Someone mentioned a word I had never heard before so I thought I would see if I could find reference to it.  It was the word neuro-clusters. I could find heaps on headache clusters.  The European Academy of Neurology had a paper on cluster headaches which said, “Cluster headache is a relatively rare, disabling primary headache disorder with a major impact on patients' quality of life.”
Then on page 3 of my Google search I found mention of Neuro clusters, but it was different to what I had heard about.  It looks like it is a set up at the uni at Berkeley.  “The UC Berkeley Neuro cluster is designed for scientific research. It provides secure, high-performance workstations, redundant data storage, high-speed network, and scientific applications.”
The context I heard it referred to was to do with clusters of thought (hence brain – neuro) types.  Typically, there are a couple of types of thought that seem to go together.  When I start thinking negatively the brain has a tendency to seek out similar thoughts.  I may think “I’m no good.”  Then comes things like, “You will never amount to anything” (maybe that was someone close’s regular statement) and “once a failure, always a failure.”
I have heard it said and seen it enough to think it is right that in many cases the brain can not tell the difference between what is real and what is vividly imagined. “you will never amount to anything” is true of no one yet when vividly imagined it has a power to bring an event to pass.
By the same token when I affirm that “in Christ” (and that is the difference for me between what is short term beneficial positive affirmation and positive eternal thinking and saying) I am a somebody.  I have found my brain at that point seeks out cluster thoughts like “my life has purpose” and “there is meaning in the every day.”
The point for me is summed up in “think you can or think you can’t, either way you will be right.”  I like positive Neuro Clusters.

Hooray!  Three Cheers!  Yahoo! 
Ok maybe people do not normally get excited about a shed but let me tell you this is no ordinary shed.  This is…. If it was not for this shed…. Er This shed changed my life….  Oh alright it is an ordinary shed.
But I do admit Merril and I are a bit excited about it.  Firstly really we are excited that we were able to put it up at all.  I confess though that Merril is really the brains of the operation.  I’m the brawn.   You can see our reason for delight.  One has to be fairly desperate if I am the brawn.
Ok truth be known it was not a big shed.  In fact it was very close to the smallest one can get.  Though I am suspicious.  I reckon we used a similar amount of screws as if it were a Taj Mahah shed.
And another thing.  We purchased it from a company called “Easy Sheds.” I reckon it must be called that as it is Easy for them to say.  It seems to me the easy part is in the walking away.  I guess my suspicion was aroused when I asked the delivery people “is it easy to construct?”  For a start they took too long to answer and then the answer was ‘some people say yes and some say no.”  Not exactly a confidence builder.
I’m going to use the age card again but getting up and down off the ground while we were putting it together was ummm “challenging.”  After I had been at it a while and got up I felt like someone standing upright for the first time about to take my first steps.
Anyway it is done.  We aim to store items for sale at our market at one end and containers for cash at the other end.   Today is sorting and packing day.

A book I had ordered arrived yesterday. I knew I had ordered one, but I could not remember what it was.  I ordered it from a place called “World of Books.”  It often has second hand books, or books that are hard to get.  What I got ended up being a hard cover book and I was not expecting that.  No complaining mind. 
Trouble is though, while it is definitely good value and delivery is free it can take a while to get what is ordered for some reason.  I ordered it a couple of weeks ago.  Merril ordered another book from elsewhere a couple of days ago.  They both arrived yesterday.
I had to laugh.  We were tracing Merril’s book and it said it would arrive yesterday so we were expecting it.  The guy from Australia Post though did not know that and before he had given us anything Merril declared “that’s us.”
When I got the book I asked myself “why did I order this book?”  I have heard of the writer before.  I have never read any of his stuff but the author (Philip Yancy) is highly regarded.  I’ve decided the main reason I got the book was that I like the title.  “Rumours of Another World”
There are sometimes when something just grabs me.  That title did that and his talking about people that inhabit the borderlands of belief.  I suppose like any good title it sparked my curiosity.
That is not the first time I have done such a thing though.  I have mentioned before I bought a record (back in the days when records were as good as it could be) solely because of the title.  It was called “Local Hero.”  Again I liked the imagery.  I am very much into the potential of the ordinary or “don’t look twice” person.
I hope this latest experience is as good as the Local Hero one was.  Turned out it was music predominantly by Mark Knopfler.  It was a great album.