Another bike-riding brain-music experience

It appears that Spring has sprung here in Louisville, KY and today I decided to get my new bike out again and go for a ride. I was riding with a friend so I wasn't expecting any problems but after we had been out for 30 minutes or so, we encountered a pretty good little hill. The shifters on this bike are different from my old bike so I was trying to climb this hill in a gear that was way too big. I used my old technique of singing to my "one little two little three little indians" and that again worked amazingly well. It took my mind off the struggle of pushing the pedals down so I could make it up the hill and a few minutes later, I figured out my new shifters!

The Brain Goes to Riverdance

Tonight I'm going to Riverdance and I can't wait! I love Riverdance and I can't exactly tell you why. There is a fascinating theory out there that we respond biologically and neurologically to music that is in our DNA. In other words, if we have a heavy Irish heritage, this beautiful Irish music is literally in our blood and in our genes. My immediate family is actually mostly English but that's pretty close. Of course the faster numbers are extremely rhythmic and have the whirling rhythms that make me want to jump up and join them. Since I am in the last row of the last balcony I will try to restrain myself! I'll let you know later how it goes!