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Level 1 Description: The corneal is one of the blink reflexes, is an involuntary blinking of the eyelids elicited by stimulation of the cornea. Stimulation should elicit both a direct and indirect or consensual response (opposite eye). The reflex consumes a rapid rate of 0.1 second. The evolutionary purpose of this reflex is to protect the eyes from foreign bodies. Neuroanatomy: As will all reflexes it has an afferent (sensory) and efferent (motor) arm.

“God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life.” - Nadia Bolz-Weber Hi there. I am the author of three NYT bestselling memoirs: Pastrix; The Cranky, Beautiful Faith Of A Sinner & Saint (2013), Accidental Saints; Finding God In All The Wrong People (2015) and SHAMELESS; A Sexual Reformation (2019). I write and speak about my personal failings, addiction, grace, faith, and really whatever the hell else I want to.

On October 10, 1967, the body of Che Guevara was put on display after his execution by the Bolivian army. Several photographers captured the surreal scene in the laundry room of a hospital in rural Vallegrande, Bolivia. The most widely-published photo was made by Marc Hutten, a correspondent for Agence France-Presse. Hutten’s is the only version in colo… ncG1vNJzZmiokam%2Fqq%2FKsKCtrKljwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89oq6GdXZi8s7zSnmSonl2YtaZ5xq6cr5milg%3D%3D

In the last posts I discussed The Denver Sound and gothic country music, which is a full of liturgical language and thematic. David Eugene Edwards of 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand combines liturgical texts with gothic and country music. He explains that: ‘‘music is not sacred.  My music is not sacred‘‘. However some of the religiously affiliated do not agree with alternative music. Protestant evangelist David J. Stewart condemns all goth music.

Hello, reader. Jeremy here, and I’m excited about this week’s piece…because I didn’t have to write it! And frankly, as you’ll soon find out, I couldn’t have written it. Only Dan Fite Jr. could’ve written today’s newsletter. Dan is a filmmaker friend of mine who is still mad at me because a short film of mine beat one of his at a small festival in 2015. But he gets the last laugh in this case, because he started making films at a much younger age than I did—he actually went to film school too—which means I’m the one envious of his creative trajectory.

Here are musings about politics, food, memories, ideas, poems, theatre, ageing. I think this Substack will be a bit death-shadowed, because death does tend to shadow people my age, but I don't intend the offerings to be lugubrious. By Juliet Wittman · Launched a year agoNo thanksncG1vNJzZmiipaG2psDWoqutpZGje7TBwayrmpubY7CwuY4%3D

When living on Block Island, Rhode Island, 12 miles out in the Atlantic, I’d always known John “Fud” Benson to be a reprobate. In fact he was one-quarter of a musical band called The Reprobates who invaded our shores to play sea chanteys and traditional Irish music. “Sea music,” they called it. Fud played fiddle and sang in the quartet, along with Jim Bennet, Jim McGrath, and island-based Irish troubadour Walter McDonough.

On Monday, I shared some of the science of why kids freak out. To continue with the theme, for today’s thread I’m wondering what ridiculous feats of environmental engineering you’ve undertaken in an attempt to avoid enduring a tantrum. I came to this idea after my best friend — the one with the tantrumming one-year-old — told me that she has to engineer every grocery store visit so that she walks down the dairy aisle last.

“Writing can be lonely work, but J.T. has a way of making it much less so. She freely shares of her indelible success in writing and publishing in a way that truly exemplifies “a rising tide lifts all boats.” I’m so thankful for her wisdom and encouragement!” ncG1vNJzZmiipJq5rbXSqKVnq6WXwLWtwqRlnKedZA%3D%3D