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The Beginning

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 After reading a ton about neuroscience, I've decided to start a blog chronicling a self-experiment. For the next 40 days, I will be attempting to accomplish 14 goals, leveraging all that I have learned about  brain function. I suppose this is not really that big of a deal for a guy who once taught Nixon to fly.  I started with 13 goals, but during a casual conversation, my daughter Jess threw in, "Hey, while you're at it, you should add eating more slowly to the list."  I was already mildly concerned about hitting my 13 original goals. So you can imagine when she pitched that curve ball, I had to think twice about it. Many of you know that the world record holder for eating fast is Barbara Lilian Freeman, and though I have challenged in the past, I've never been able to achieve her mastication prowess. Now here was Jess, in the middle of my shot at glory, suggesting I give up one of the secret goals I've harbored for years: beating Babs. If y...

The Fourteen Goals

(As recorded and organized by faithful daughter Jessica) 1. No more white flour or added sugar 2. Run a mile in eight minutes. 3. Master the Tai Chi forms 4. Be able to do 10 standard pullups. 5. Lose ten pounds. 6. Learn John Mehegan 's untitled piano jazz tune. 7. Learn the piano scales. 8. Learn the guitar scales. 9. Learn a flatpicking song on guitar. 10. Master a Blind Blake song (TBD) on guitar 11. Learn "Rainy Jazz Blues" by Dave Celentano on guitar 12. Practice meditation. 13. Read ten neuroscience books. 14. Chew more slowly.