Monthly Archives: September 2010

Ignorance + Blatant Stupidity = Senseless Deaths

I normally watch Rick’s List every weekday afternoon when I’m awake. So today when I turned on, they were discussing the horrifying case of Tyler Clementi’s suicide. If you haven’t heard about it, it is apparently the latest in, what seems like, a long line of people killing themselves after some form of harassing or [...]

Like It or Lump It: Discussing Your Life on the Internet

I was 17 when I first opened up about the various issues going on in my life in a public forum.  I remember getting some hateful comments, but the majority of people were supportive.  Fast forward almost 10 years, and it almost seems like the tables have turned.  As our lives are shared more and [...]

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Invisible Illnesses

Invisible Illness week is coming up, so I guess it makes sense that the Ad Council is promoting their Lupus website. It doesn’t seem right, though. I know that Lupus is a major illness, but in terms of “Invisible Illnesses”/Chronic Illnesses it’s kind of like the one that most people can recognize. So many people [...]

Save the Froggies

In case you haven’t heard, James Jay Lee is holding an unconfirmed number of hostages at the Discovery Channel.  Apparently, Lee has taken issue with Discovery’s programming.  He claims that the channel promotes the births of “more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions”, possibly referring to shows like Kate Plus 8 [...]