One of my sisters suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. And that sentence is true -- she does suffer from it. And so did each and every one of us siblings, and my parents, and anyone else whose life touched hers.

And for so many years we were in denial, we just saw her as an asshole, a rude and crude jerk, unbelievably intertwined with my parents, psychologically, financially, in just about every way, really. She also has epilepsy, and has suffered from seizures,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by dancestoblue at 10:15 PM on September 11, 2008

The sporting editors had also given me $300 in cash, most of which was already spent on extremely dangerous headphones. The trunk of the car looked like an orgy of patch cables, toggle switches and potentiometers. We had two sets of analog alpha tones, seventy-five tracks of delta, five programs of high-powered telekinesis tracks, a nord modular half full of 100 Hz and 500 Hz carriers without recognizeable Delta, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored low frequencies, idowners, iscreamers,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by isopraxis at 5:45 PM on August 9, 2008

In private, practice imitating the hateful voice. Record yourself and compare your results with the real thing. Let the miracle of method acting create sympathy. And admire the ease with which your interlocutor has mastered something so difficult.
posted to Ask Metafilter by i_am_joe's_spleen at 12:44 PM on July 22, 2008

Fire Island, eh? More like ten pets, no kids, amirite?

Seriously though, I LOVED that book. There was a great synopsis of it over here at The Dairi Burger, which recaps Sweet Valley High books mostly, but also some other juvenile fiction in between.
posted to Ask Metafilter by SassHat at 11:50 PM on May 10, 2008

I'm with the opinion of opening up the marriage. A marriage is many things: emotional intimacy, security, support, companionship, shared goals. Monogamy is a part of that package for many people, but it doesn't have to be, and you shouldn't feel that your marriage is through because you don't find sex exclusively with your wife fulfilling right now, any more than you should feel confused by "Am I gay or straight?". You want what you want, and it would appear that your wife is... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 12:46 PM on April 22, 2008

You may want to look into Carman. It's an OBD-II analyzer for the Nokia 770 and N800 internet tablets.

It looks sexy. It's LGPLed, and the internet tablets run Linux. Nokia endorses third party development.
posted to Ask Metafilter by adamwolf at 4:36 PM on February 24, 2007 marked best answer