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And I'm surely dreading the day when I have to start turning down gigs because I can't play them. Not prepared for that at all. In terms of stages, I'm really still between anger and denial. Good grief! Enjoy Fall! Rick McGirr Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: Re: PD/artistic ability/Scott > Scott, interesting idea. > Well we have Rick, our hip, humorous musician. Some people thought > I played > a pretty mean piano, but I knew enough about music to know I didn't > know > anything. Have small hands and was too lazy to practice too. Years > ago my > musician teacher of 3 months asked me to "sit in for him" at an > almost empty > piano bar. I froze with fear. Does it bother your wife like it does > me that > she can't play any more? PD is such an awful thief. > > Also could paint copies of great art, but nothing original. I wonder > who > else on our List has/had artistic abilities. > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott E. Antes" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: Scientific Method etc/Ray > > >> You're most welcome, Ray. Interesting question, about the >> correlation. A >> Ph.D. in England seems to think that a correlation exists between >> PD and >> artistic people (in particular, musicians). I couldn't say, but my >> wife >> has >> had PD since 1995, and she is/was a pianist and organist. Pretty >> smart, >> too. >> Scott >> >>>===== Original Message From "Parkinson's Information Exchange >>>Network" >> <[log in to unmask]> ===== >>>Scott, your knowledge and posts are much appreciated by me. Even >>>though >>>I'm >>>old I still like to learn. We seem to have lots of very smart, >>>well >>>educated people on this list and I wonder if there is any >>>correlation >>>with >>>Parkinson's. >>>Ray, fellow Arizonan >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Scott E. Antes" <[log in to unmask]> >>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:33 PM >>>Subject: Re: Scientific Method etc >>> >>> >>>> Apologies if someone has already answered this. "Survival of the >>>> fittest," in >>>> the evolutionary sense, refers to one thing only, and that is the >>>> relative >>>> success of an organism to pass on its genes to future >>>> generations. In >>>> other >>>> words, if you're an organism that produces offspring who produce >>>> offspring >>>> who >>>> produce offspring, etc., etc., you're a fit organism. Some >>>> organisms >>>> are >>>> much >>>> more fit than others. Bacteria, for example, are about the >>>> fittest >>>> organisms >>>> on the planet, having passed on their genetic material for some >>>> 3.8 >>>> billion >>>> years. Most insects also are very fit. When confronted with >>>> climate >>>> and >>>> habitat change, small mammals proved to be more fit than gigantic >>>> dinosaurs, >>>> and so on. Scott Antes >>>> >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: "Joe Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:29 PM >>>>>Subject: Scientific Method etc >> >> Scott E. Antes >> Department of Anthropology >> Northern Arizona University >> Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn