Open minded iconoclast; insatiably curious about anything and everything; Have profound belief that human beings are capable of, and have the right to determine the best way to run their lives, without interference from institutions that would tend to infantilize people.
Interested in psychology, health issues, personal relationships. Enjoy hiking, classical music, wildlife, bird watching. Am still attempting to find out what I am going to be when I grow up. I may never know, but the fun is in the learning!
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 09:05 am - [color=#008000][b]dlowan- As horrific as the act was, I would be much more comfortable knowing that this was a lone gunman who freaked out. The thought of groups all around the country planning... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 08:30 am - [color=#008000][b]Ah, the wildlife in Florida. I am more concerned with the no-see-ums and the ghost ants than the Palmettos. These are teeny creatures. The ghost ants can come through the tiniest... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 08:20 am - [color=#008000][b]It is well known in mental health circles that people contemplating suicide will often give their things away. In the case of the Fort Hood shooter, it would not have been... (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 09:20 am -
[quote]FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - an Arabic phrase... (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 09:13 am - [quote="dlowan"]
Being a psychiatrist doesn't necessarily help...we had the Head of Psychiatry at our biggest hospital jump off the roof a couple of years ago, and a few years... (view)
Thu 5 Nov, 2009 03:43 pm - [quote="Linkat"]
Do you think if I called the vision center that is in the building where my doctor works they would give me an estimate?
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[color=#008000][b]Maybe, for the... (view)
Thu 5 Nov, 2009 03:41 pm - [color=#008000][b]I used those kinds of glasses for years for reading. Used to get them in the drugstore for $15- . Then I developed astigmatism in one eye, so they did not work for me.[/b][/color] (view)
Thu 5 Nov, 2009 03:35 pm - [color=#008000][b]Why does this remind me of Aunt (can't remember her name) on Abuzz, who would wax rhapsodic about Pampers?
Maybe because all those threads were about a lot of shit!... (view)
Thu 5 Nov, 2009 03:23 pm - [color=#008000][b]I think that you are smart about having the prescription checked. I once had a pair of expensive bi-focals. I could not figure out why I was prone to tripping over curbs.... (view)
Thu 5 Nov, 2009 03:10 pm - [quote="Ceili"]
It's not killing the aged because most of them are immune due to a strain in 1957.
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[color=#008000][b]******Paranoia Alert******
Bullshit! There is a... (view)
