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"Go for it, it is your life to live as you see fit if you are not a burden to anybody.
My younger brother took his "retirement" in bits and pieces, starting while he was in college. He would work for a while, save money, then he would..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 weeks ago
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"My son is a schizophrenic who became suicidal last year, just before Christmas. I emphatise with Peter and Jesse, since I see my son life in their stories.
The best thing my husband and I did to learn how to cope with his terrible disease was..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hnnrs
Last month
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"I cried too.
The mentally ill are the Ugly of humanity. The meds make them fat, the high dosage necessary to subdue their fears make their expression vacant, shakes and tremors are a frequent side effect. At best they are tolerated, most times they..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by emperor.seamus, Skorgu, lysdexic
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"Anedoctal, but think of the places such as Italy or France, where moderate alcohol consumption is a daily event: they do not seem to have more unhealthy babies than the US.
This review paper on the effects of alcohol seems to present an opposite..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
Last month
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"Some inaccuracies in the article.
Most of of Ms. Sedia opinionated opinions seem derived from old scientific methods. I do not think (my opinion) that there is a reputable scientific journal that would publish a paper with a guesswork assignment..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by axon, ltracey, rodgerd, markr
Last month
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"Ass not what your administrators can do for you; ass what you can do for your administrators" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
2 months ago
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"Am I racist? Is the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Justice Department, or the FDA racist? Does it make you feel better to think so?
Perhaps.
There are studies that show that, for some crimes, the number of arrests of white people is equal to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by hadjiboy, eckeric, rtha
3 months ago
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"There are a few (very few) subsets of Christianity that strive for intellectual honesty in dealing with their holy book and their God. They tend to be pacifists...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Pope Guilty, Artw
3 months ago
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"Move on. Good friendships usually develop by being there for your friends through the hard times as well as the fun times. The two of you seem not to want to share the bad times...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by salvia, loiseau, mazienh
3 months ago
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"Compost heap. While diluting and adding beans or pasta is a very good idea, this would require additional cooking, and overcooked cabbage is not particularly appetizing...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Solomon
3 months ago
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"Today is the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. I was becoming more and more despondent about this country, and I was starting to regret becoming an American citizen until I read Obama's speech ( and the comments on this thread)...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hap_hazard
4 months ago
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"I live in tornado alley, ice storms zone: beside the items mentioned by BrandonBlatcher and clarckstonian , I keep one of those old fashioned phones that do not depend on electricity to operate. A lot of times the phone lines are still up while the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by i_like_camels
4 months ago
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"Thanks everybody: just made a litter box with shredded newspaper. Took away the milk and gave a litle plain yogurt instead. It seems happy. I took pictures with my new Xmas present digital, and I will post when I figure out how to upload the pictures..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by francesca too
4 months ago
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"Artichoke frittata
5 eggs, beaten with 3 tablespoons of water and salt and pepper to taste
2 jars of marinated artichokes
4 green onions
1/2 cup of cheese (swiss, cheddar, or any other cheese you like)
In a ovenproof skillet (I use a cast..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by theora55, peep
4 months ago
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"Looking forward to reading the book, since Keller's arguments seem to appeal to logic. I tend to agree with your thinking in the link, except
Jesus got rid of himself for you, OP.
Go and do likewise.
My Xians beliefs do not seem to include..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Senor Cardgage
4 months ago
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"Stupid people and their stupid ideas, neither deserve respect
They do deserve politness." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by panamax
4 months ago
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"I'll second NAMI referred to by desjardins. The course is called "family to family" and is intended to support and instruct family members. I took it last year because my son, who is now 30, was diagnosed with schizophrenia five years ago...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Roach
4 months ago
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"Stromboli Island, the Ginostra side. There is a pensione, you can walk to the lava river if it is spewing. Or walk to the top of the volcano." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by walla
4 months ago
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"The western world panentheists were ignored in the conclusion that god != man.
The western world science was reduced to choosing the practical Newtonian version of science.
Fun reading, once I got over the flow-chart vs. western graph bias (my bias)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wires
4 months ago
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"I think most of the abjectly terrible writers that get mentioned as favourites in threads like these have one good book in them. I'd rather that they be hunted down and stopped before they get that far, though.
let's all agree that the rest of us..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
5 months ago
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"Be honest with yourself and her. Loving and caring deeply does not go together with abandoning somebody to face huge problems on their own. It was a convenient relationship for you until the going got tough.
She is better off knowing that she..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wilder
5 months ago
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"If she is using cloth diapers, a diaper service gift certificate. My sisters paid for diaper services for my first child and it was great: nothing better than the delivery of clean diapers and removal of the soiled ones...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
6 months ago
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"Carl Sagan wrote an interesting essay on ethics and morality, proposing the "brass rule" as opposite to the golden rule or the silver rule: treat everybody fairly until they treat you badly, then pay them back as a lesson not to do it again...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Elsa
6 months ago
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"If you think it's disturbing that your kid sees a High School Musical star decapitated on a poster, but not disturbing that your child will be bombarded by dozens of HSM related ads or marketing tie-ins on any given day, not to mention hundreds, or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dabitch, divabat
6 months ago
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"Culture jamming? I wonder the effect this jamming has on a child walking by." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nthdegx
6 months ago
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"A program called JustFaith, lasting 30 weeks, was started in the Catholic Church but has now spilled over to several other denominations. The reading list suggested by JustFaith seems to be what you are seeking:
Rich christians in an age of hunger..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
6 months ago
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"A moral stand is a moral stand and you should not apologize for doing or saying what is just or right. In the long run you will not be happy working for a company that tolerates less than moral behavior, so start looking for another job.
Thinking..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by 4ster, Dreama
7 months ago
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"He might be suffering from mental illness. Dual diagnosis is when people with mental illness self-medicate with alcohol, tobacco or drugs. It seems very common in sufferers of depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety, or schizophrenia. It is also very..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by docpops
7 months ago
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"It is a microdeletion on chromosome 7. The extent and severity of the symptoms depend on how many genes have been deleted. There is another syndrome, Angelman syndrome, also a microdeletion but on chromosome 15: the patients are happy, with big..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dragonsi55, Deathalicious
7 months ago
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"bunnytricks- either or. To give an example, the microdeletion on the chromosome 22 that causes DiGeorge syndrome, can be completely silent on the parent transmitting the deletion, or the parent could have a minor show of symptoms. There is really..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bunnytricks
7 months ago
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"My son, who is schizophrenic, was handcuffed in the back of a police car. He made the mistake of saying repeatedly "to serve and protect". He was jerked out of the police car, thrown on the street and tasered while handcuffed. Do not give..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by lalochezia, oaf, ryanrs, mek, RussHy, graymouser, h00py, tehloki, ageispolis, wires, humannaire, MythMaker
8 months ago
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"I laughed out loud, it made my day and I got to philosophize on the miserable life I live that a half beef pizza brightened my day considerably" [
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8 months ago
