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DIED. JIM GARY, 66, globally popular artist known for massive yet graceful dinosaur sculptures made from the vividly painted parts of junked cars; after a brain hemorrhage; in Freehold, N.J. Gary's T. Rexes--with oil pans for heads and leaf springs for ribs--delighted kids as well as curators, including those at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where he had an acclaimed solo show...
...writings of Hume and Hegel, and feeling the inevitable pressure not to fall behind, I remain in the library in agony. Sadly, I achieve nothing. I read, skim, outline, and peruse, but in the end, the facts never stick. In a matter of minutes, they are regurgitated from my brain into that dark abyss of intellectual nothingness. I never used to have intellectual bulimia. I—like my other 1,600 classmates—was the cream of the high school crop, one of the nine percent of 22,000 applicants selected by Harvard last year. I never used...
...idea was to enhance the brain break with some variety,” Nason said...
...lower blood pressure, boost circulation and alleviate arthritis pain, says Dr. Gisele Wolf-Klein, chief of geriatrics at the North Shore--Long Island Jewish Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Her colleague Dr. Laura Herman, a psychiatrist, adds that calm surroundings and relaxing treatments help release to the brain more endorphins, which are chemicals that promote an overall feeling of well-being and happiness. As boomers begin turning 60 this year, they increasingly have the resources to afford that kind of upscale pampering. The average price for a resort massage is $120, reports magazine and website Spa Finder spafinder.com...
...metaweird movie that Steven Soderbergh once wrote, directed, photographed and starred in (playing two roles, of course). It might also be the name of the artistic fiefdom he has created. Few Hollywood directors have such a distinct signature--or, rather, two of them. One part of Soderbergh's brain makes can't-miss caper films and weepie dramas (Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich) with the town's priciest talent. Another part is indelibly indie: he will shoot an ad-lib HBO series about lobbyists (K Street), or remake a mystical Russian sci-fi art film (Solaris). Not everything works...