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The OCD Post

agregoli — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:19:46 -0800

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is often misunderstood (and is different from Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.) From wikipedia: "OCD sufferers are aware that such thoughts and behavior are not rational, but feel bound to comply with them to fend off feelings of panic or dread. Because sufferers are consciously aware of this irrationality but feel helpless to push it away, untreated OCD is often regarded as one of the most vexing and frustrating of the major anxiety disorders."

Mizuko Kuyo

agregoli — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:51:11 -0800

Mizuko Kuyo, meaning "water-child memorial service" is a memorial service held by or for those who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion, and has become widespread in Japan since the 1970's. (Wikipedia definition). Peggy Orenstein relates her experience with miscarriage and this ritual in Mourning My Miscarriage - In Japan, I Find a Culture Willing to Acknowledge My Loss.

Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators

agregoli — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:40:28 -0800

Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators These days, if Rian Romoli accidentally bumps into a child, he quickly raises his hands above his shoulders. "I don't want to give even the slightest indication that any inadvertent touching occurred," says Mr. Romoli, an economist in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. Previous article by same author.

Beaten woman denied divorce to her abuser

agregoli — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:19:41 -0800

A Spokane woman trying to divorce her estranged husband two years after he was jailed for beating her has been told by a judge she can't get out of the marriage while she's pregnant. Is this another example at an attempt at "moral values?"

Speech isn't free if it's critical.

agregoli — Thu, 20 May 2004 08:00:55 -0800

Poetry isn't free speech for these students. Bill Nevins, a New Mexico high school teacher was fired last year and classes in poetry and the poetry club at Rio Rancho High School were permanently terminated because he refused to censor a student's poetry that was "un-American."

Obituaries of those who died in Iraq.

agregoli — Fri, 06 Jun 2003 11:07:06 -0800

Obituaries of those who died in Iraq.

Tunnel of Love, Indeed

agregoli — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:20:49 -0800

Sex in an MRI scanner shows that in the missionary position, the penis looks like a boomerang.

Toad in a Tomb

agregoli — Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:00:50 -0800

Animals trapped in stone have been reported many times, but do you believe it? Why has there been so little investigation of these claims? It could be the key to re-animation...

agregoli — Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:55:46 -0800

Bank ATM gives extra cash Man, why can't my bank do this?

agregoli — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 11:35:37 -0800

Mice and Martians! Mice sent to Mars, first all-rodent space crew. I like the article's style: "The crew will have no exercise wheels, however. Their motion would interfere with the centrifugal force inside the spacecraft."