My Mind Is Very Balanced, But a Little Cluttered

Brain Lateralization Test Results

Right Brain (52%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain. Left Brain (50%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain

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Your Mind is 58% Cluttered

Your mind is starting to get cluttered, and as a result, it's a little harder for you to keep focused. Try to let go of your pettiest worries and concerns. The worrying is worse than the actual problems!

How Cluttered is Your Mind?

And speaking of a cluttered mind, Fred Hembeck told me last week that he remembers the first FantaCon, a comic book convention run by the store I eventually worked at in the '80's, coincided with the death of Vivian Vance, Lucille Ball's sidekick in three TV shows, in August 1979.

Maybe Fred's just excited about getting a call from SpongeBob SquarePants! REALLY! Read all about it here. I wish someone had captured the conversation in a podcast.

Speaking of podcasts, I listened to my very first one just last week, when Gordon answered a bunch of questions, one or two of which were asked by me. I'm sure I'll be doing one soon - maybe by 2011.

Here's something I didn't know until recently: Kurt Vonnegut worked at GE in Schenectady years ago. Here's a news story and an editorial in the local paper on that point. The former begins: "When Kurt Vonnegut's mercurial recurring character and alter ego, Kilgore Trout, took his own life in 2004 by drinking Drano, the character did it in Cohoes."

Hey, Tosy, the guest critic on Ebert and Roeper this week is John Mellencamp!

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