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Thoughts on funding of “cures” for psychiatric illnesses

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

(Slightly abridged from something I posted to Usenet earlier tonight) We need to cut any and all government funding of public, private, nonprofit, and academic efforts researching “curing” mental illness, autism, retardation, etc. because there is a major conflict of interest issue. Unlike medication, which treats symptoms such as depression, anxiety, paranoia, attentiveness, etc., a [...]

It’s been a long week…

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Haven’t had any new posts in almost a week. Here is what’s going on in my life: 1. Started going to Bingo at my local church two weeks ago. Last week I won 3 games. 2. Went to a Tea Party march yesterday. I was surprised how many people honked and cheered for us on [...]

Quizzes

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

    You Are a Creek You are a dynamic, energetic person. You tend to change quickly and often. You are spirited and gleeful. You believe it’s important to live a colorful life. You are also quite brave. You are able to look past your fears. You have what it takes to be very heroic. [...]

Why does everyone hate this album but me?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Bush’s Razorblade Suitcase is always criticized and shit on. Their first album, Sixteen Stone, which contains all their classic rock radio hits, was criticized for being a set-up corporate ripoff of then-deceased Nirvana. (And while we all love the hits, it isn’t anything special. I have it.) So for their next album, Razorblade Suitcase, Bush [...]