Like Ebenezer Scrooge, I was told to expect visitations, a final round of spider-related nightmares as my brain purged a deeply ingrained fear.
Mr. Mayer-Schönberger said that keeping a perpetual visual diary of everything could slow down our brains' purging process.
Mr. Mayer-Schonberger said that keeping a perpetual visual diary of everything could slow down our brains' purging process.
In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the futuristic headgear used to purge Jim Carrey's brain of unwanted memories of his love, Clementine (Kate Winslet), resembles nothing more sophisticated than a salon hairdryer.
An added bonus, her son is achieving a deeper REM sleep, so his brain is potentially being purged of toxins.
We arranged to meet in a crappy East London Travelodge, and, after purging my brain of hours of pent-up "pisexual" jokes, my photographer Jake and I knocked on the door of a grungy carpeted room, both marginally nervous we were going to get murdered. .
That flash of consideration; those seconds of empathy: ruthlessly and efficiently purged by a brain keen to move on to the next task, albeit usually something mundane, such as "hurry up, you need to get home – the football starts at 7.30pm".
For that brief period of time, all those thoughts are completely purged from your brain, and you just get to think about fishing". During the semester-long course, Hackett's students learn about and develop three essential components of fly fishing: fly tying, casting, and fish habitat and behavior.
Whatever idealized vision for gifts and the holidays you're imagining, purge it from your brain!
Vocalizing the mercilessly redundant thing in my hotel room helped me fall asleep but did not purge the tune from my weary brain altogether.
