tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post7417204876255573987..comments2023-11-05T07:24:00.960-05:00Comments on The TV guy: Barbara On 'Oprah'Phillip Ramatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-42428681575432478512008-05-31T05:17:00.000-04:002008-05-31T05:17:00.000-04:00Barbara Walter's life was influenced greatly by he...Barbara Walter's life was influenced greatly by her older sister and she's written a beautiful memoir about her life. I read another memoir of a life influence by a sibling that I recommend highly - I actually liked it even more. The memoir is ""My Stroke of Insight"" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Dr Taylor became a Harvard brain scientist to find the cause and cure for schizophrenia because her older brother was a sufferer. Then, crazy as life can be, Dr. Taylor had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.<BR/><BR/>What I took away from Dr. Taylor's book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don't have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. ""I want what she's having"", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-30833648626940381872008-05-08T00:49:00.000-04:002008-05-08T00:49:00.000-04:00speaking of people on Oprah, my friend Michelle Ma...speaking of people on Oprah, my friend Michelle Marshall (of Macon, GA currently working in Vegas) is going to be on the Oprah Show today (Thursday) doing her Tina Turner impersonation... FYI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-71594276052966775172008-05-06T10:31:00.000-04:002008-05-06T10:31:00.000-04:00The good news for that Senator is that he's 88 and...The good news for that Senator is that he's 88 and retired. Still, that couldn't have been good news for his marriage. Or his wife.<BR/><BR/>Tuesday is a day I catch up on the Monday stuff I haven't watched yet, but Cable should keep me covered for political coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com