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Rick, after almost ten years I'm still between anger and denial. The problem is you keep getting worse. Each loss presents a new challenge, Ray---- Original Message ----- From: "Rick McGirr" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:07 AM Subject: Re: PD/artistic ability/Scott > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn