Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 3
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 3 of my experience.
Gun Control Debate Is OVER
Look, people, this is the United States. Mass murder by gunfire isn't going to stop and Congress is not going to pass legislation to restrict access to guns. Gun control is a dead issue, no matter how much we might hope it's still up for discussion. As I said before,...
Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 2
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 2 of my experience.
Intensive Outpatient Program for Depression & Anxiety, Part 1
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. This is how it went.
You Might Be Clinically Depressed If
You might be clinically depressed if: you're back on cigarettes or junk food or alcohol or shopping or whatever your addiction is that you've been trying to kick for decades. you can't concentrate on work for more than a few minutes at a time. the long minutes you...
“Off Their Meds” Jokes
On July 26th, Stephen Colbert commented on El Idiota's tweet that transgender people will no longer be allowed in the U.S. military. He said, "Today I really think he's off his meds because today he went from crazy to cruel." To anyone reading this: please stop making...
Weight Loosening
Here's an update on how my attempt to lose some fatness is going: it's...kind of...going. I’ve had some pretty discouraging weeks. This is what I filled them with: 1. I tried to exercise more, which is to say exercise at all. And then I stopped again. 2. Same old...
The Word “Lady,” Part One
Sexism lives deep in a society when people can’t see it in the words they use.
My Black Is Beautiful
"The Talk" is a TV commercial for Proctor & Gamble that shows conversations between Black parents and their Black children about the realities of their lives in the U.S. The ad was done by BBDO New York advertising agency and was released in July. Let us not...
Only Bad Owners
FICTION Sunlight skipped off the surface of the lake and pierced the eyes of the dog owners and their charges. "Oh, Dan," said Imelda. "The new laws about dogs who attack people are so strict. Don't you think?" Dan turned away from his Great Dane, who was tentatively...
Comfort
FICTION Laura knew as soon as she walked into Georgina’s bright apartment that her friend wasn’t having a good day. Georgina looked sad as she greeted Laura and led her to the brightly colored sofa. “What’s wrong?” Laura asked. Georgina’s face crumpled immediately....
El amanecer
Shrieking Dawn was a nutjob And even though she's dead is a nutjob still. But even if I can't get her gibbering chorus out of my head, I can at least stop dancing to it.