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Pearls of Wisdom

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I harvested this lunacy out of several old datebooks that I threw away last week. The books were from the ’80s and I was undxed and possibly self-medicating through most of them. Pointless. “Gay, straight or Mummer ?” Drive the porcelain bus. Country club for the exceedingly timid. Missionaries & Cannibals. This is a bar game we used to play. The rules are simple, the solution isn’t, especially when you’re in Jay’s Elbow Room getting hammered. Selective psychotropic medication – helps you forget only the things you want to forget. Beef Croquet. I guess you play with meatballs and a tenderizing mallet? The best part about eating cockroaches is that when you’re done you can pick your teeth with the legs. Book: “ Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine! “- Works best on a V8. Living Color: “ Time’s Up “ Positive K – Nightshift – this was the first urban/...

Am I opposed to SSDI?

I could have gone on SSDI in 1999. I chose not to. Instead, I went back to school for one more semester in the fall of 2000 and finished up my BSES at 42 years old. I’m not sure whether I’m experiencing a slow decline or whether I’m just having a couple of bad years. But I’m going to work for as long as I can. Maybe next time I’;m out of work I’ll apply for SSDI. And maybe I’ll go for my master’s when it happens. Who the hell knows? I want to be my best, whatever my best is. I expect everyone to be the best they can around me. I understand physical and mental limitations. I don’t understand not trying. Anybody who wants a Hallmark card can go to Eckerd’s and buy one. That’s not what the Bipolar Planet is all about. That’s not what I’m about. To quote Timothy Leary , “The future of the human species is to learn how to use our brains.” We are the ones who can do this, but it comes with...

My Amazon.com Wishlist

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I spend a good deal of my discretionary income on books. Amazon.com lets you create a wishlist . I like to put things on the wishlist instead of in the shopping cart. It still feels like a hypomanic shopping spree. I can’t change what I am, but I can change how I behave, right? I scan the wishlist a couple times a year and if I still want an item I put on there a few months ago, I probably am justified in actually buying it. Plus it makes it easier for friends and family to buy for me. (Not a hint.) This is my wishlist . I don’t read as much on bipolar disorder as I used to. Theyre running out of novel ways to say “Take yer meds!” I read more on alternatives these days. And not much of that, I’m afraid. You’ll see when you look at the lists.

Another blogthing

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You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. You don’t mind waving your freak flag every once and a while. And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming! The World’s Shortest Personality Test

What Kind of Soul are You?

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What Kind of Soul Are You? You Are a Visionary Soul You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness. Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul. You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable. Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful. In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself. Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend. You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

Night of the Long Knives

The National Socialist party didn’t spring full-grown from the head of Zeus. The groundwork for the Night of the Long Knives was laid years before it happened. There are a lot of parallels between the increasing curtailment of freedom in the US and the laws in post-WWI Germany. We have not yet been punished by the international community for our aggression the way Germany was after WWI. That action destroyed Germany’s economy and seriously damaged its national pride. It remains to be seen whether measures will be taken against the United States, and whether how we will respond. It remains to be seen whether international censure will inspire the party to scapegoat somebody in order to save face. It remains to be seen whether calls to patriotism will become something ugly. Didn’t someone say, “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it?” Oh, yes, there are parallels. We haven’t plumbed the depths yet.

The structure of snowflakes

The Hidden Messages in Water by Dr. Masaru Emoto, scientific researcher, healer, and popular lecturer. Masaru Emoto: Miraculous Messages from Water contains some beautiful photos of these snowflakes. For the engineers in the audience, perhaps you remember the discovery in the 1980’s of the Josephson Junction . The Josephson Junction is a silicon device that is so sensitive to electromagnetic waves that it can detect the small EM waves emanating from a person’s brain . In fact, it has been tested in mice as a brain-machine interface. I submit that water crystals may be a natural manifestation of the Josephson Effect .