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Microexpression Tourette's Syndrome, Explained.
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BPES: FOXL2 and Idiosyncratic Microexpressions
BPES The Rorschach Face: FOXL2 and Idiosyncratic Microexpressions
ABSTRACT: BPES is a rare birth defect in the FOXL2 transcription factor (hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/15/1591.full) resulting in profound damage to emotional signalling pathways involving micro-expressions and overall expression patterns. Leave a commentBlepharophimosis ptosis: The Rorschach Face.
I have some odd mannerisms you might have noticed.
I was born without muscles to open my eyes! It's called blepharophimosis ptosis. It is extremely rare. I had full medical treatment - a muscle that allowed me to elevate my eyelids with my forehead, but they just "drifted" partly-shut. That caused dry eye problems. My eyes learned to ( Read more... )Another Amazing Day : Raw As Flux
Another amazing day ( Read more... )Double Cousin Dan! How I Broke My Knee.
I haven't crossed my legs for 17 days. Why?
I drove down to LA to meet some relatives, my double cousin and his family. Papa's from Oklahoma, so it's not unusual to have relatives we've never met. Dan and Maureen have two girls, 15 and 16, and within five minutes the whole family was hula-hooping on the front lawn, having a great time.
"These are ( Read more... )Science meets Steve. What's on my mind? Spiders and cats.
Steve has uncanny radar for small things moving along the ground. Steve doesn't do flying things, no, but anything that moves across the surface he is standing on, he tracks with precision. He never lets a kitty-treat fly past, for example. He is on that turkey, shrimp, or chicken safari nugget. (What does chicken safari taste like?)
Here's ( Read more... )Why? To break through writer's block.
Ha, I made a man laugh. He wandered by, a new neighbor, and we chatted and I offered him some sweet pea flowers. And he promised to take my garbage out for me, due to my knee injury. Then he revealed he has a brain tumor, oh no, very dire, he was gloomy. I didn't know what to say, except, "Gee...I hope this doesn't impact you taking my ( Read more... )"Why I can't get rid of anything in this closet."
"Why I can't get rid of anything in this closet ( Read more... )Childhood
I'm still superstitious about frogs. If you catch enough and raise them right, they'll escape and grow big in your garden, and even if you don't see them more than once a year or two ("WOW that was a whopping big frog!" you'll say) they are there. I'm superstitious about frogs. Frogs mean good luck.
We built frog rivers and frog huts and ( Read more... )
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