Good wrinkles!

I read an article recently that asked “Do you get wrinkles in the brain every time you learn something?” The short answer is No. The long answer is cut and pasted below in cause you are like DH and need the long boring drawn out answer. Now that’s not to say the wrinkles aren’t important……the article went on to answer “Do the amount of wrinkles on your brain determine how smart you are?”

Answer: The wrinkles are actually physical, tangible “proof” of your knowledge.

All of this blah blah blah is just a way to tell you I got new wrinkles on my brain tonight!! I signed up for a night class!! Now my wrinkled brain hurts. Not to mention my butt! Those chose chairs are the reason we squirm in class!!!

Now… for those of you that want a new wrinkle read on. For everyone else… I’ll talk to you tomorrow!
This is from Answers.com WikiAnswers:

Do you get wrinkles in the brain every time you learn something?

We don’t start out with wrinkly brains, however; a fetus early in its development has a very smooth little brain. As the fetus grows, its neurons also grow and migrate to different areas of the brain, creating the sulci and gyri. By the time it reaches 40 weeks, its brain is as wrinkled as yours is (albeit smaller, of course). So we don’t develop new wrinkles as we learn. The wrinkles we’re born with are the wrinkles we have for life, assuming that our brains remain healthy.
Our brains do change when we learn — it’s just not in the form of additional sulci and gyri. This phenomenon is known as brain plasticity. By studying changes in the brains of animals like rats as they learn tasks, researchers have discovered that synapses (the connections between neurons) and the blood cells that support neurons grow and increase in number. Some believe that we get new neurons when we make new memories, but this hasn’t yet been proven in mammalian brains like ours.

I’m Dusting Off Old Posts So Google Notices Me Again

You know that awkward moment when you run into someone you used to talk to every day and they clearly don’t remember your name? That’s basically my relationship with Google right now. So I’m fixing it. 🧹

Lately, I’ve been wandering through my older blog posts like a librarian with a red pen, updating headlines, polishing keywords, and gently reminding Google that yes, I’m still here and still weirdly productive. Updating old posts for SEO is like changing the batteries in your smoke detector. Nothing flashy, but suddenly everything works better.

I’m tightening things up, adding clearer headings, improving readability, and sprinkling in relevant links where they actually make sense. Not keyword soup. Not robotic nonsense. Just good content wearing better shoes.

Speaking of links, if you’re curious why this matters, Google itself has a surprisingly helpful guide on how search works. It’s worth a peek if you like knowing how the internet’s brain ticks.

And while you’re clicking around, this is also me casually pointing you to an internal post or two that needed a glow-up anyway. Old posts deserve love. And traffic. Mostly traffic.

Oh, and if you spot mentions of my monthly $50 Your Way giveaway, that’s not an accident. You’ll find that happy little temptation living in the sidebar. PayPal, Venmo, or gift card. Your choice. Every month. 🎉

So if things look a bit fresher around here, that’s me courting Google with better SEO and a side of charm. Wish me luck. And maybe click something while you’re here.