Do any of us REALLY know what Aleppo is?

I'll be in a cast for my birthday. I was hoping to avoid this.

Feeling a little blue tonight. It's trivia night and I can't go. I have to stay off my feet. So, I've been isolated for a solid week. The last I saw of any friends was last Sunday. Suddenly a week goes by and I'm really, really down ( Read more... )

Having one of my down nights. I'm laid up in bed with very little social interaction. Weight loss has plateaued since I stopped being mobile ( Read more... )

Depression is a disease. It's a potentially fatal one as we've all seen today. People with depression can not "snap out of it" or "buck up." They're sick. Very sick. Serious thoughts of suicide are a medical emergency and should be treated as such. People with depression are too often made to feel weak or selfish by society when, in fact, they are ( Read more... )

No one is saying that all men commit acts of violence against women. That's just not what this is about. It's about living in a culture where virtually all women have to wonder if any given man may commit an act of violence against them. It's about a very legitimate fear that stems from a culture that excuses if not glorifies violence against women ( Read more... )

6. Sedna

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I've been depressed for a while now. It's exhausting. It's the kind of depression that brings physical pain along with it. I'm tired all the time. I need to get out of the house, yet have zero desire to do so. I'm supposed to go up to Denton on Sunday and I don't physically feel up to it. Everything hurts too much ( Read more... )

I'm trying to decide which is the better Superman story: Red Son, or Secret Identity.

They're both magnificently unconventional takes on the Superman mythos. They're both excellently written. They are, however, quite different from each other.

Busiek's Secret Identity does what Busiek's writing does best. He takes us in for a close look at the ( Read more... )

Superman: Red Son: Still a better love story than Twilight and still a better version of Atlas Shrugged than the films.