First step to old age

Sometime approximately 8 months ago I went through a rite of passage most middle-aged people go through. I lost my capacity to read without glasses. The strange thing is it happened virtually overnight and was so disorienting I thought something was very wrong with me. For a few days I started making everything on my... Continue Reading →

March 12, 2009

Redefining Crazy: Researchers Revise the DSM

I don't have the energy to read what is probably a load of crap and will only serve to piss me off. But I thought some of my readers might want to know about the piece out in Time Magazine right now on the creation of the DSM and the controversy surrounding it.

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