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More About Me

I'm passionate about

Enjoying life and making a contribution. I love watching kids grow up.

An idea worth spreading

The web is evolving into a biological based network...with our bodies becoming nodes on the network.

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What bring you joy..

People don't know that I'm good at

using internal music to problem solve.

My TED Story

What it was like going to Ted 2011

Sometimes I go to the pet store and pick a feeder fish out of the tank and bring it home for my small back yard pond. This past Ted, I was one of those feeder fish, having been plucked from the web and given the opportunity to attend Ted. more on the story here... My Trip @ Ted http://dnatimes.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-trip-ted-2011.html

Comments

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• A comment on Talk: Allan Jones: A map of the brain

  Nov 10 2011: I've been wanting to see something like this for years!
  I wonder how long before someone does this for the whole human body? I guess we'll need a reference digital human now ... not just a reference genome.
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  A comment on Conversation: What is great storytelling?

  Oct 29 2011: Great storytelling reminds us of what we love about other people and ourselves.

• A comment on Conversation: What is the goal of education?

  Oct 29 2011: The goal of education is freedom.
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  A comment on Conversation: What is the first thing you tell yourself when you wake up to give yourself energy or courage?

  Oct 29 2011: I tell myself... if I go to bat enough times...some day I might get hit by the ball.
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  A comment on Talk: Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

  Oct 15 2011: For those who love(d) Burning Man ....meet Composting Woman!
  Life is not just about what we create... it's about what we don't leave behind.
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  A comment on Conversation: What should be the first law of medicine ?

  Aug 18 2011: Defending the right to air, water, food, thought, speech, movement (and I guess sanitation).
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  A comment on Conversation: Dream Neighborhood . . . do you live in one?

  Aug 18 2011: I live in a dream neighborhood - there's a underlying sense of kindness, patience and tolerance. We look out for each other.