the beginning of next year, all television signals will be switched from analog to digital. Wilmington was selected for the first market and as of September 8, all broadcasting was switched to digital. There have been a few bugs at the switch over, but at least we can say the lessons we learned will be applied to all other markets. Yes, you all can thank us!

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…but estimates are it is to be back and running, with a slight improvement.

So, most people know the smart car is one of the smallest cars around…at least in the United States and only in current production. There have been plenty of cars in the past which actually have beaten it out for size. However, the most current rival was to be a car produced by the Tata Corporation of India named the Nano. Don’t get me started on the name of the car, the Tata Nano. Sounds like some kind of committee I heard about in elementary school. I have to admit it didn’t look that bad, and it has four doors. Well, today, the company announced they are going to shut down the plant that was to produce them due to land disputes. Talk about cutting the feet out from underneath before you are even started. However, they announced that they will produce an electric version of the car for Norway within the year. Hopefully they can find a new location for the plant and get things rolling. We need to disperse small ugly cars around the world!

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