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C'mon Rain isn't that bad :P :D whoa thats kinda creepy :stunned: Hey ... don't you judge me!

:lol: I ate some beef today, too ... that will be the last of that for a while.

I've been called Mad and been called a Cow but I've never had Mad Cow. BTW, thatnks for changing the avatar ... that will save me some nightmare time tonight.

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Kind of ... it a neurodegenerative disorder so at first your symptoms will be psychiatric ... then sensory ... and from there you'll degenerate into a comatose state, eventually ... ... but with CJD you won't be symptomatic for a long time after infection ... like, years.

Ah, thanks ... ... that was nice.

Little Nemo mentioned needing friends to solve problems, and I think that taps on to a very important aspect of this problem. Single parent homes and homes which have both parents working full time jobs have shown a much higher incidence of disorders needing drug treatment. If these diagnoses where true physiological phenomenon then you shouldn't see such an environmental dependency, a fact that tells me there's a huge problem of misdiagnosis. And when you bring into the picture single parent or dual income families you start talking about socio-economic issues. It's just a huge phenomenon that needs closer attention. You know, in my day we used to just treat depression with some pot and a bottle of J&B, and while I don't have a lfunctioning liver and have developed this weird affinity for Viseine, I'm not depressed! I just have a bad case of the munchies.

I'm a computer programmer by trade ... I guess I just like to read.

Maybe if you turned off that Radiohead and put in something a little more chipper you'd find happiness. I keed. When was the last time I was truly happy? Probably towards the beginning of my last relationship, about four years ago ... Which is not to say I have been unhappy since. I just haven't been as high.

That was scary ... If I die before I wake, I pray the Mad Cow my soul to take

Interesting. I never thought about this. There are some studies floating around that have studied the issue. There isn't anything conclusive though because the phenomenon is so recent. The treatment community seems to think that adolescent dependence on drugs (such as Zoloft) drastically increases the odds of adult addiction. The case, though, is still being built.

I love snow, too!!! Unfortunately, I love snow so much that the lining in my nose has eroded away, and now everytim I do some snow I start bleeding immediately. But I love snow!!!

Whatever, yourself ... Golleum

I'm debating whether to go see this again tonight ... the movie theater is a 10 minute walk from here.

^ Because I don't speak it very well :embarrased:

you're welcome. By the way, what's your name? My name is Richard ... I should add that to my sig to make it easier for people. I know a lot of people have it in theirs and I always think that's cool.

Obviously, I agree with this. In the end, I think pharmaceuticals do two things: 1) They discourage people from trying to solve developmental problems by giving them medicines that will surpress symptoms without curing, AND 2) Creates a culture dependent on narcotics. I will be very interesting to see the development of the current generation of children, to see if they develop a greater incidence of illicit drug dependency because they have been taking low (sometimes high) grade narotics since a very young age.

An advert for the movie 21 Grams. I've seen it already ... Naomi Watts desveres the Oscar for it (IMO).

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@dina made her own avatar. Isn't it cool?

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breaking the law breaking the law :)

I just started Yo La Tengo's Summer Sun. I haven't listened to this before. It's a 2003 album, so I need to listen carefully so I can rank it :P Gawd that sounds stupid. Oh well, that's me: Stupid.

It does. That's a good explanation, Chad. Thanks.

Pop-ins :stunned: Whoa.