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Imahotep 04-14-2010 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fmichael (Post 644099)

So here I sit tonight. Having recently taken many of the same tests as are referred to in the article, with the same pattern of poor "delayed free recall" but with perfect "delayed recognition." That and an "extreme" 45 point spread between my verbal and non-verbal IQ sub-scores, a.k.a. executive dysfunctioning. And a head full of Leonard Cohen songs.

Several come to mind do they not:

"If It Be Your Will" -1984

If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will
If it be your will
That a voice be true
From this broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing

If it be your will
If there is a choice
Let the rivers fill
Let the hills rejoice
Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well

And draw us near
And bind us tight
All your children here
In their rags of light
In our rags of light
All dressed to kill
And end this night
If it be your will

If it be your will.

fmichael 04-14-2010 09:41 PM

Love Itself
 
The light came through the window,
Straight from the sun above,
And so inside my little room
There plunged the rays of Love.

In streams of light I clearly saw
The dust you seldom see,
Out of which the Nameless makes
A Name for one like me.

I’ll try to say a little more:
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door –
Then Love Itself
Love Itself was gone.

All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance,
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance.

I’ll try to say a little more:
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door –
Then Love Itself
Love Itself was gone.

Then I came back from where I’d been.
My room, it looked the same –
But there was nothing left between
The Nameless and the Name.

All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance,
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance.

I’ll try to say a little more:
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door –
Then Love itself,
Love Itself was gone.
Love Itself was gone.

fmichael 04-14-2010 09:45 PM

Alexandra Leaving
 
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
The god of love preparing to depart.
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
They slip between the sentries of the heart.

Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
And radiant beyond your widest measure
They fall among the voices and the wine.

It’s not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust –
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Your firm commitments tangible again.

And you who had the honor of her evening,
And by the honor had your own restored –
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving;
Alexandra leaving with her lord.

Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

As someone long prepared for the occasion;
In full command of every plan you wrecked –
Do not choose a coward’s explanation
that hides behind the cause and the effect.

And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed –
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

(based on The God Abandons Antony,
a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy)

Dubious 04-14-2010 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InHisHands (Post 65845)
Anyone else have problems concentrating or remembering things?

It has gotten really hard for me to concentrate, and read/ understand some things... math is hard, I get so lost with things... I also can't remember stuff as well. Anyone else?

Thanks.

Yes....what was the question???

fmichael 04-14-2010 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dubious (Post 644464)
Yes....what was the question???

It had something to do with this:
DJ Libon, RJ Schwartzman, J Eppig et al., Neuropsychological deficits associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2010, Epub 2010 Mar 19, full text at http://www.rsds.org/2/library/articl...ychol_2010.pdf
Abstract
We sought to elucidate the existence of neuropsychological subtypes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). One hundred thirty seven patients with CRPS were administered tests that assess executive control, naming/lexical retrieval, and declarative memory. A 2-step cluster analysis that does not require any a priori specification regarding the number of clusters, classified patients into three groups. Group 1 obtained scores that were in the average range on all tests (n = 48; normal CRSP group). Group 2 (n = 58; dysexecutive CRSP group) presented with mild impairment or statistically low average test performance on working memory/verbal fluency tests. Group 3 (n = 31; global CRSP group) produced scores in the statistically low average/borderline range on all tests with particularly reduced scores on naming/declarative memory tests. Between-group analyses found that the CRPS group 1 obtained higher scores than CRPS groups 2 and 3 on all tests. However, groups 2 and 3 were equally impaired on executive tests. CRPS group 3 was impaired on tests of naming/memory tests compared to the other groups. Significant neuropsychological deficits are present in 65% of patients, with many patients presenting with elements of a dysexecutive syndrome and some patients presenting with global cognitive impairment. (JINS, 2010, 1-8.).

PMID: 20298641 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20298641
PS Sorry that I missed the joke.

hope4thebest 04-14-2010 10:56 PM

The relevance of seeing the lyrics written
The comfort of the Thesaurus close at hand
I look through my address book with affection
I write my friend's phone number in the sand........

The ancent scribe of Egypt is my friend now,
As, unless I see them penned with ink or chalk
I cannot remember names, nor words, nor numbers,
Nor where I put my wallet or my sock....


...............a silly ryhme by Hope4thebest, inspired by written lyrics.....


:grouphug:


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