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Raoul’s 2 Cents, July 24, 2026<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Last week I shared how I banged my head when the chair I attempted to step on slipped due to the puddle of water on the floor. People encouraged me to get a head scan to make sure there was no internal bleeding but the pain subsided after a few days and I didn\u2019t think it was necessary. But my aunt reminded me that my great great grandfather fell off his horse and hit his head. He neglected going to the doctor and in a short while he became completely blind. That was the scare I needed so I did go for a checkup. The doctor doesn\u2019t think I need it but I\u2019m scheduled for a CT Head scan (whatever that is) early next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wondered about people I know who were hit in their heads and I realized that every single one of them had one thing in common — they became smarter! I have a theory — a Big Bang Theory \u2026 a Big Bang in the HEAD Theory! We are all aware of the untapped mysteries of the brain. We\u2019ve been told that we underutilize the power of the brain. I think if we get hit in just the right spot in the head, we can unleash that power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CASE 1:
Rodney was one of my best friends in my college years. He was one of the smartest people I know. He wrote poems and plays, composed music with his guitar, indulged in very deep conversations and organized many social activities. He confessed he wasn\u2019t that smart until he was hit by a baseball bat. He said he was a mediocre student watching a game when a batter swung and released his bat which hit him on the head \u2026 knocked him out cold. When he woke up, he said that\u2019s when he became smart. I believe he became the valedictorian of his high school. He became a lawyer and defended the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CASE 2:
My brother tried to stand on top of a basketball. (Yup! Not very smart yet.) The ball rolled out underneath him. He cracked his skull. He became very introspective. He began to hang out with the smart kids in class. He too became a lawyer and an environmental scientist for the EPA in Washington, DC.. Before his untimely death, he was building a complex ecosystem in Ecuador, at the edge of the Amazon jungle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CASE 3:
My sister fell down the stairs, hit her head. Guess what? She became smart. She\u2019s very good in math. She\u2019s the one our family runs to for legal paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess cracking one\u2019s head is like being bitten by a radioactive spider. It jars those dormant brain cells into action. I can imagine the hospital room when I go for my CT Head scan next month. The doctors and scientists will gather around me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPoor old man cracked his skull \u2026 gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world\u2019s smartest man. Raoul Pascual will be that man! Better than he was before. Better\u2026 smarter\u2026 intellectually boring \u2026 but smarter!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOkay, hold him steady while I get my baseball bat \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGirls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can\u2019t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.\u201d<\/em>—Yul Brynner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn grade school, I was smart, but I didn\u2019t have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.\u201d<\/em> — David Spade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever confuse education with intelligence. You can have a bachelor’s degree and still be an idiot!\u201d<\/em>— Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes you just have to play the role of the fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you.\u201d<\/em> — Anonymous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHalf of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.\u201d <\/em>— Solomon Short<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNone of us is as smart as all of us.\u201d<\/em> —Ken Blachard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”<\/em> — Psalm 9:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”<\/em> — Proverbs 1:7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”<\/em> — James 1:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to James, Dan, Barbara and Jonathan for these<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEMES of the Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I collaborated with my friend and jokester,Terry Cassel for these below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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