I like books about memory and the brain. I must have read The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne when I was still in high school-not that it helped me with my studies, but I did learn how to memorize all kinds of random items. I really loved Superlearning as well. There is something amazing about how the mind can be trained to sort this and that-and in my case, pretty much useless info. Which brings us to Moonwalking With Einstien. We start off following a reporter covering the mindnumbingly dull U.S. Memory Championships-which involves watching people memorize all kinds of…
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You Don’t Know Jack
Barry Levinson’s made for HBO movie is about the completely eccentric retired Doctor Jack Kevorkian, who believes that it is his duty to put people out of their misery. With the help of his sister and his only friend in the world, who happens to run a medical supply business-Doctor Death starts to help people who no longer want to live, kill themselves. Each death has a small number showing how many people died with Dr Kevorkian’s assistance. We end around 130. The cast of You Don’t Know Jack is impressive. Al Pacino, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, and blast from…