Brain Pickings [http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/03/pablo-casals-work-age/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29] pointed me to the autobiography of Pablo Casals, Joys and Sorrows. It sounds like a wonderful book, and Pablo's thoughts on…
> 'Could you fax over a copy?' 'No, I can't fax because of where I live' 'Where do you live?' 'The 21st century'” - A lesson for doctors. — Toffleresque (@Toffleresque) November 30, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Toffleresque/status/538882070232039425]…
I thought it was a big deal a couple of years when I was able to use a treadmill with a harness [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/how-i-spent-my-morning/]. In this latest round of rehab, I have been able to use a treadmill without a harness and have added it to my…
> pic.twitter.com/t89SYr9dk1 [http://t.co/t89SYr9dk1] — Natl Stroke Assoc (@natlstrokeassoc) November 27, 2014 [https://twitter.com/natlstrokeassoc/status/538014423441354753]…
I don't think this can be classified as untranslatable, but it's a German word I've never heard before and need to add to my vocabulary. Oxford Academic [http://oupacademic.tumblr.com/post/103565296948/word-of-the-day-tischnachbar-german] defines it as person next to one (at table). A…
> Robotic Walker for Improved Rehabilitation - http://t.co/39cuGg5HBJ pic.twitter.com/rW7woCOO65 [http://t.co/rW7woCOO65] — Medgadget (@Medgadget) November 25, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Medgadget/status/537313753159970816]…
Here's a different application of the rule of fifty. via Book Mania! [http://bookmania.me/post/103484304252/from-the-republic-of-love-by-carol-shields]…
The papers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez have just been transferred to The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Tucked into the New York Times account of the acquisition [http://nyti.ms/1FivFyn] is this surprising sentence. > “I don’t think he wanted to leave a personal paper…