Good crazy meds

I think I’ve found my miracle drug. After three weeks on Zoloft, the anxiety is lower than it’s been in years and the depression has started to lift. When I saw the doctor today she stepped up my dosage a level, with instructions to bump it again in a week, assuming I don’t [...]

Leveling the field or an unfair advantage?

The other day Ahistoricality brought my attention to a lawsuit filed by a student who was denied readmission to law school after being dropped for an insufficient GPA. Of the 6 so petitioning, Lisa Rittenhouse was the only one who was not allowed to return. She claims in the suit that the basis [...]

Cyber-squatting by the big boys?

For years now there have been rumors that running a domain name search on Network Solutions is a bad idea. Legend has it that if you find a name available and don’t register it immediately, NS will latch onto it. A submitter at Reddit named Geeeeoffff seems to have made a good [...]

Meet me in the Haight

You are 63% hippie.

You’re near the middle of the spectrum, but you’ve got an open mind. Society needs more people like you.
Are you a hippie?Quizzes for MySpace

My kids would be surprised to see it so low. Guess I’m more mainstream than they think. :)
Via Rebecca at Pocahontas County Fare

It’s not just honeybees that are threatened

Burt’s Bees has been bought out.

Today, the couple’s quirky enterprise is owned by the Clorox Company, a consumer products giant best known for making bleach, which bought it for $913 million in November. Clorox plans to turn Burt’s Bees into a mainstream American brand sold in big-box stores like Wal-Mart.
I’ve been a devoted Burt’s [...]

A new year, a new crazy med

Well, I saw the doctor yesterday. She told me that trying to cut back my meds right now is probably not the best idea I’ve had lately. She questioned whether I’m starting to cycle to have even considered it — I don’t think I am, but sometimes I’m the last to recognize the [...]

Check your privilege

I tend to look at my childhood very negatively, so it was interesting to me to see how privileged I was in several areas. It’s a good attitude adjustment.

This exercise was developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that [...]

Welcome 2008

I usually don’t make resolutions beyond striving to accept myself the way I am (a huge, ongoing battle), but I’ve got a few on tap for this year. It’s going to be a year of big changes and I have to be prepared to handle them.

My biggest accomplishment for 2007 was quitting smoking. [...]

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