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Ramblings from an old scribbler
Joe Gelarden
It is no secret that something is happening out in the Gulf of Maine.
No, I will not dive into the pending political food fight over floating windmills v. fighting fishermen. That is another topic for another time.
We all have seen news reports of how the Gulf is warming and how it might affect the fishing industry and our local lobstermen. We have seen news reports of rising sea levels, usually accompanied by videos of icebergs breaking off arctic glaciers and crashing into the sea. And we all have wondered about the West Coast fires and horrific storms that seem to populate our favorite television news shows on the left and the right.
Al Southwick: Phineas Gage s hole in the head
Al Southwick
A recent TV program on research on the human brain brought to mind the name of Phineas Gage. Phineas Gage was famous 150 years ago because he had a hole in his head through which observers could see his gray, living brain. He lived for years with that anomaly.
He was an expert on blasting, and on Sept. 13, 1848, he was working with a construction gang on a new line for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont. He had just drilled the holes for the blasting powder and had started to temp the holes when his crowbar set off a spark. The ensuing explosion drove an iron bar through his head, ripping a piece of his skull away. The bloody remnant was picked up by one of the workers some distance away.