amygdala jane the "emotional seat of the brain." 090224 ... unhinged mine must be abnormal in some way; too big, wired wrong or something. 090224 ... cr0wl mine is like a ripe pear hanging from the highest branch of the tree. that's it, stand on tiptoe. 090224 ... cocoon i dont think mine works very well 101012 ... raze the diagram on wikipedia makes this look like a precocious child's drawing of an evil stone man with glowing red eyes. why does that seem appropriate somehow? 210818 ... unhinged my habit of reading in public is pretty common here. usually it means i get left alone i was reading a beautiful poetry novel about an indian girl who's mom gets cancer...the exact kind my dad had. acute myleoid leukemia her mother dies too my eyes swelled with tears right as the waitress came up to my table to ask me if i was ok...if my food and drink situation was ok. she noticed the tears in my eyes and asked me if she could give me a hug. i nodded. she was not messing around, gave me a good squeeze. the wave of tears receded. for a little bit 210819 what's it to you? who go blather from