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NEW YORK (AP) — Whether it’s the Beatles or Beethoven, people like music for the same reason they like eating or having sex: It makes the brain release a chemical that gives pleasure, a new study says. The brain substance is involved both in anticipating a particularly thrilling musical moment and in feeling the rush […]

We have a new recruiting tool!   From the article: It may be the chorus of a pop song or the slow movement of a symphony… we all know that our favourite pieces of music make us feel good. But scientists have now unravelled how they do it. They say a best-loved aria or guitar […]

I know what you are thinking – Christmas was weeks ago.   And I know that Christmas is all about giving . . . but I got some great presents.   My wife and mother (two different people – Alabama isn't that backwards) each gave me a Keurig coffee maker.  I just love those quick-clean-heatproducing […]

It is a blessed time in my part of the world – our occasional two inches of snow/ice has shut down roads, schools, and airports.  That, combined with the National Championship football game tonight, has really captured the state of Alabama.   In honor of the weather event, I bring you the SFSU Women's Chorus […]

Do you remember playing hand games as a child? I still play them with my daughter when we are waiting on a flight, standing in line at a concert, or at other points of utter boredom. One of our routine hand games is "Scissors, Paper, Stone." Each player counts together, outloud, to three, each time […]

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