Reclusland

I’m out of the office this week, originally for a week long intensive meditation retreat.  That got unintentionally shortened to only Thursday through Sunday, as they only allow first timers (like me) to come for a portion of the intensive, since it can be, well, rather intense.  I’m planning on heading up Thursday afternoon, so things will likely be quiet here for a while.

In the meantime, I am using my free time to catch up on some articles I’d been wanting to read, mainly some stuff  on neuroscience.  Check out today’s posts on The Links for a rundown of the good stuff.  The neuroscience kicks off with a large Notes post on a NY Times article about finding (and possible removing) the molecule in the brain that helps store memories.  There’s a lot of that over there, perhaps subconsciously saved up in preparation for my journey into the inner frontiers of my own mind.   Here’s hoping my head doesn’t explode while I’m up in the mountains, sitting on a cushion, furiously concentrating… or maybe that it does.

Anyway, I am now on twitter, although only provisionally for the time being.  It depends on whether I’ll be able to integrate that comfortabley along with this site and the tumblr blog.  Right now though, I’m finding myself really worn out and tired.  I’m hoping a few days outside the city will really help clear my head.  I’ll be back in touch here on Monday, with a report of any worthwhile happenings.