I think about life, and realize it's limited by physical being.
I think about my universe, and realize I'm limited by time and space.
I think about my consciousness, and realize I'm only briefly traveling through.
-Pat Henry 2004
About me:
I'd probably like to say I'm a "brain scientist" or
even a "rocket scientist" just because it has a nice "ring" to it.
But I'm not; I'm a Neuroimaging Engineer. What is a Neuroimaging
Engineer, you ask? I work at a university providing technical
support for a group of people who actually are brain scientists.
It may sound interesting, but it uses very little of my best
talent: idle observation - contemplative thought while doing
virtually nothing, as opposed to actually doing things.
Since beginning this job, I've studied precessing hydrogen
proton spins, k-space transforms, and magnetic resonance imaging
physics. But, really, the thing I'm interested most in learning
about, is just nothing; sometimes greatness... but mostly Nothingness.
The job involves a great deal of work with computers, which
makes things exciting; I dislike them and they hate me -
that's ironic because, for many years, I worked as a computer
systems administrator.
Although the picture above is typical of work, and of the
quantum world in general (strange things happen when we're not
looking), here's an even better one of me away
from the office.
Is it Art? - unusual things
precisely as found namelessly arranged by an artist uncelebrated;
photos and titles by me, only, in humble pursuit of posterity
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