mind

This is not my favorite book, because I think the subtitle should be "No, it doesn't Steve" ... but How the Mind Works is not without merit, and Steve Pinker is a great writer. Anyway, I thought you's like to know that it is now available on Kindle for two bucks.
Railroad Sunset (1929, oil on canvas). Edward Hopper. I've noticed that I've recently started to dream in German. Well, the people who pop up in my dreams are speaking German, and I seem to understand them and act accordingly, but I never speak in German in my dreams. Actually, I rarely say anything aloud in my dreams anymore; probably a reflection of real life. The interesting thing about this is that I don't speak German. Well, I can utter a few words or phrases here and there, and my comprehension of spoken German is growing, but I don't speak it myself. Oddly, even though I still have…