DAVID BYRNE

The magic wasn't the music, dance, and demeanor of David Byrne.

The million-dollar question was and will always be how he assembled Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, and Simi Stone on stage with him. 

Talent on loan from God.

Light the Candle................

"I arrived in Montreal at 17 by myself with $2k. No support, no contacts, nothing.

Father said I’d fail & be back in 3 months."

- Elon Musk

Bill said it best.............

One of my hero’s in life is William O”Neill. 

He said once, “All great things in life require a person to dare a lot in order to win a little.”

CANADA O CANADA

Canada is now euthanizing 2X more people per year than dogs.

16,425 people vs 7,644 dogs

Are You A Birdwatcher!

A recent research demonstrates that birdwatching can literally rewire the human brain through neuroplasticity, producing measurable structural and functional changes that enhance perception, attention, and cognitive performance—potentially even helping to buffer against age-related decline. 

While birdwatching has long been celebrated for its calming, restorative qualities, emerging neuroscientific findings reveal it delivers far deeper benefits. A 2026 study used diffusion-weighted and functional MRI to compare the brains of 29 expert birdwatchers (ages 24–75) with 29 matched novices (ages 22–79). Experts showed greater tissue density—indicating more compact, efficient neural organization—in regions tied to attention, perception, working memory, spatial awareness, and object recognition.

  These structural adaptations enabled experts to identify birds, including unfamiliar or non-local species, with significantly higher speed and accuracy. During identification tasks, experts displayed increased activity in key areas such as the bilateral prefrontal cortex, bilateral intraparietal sulcus, and right occipitotemporal cortex—regions critical for visuospatial attention, object categorization, and memory. This mirrors brain remodeling observed in other expertise domains, like multilingualism or professional musicianship, where prolonged practice fine-tunes visual and auditory processing. By repeatedly attending to subtle cues in plumage, songs, flight patterns, and behavior, birdwatchers drive cortical reorganization. Notably, these expertise-linked changes persisted across the adult lifespan, with older experts exhibiting brain features in relevant regions more akin to those of younger individuals—suggesting the development of cognitive reserve that may protect against aging effects.

[Wing, E. A., et al. (2026). The tuned cortex: Convergent expertise-related structural and functional remodeling across the adult lifespan. Journal of Neuroscience. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1307-25.2026]

Parents Wake Up

 

X

X, greatest tool for allowing free speech in the history of the world.

Congratulations to X and Elon Musk on having the highest usage on X in history on 2/28/2026 , followed by another record day on March 1, 2026.

America's Pain or Listen & Grow Up

It's no wonder that ENVY affects more Americans than GREED!

There is such little perseverance, work ethic, common sense.  

Look around.  Look close.  Ask questions.

You had no further to look than the SOTU last night to see it.

Clear as the morning dew.  

Wake up.  Make yourself the envy they want.  I dare  you.

Go to work.  Wake up.   Get after YOUR life, not mine.

1. You will die, and most people won’t care after a while.

2. People use you until you’re no longer useful.

3. Most people secretly want you to fail.

4. One day you’ll wish you started today.

5. Most people fake happiness while dying inside. 

6. No one is coming to save you.

7. You’ll be judged no matter what you do. 

8. Your health is your greatest wealth.

9. Happiness is temporary—discipline is permanent. 

10. Success takes longer than you think. 

11. No one respects weakness, even if they sympathize. 

12. Complaining changes nothing. 

13. Not everyone you love will love you back. 

14. Money won’t solve all your problems—but it solves most. 

15. Social media lies to you every day. 

16. You’re replaceable at your job. 

17. Life is unfair—get used to it. 

18. One day, you’ll run out of days. 

19. Regret hurts more than failure.

20. Nobody cares about your excuses. 

Work harder. 

The earlier you understand this, the better and easier life gets.