Marc- Perhaps. (I tend to be a bit cynical about this time of the term!). :)
But there is hope! I had a bicycle wreck several years ago. When I touched my shoulder it was obviously broken (that my injuries were way worse became apparent very quickly but I'll spare the details). I remember thinking, "Well this can't be good." I was on a terribly steep hill- when they put me on the stretcher to go into the ambulance they nearly lost grip and let me roll down the hill. I distinctly remember thinking, "Oh, great. Survived the wreck but I can see the headline now, "Local man dies in gurney accident!" The ambulance driver started laughing- I realized I'd said that out loud! BTW- That event resulted in the "dumbest thing I ever said" and my wife will concur. When I cell phoned her, I said, "I need you to come get my bike." She asked why. I said, "Because they can't take it in the ambulance." DOH! Tim -----Original Message----- From: Marc Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 7:46 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain Oh, you never know, Tim. I recall the first (of what turned out to be many) migraine auras I had (without headache -- I apparently don't get the headache). I thought I was stroking or had stroked, and I remember mapping the scotoma on a newspaper I had been reading, thinking "so, this is what it's like," thinking more about exactly where in the occipital the damage was, and like that. It turned out (I am happy to say) to have been transient, but in that moment I didn't think it was. I wasn't sad or afraid; I was curious. It's one of those situations over which you have absolutely no control, and most of us academic types are curious, so at first is the curiosity. I think later would come the sadness at the loss. m ---
