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A Teen With Morbid Obsessions
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
Recently, I was sitting in session with a patient, Jesse, a sixteen year-old boy who had started seeing me only three weeks before for a problem with thoughts that he said were very unpleasant. So far, we hadn't gotten very far, as he still couldn't seem to tell me anything about them yet. He sat there nervously, playing with his sneaker laces and looking at the floor. "I don't know if I can tell you about my thoughts yet," he said. "They're really bad, and if I tell you you'll probably think I'm crazy and won't want to work with me any more. I don't just mean 'bad' thoughts. These are the worst ever." Jesse was an honor student, and the captain of his school's lacrosse team. He was a tall dark-haired boy, with good looks, good grades in AP courses, and the appearance that everything in life was going his way. At least that was how it looked to the other people in his world. The reality was, that Jesse had been extremely anxious and depressed for the last four months since the thoughts had started. He was having difficulty concentrating on his schoolwork, and for the first time, his grades were starting to slip.
I looked back at Jesse for a moment, and didn't say anything. "And what if you don't tell me about your thoughts," I answered. How will I be able to help you? It seems to me that if you really want to get control of them, you'll have to tell either me or someone else sooner or later. I don't see how you can go on like this, and I don't think you really have too many other options." "Besides," I added, "With all the people I've seen over the years with thoughts like yours, I honestly don't think that you'll be able to tell me about anything I haven't heard many times over from other people, no matter how bad you think they are." "Please understand that I'm not here to judge you or your thoughts," I told him, "I don't think you're crazy. I'm just here to help you recover from this problem and give you back control of your thinking and your behavior. I really think we can do that if we work together. Wouldn't it be nice to have a quiet mind for a change?"
I didn't yet know the nature of Jesse's "bad," or "morbid thoughts," as we like to call them, but I could imagine what they were like. Morbid thoughts come in a number of varieties, and fall into either of two major categories either something horrific or unpleasant happening to the thinker, or else the thinker doing something horrific or unpleasant to someone else. Morbid thoughts can be about sexual acts (hetero- or homosexual), about committing murderous or aggressive acts, about acting out in socially unacceptable or inappropriate ways in public, or blasphemous or irreligious behaviors (usually done in houses or worship or religious settings). If he didn't share them with me, there would be little I could do to help. I felt that if I didn't pressure him, his desire to get control over the thoughts might overcome his feelings of shame and fear.
"I really hate having to think about these stupid things," Jesse answered. "They're so crazy and ugly that I can't even tell my best friends or my family what's happening to me. I couldn't tell my last doctor either." He had seen a female psychiatrist for several visits before coming to see me. She meant well, but didn't have a lot of experience in treating OCD. He gave a short bitter laugh and said, "Can you believe she actually told me to try and think 'good' thoughts instead? How dumb was that? If I could do that, I wouldn't be seeing her in the first place!"
I sat silently and looked at my patient, not saying anything, for what seemed like a very long time. Then suddenly, he spoke up. "I just don't know if I'm ready to tell anyone. Really. I'd like to, but I wouldn't even know how to start. I just know you'll think I'm some kind of sick pervert, or psycho." "Maybe you could start with one of the less horrible ones," I suggested. "I don't know," he murmured, "It feels like someone else is living in my brain making these things up. I'm really scared. Almost like it will punish me for telling, with even worse ideas" "I know," I reassured him. "Everyone finds it hard at first, but it really does get easier. You just have to make a start somewhere. Anywhere. Give yourself a chance. If you want to overcome something fearful, you have to take what look like risks sometimes. It's like jumping off into space and trusting that there will be a net to catch you. This therapy will be that net."
I sat and waited again. He had curled up in a ball in the large leather recliner chair with his face in his hands. I could see that he was really wrestling with himself, and I wanted to give him the space he needed to think it over. As I like to tell my patients, sometimes doing nothing is doing something. After a few minutes, he began to speak with his hands still over his face. The words began to come out slowly, and then picked up speed. It was almost as if someone had suddenly punched a hole in a dam.
"Okay, okay, okay. Its like I keep thinking in these crazy sexual ways about my parents and my dog and cat. Like touching them in bad ways or doing these things with them. Sometimes I get ideas about hurting or killing them. Like I could just do it, that I would like doing it, like I'm going to do it. But I love them - I would never ever do these things, but when I'm thinking about them they seem so real. There, I told you everything. That's it!!"
I leaned forward in my chair and looked directly at him. "Jesse," I said, "I know that was really hard for you to do, but you've just taken the first and most important step toward getting recovered. Now, something can happen."
A phrase he had used struck me as familiar. "they seem so real." It has always seemed strange to me how so many of my obsessive morbid thinkers use that exact same phrase to describe their repetitive thoughts. I cannot begin to count the number of times I have heard it from people who have never met or spoken to each other. This is, for me, one of the great mysteries of OCD for me; how thoughts about things that a person would never normally think, and would never do could seem "so real." It is also one of the great tortures. The vividness and the convincing way the thoughts hit an OC sufferer almost always seem to convince them that they just might actually do the horrible things they are thinking about. The first question that occurs to most sufferers is, "Why would I be thinking these things if I really weren't a psychopath or an evil person?" Since the thoughts mostly won't quit, and are so striking, it seems like a pretty reasonable question for a person to ask him or herself. The rest of us more fortunate human beings can always find a way to 'change the channel' when we are having unpleasant thoughts. We don't often appreciate what it is like to be in control of our own thinking, and take it for granted. That's why it is so easy for people like Jesse's previous and rather ignorant doctor to simply say "Just think good thoughts." As if.
The truth is, we don't really understand why people with OCD happen to think any of the particular thoughts seen to afflict them. There are many different varieties, of which morbid thoughts is only one category. Perhaps many thoughts go through a sufferer's mind, and only particular ones that happen to bother them the most are the ones that stick. No one knows. It is really one of the special tortures that OCD reserves for those have it - that the unpleasant things they think about can often be the very things that they will find the most frightening and repulsive. They may also involve the people or things they love or prize the most. Beloved family members or pets are frequently the subjects of the thoughts, although they can attach themselves to strangers as well. Worse yet, the thoughts don't just stop at ideas of bad things happening to the ones we love. They may go on, as in Jesse's case, to tell the person that they, themselves, will be the ones doing the harmful thing.
The good news is, however, that there is a lot that can be done to help those who suffer from morbid thoughts. I wanted to communicate this to Jesse. "I really don't think you're crazy," I said. It's just that OCD is putting these thoughts in your head, and the ways you are trying to escape them is only making things worse. I think I can teach you how to take the fear out of your thoughts by confronting them, and by challenging them," I told my patient, who now looked as exhausted as if he'd just run a marathon. "I believe that if we work together, you will one day be able to say, 'Okay, so I can think these things, but now they don't scare me, and I don't have to do anything about them.' Also, if we decide to bring medication into the picture, we may also be able to greatly lower the level of thoughts. What do you think?" "Sounds good to me," he replied, "but you've got really your work cut out for you. I don't see how you can do it." "I won't be doing it alone," I told him. "Think of me as your advisor, or like your lacrosse coach. I can show you all the right moves and plays, but it is you who will have to get out on the field and perform. I will design a program tailored to you and your particular thoughts, but it will be up to you to carry it out, step-by-step. My goal is to help you to become your own psychologist, so you won't need to see me any more. I'm also going to refer you to one of our M.D.s to see if medication will be a good option." "You make it sound so easy," he muttered skeptically. My immediate answer was, "Absolutely not! No way! You will never hear me use that word in this office. It will be very hard, at times. It may be the hardest thing you have ever had to do. If you're still having doubts about what I'm suggesting, I think you should ask yourself, how hard is it for you now, and what you have to lose by trying it?" "Well, if I do what you want me to do, I could get more anxious," he offered. "I don't really see how you could get much more anxious than you already are," I replied. "Anyway, the anxiety that the therapy will cause you will only last for a while, and then you will be in control of it. The anxiety you are feeling now from your symptoms doesn't look like it's going to let up any time soon." He nodded silently. I knew we would soon be making progress.
This is how we did it. Jesse and I spent the next two sessions making up a listing of all the situations and thoughts that could cause him to get anxious. I had him rate all the different things on the list from 0 to 100, with 100 being the thing that could make him the most anxious. Once we finished this, I began to create homework assignments for him to do each day, in between visits to my office. These involved going places, being around people, and doing things that set off his thoughts. I also made some audiotapes that talked about the things his thoughts were telling him. He seemed kind of nervous about the tapes, but I explained to him that the overall purpose of the homework was to give him practice staying with the things he feared, to help him get used to facing them without trying to turn them off or escape. I made it clear to him that the reason his anxiety never seemed to go away, and why he was always so sensitive to his thoughts, was because he never stayed with them long enough to see what would really happen. I added that the goal was to actually become so bored with his thoughts that he would no longer react to them. I told him our motto was, "If you want to think about it less, think about it more." He didn't seem too certain about this, but was willing to give it a try, since it seemed to make sense.
We started off with pretty easy things, most of which really didn't bother Jesse very much. He also started taking antidepressant medication (which also happens to help reduce the symptoms of OCD). His mood improved, and he began to think that he could get through all this. As the weeks went by, he gradually worked his way up the ladder, taking on more and more difficult homework. Basically, we dared the thoughts to do their worst, and also looked at them more closely, to see if anything about them made sense. Since some of the assignments involved his parents, we eventually had to bring them into the picture. It was difficult for him to do this, as he feared that they wouldn't understand, but between Jesse and myself, we were able to explain what he had been going through and how they could help. Fortunately, his parents did understand, and had even read some books about OCD. They said that because he was their son, and because they loved him, they would do anything it took to help. We then had them take part in some of the assignments.
At one of our later sessions, three months later, Jesse had this to say "You know, I think I'm really starting to beat these thoughts. I keep facing them, and thinking about them on purpose, but nothing they tell me ever happens. I think I'm even starting to get bored with some of them. They seem so stupid now. I think I can do this." I began to put more of the responsibility for the therapy on him. He now had to create some of his own tapes and homework assignments for himself. At even later sessions, he actually dared me to do my worst, and give him the hardest things I could think of. "I can tell you are recovering," I told him. "You're really making me work. I think I'm actually running out of things to throw at you. When I really do run out, I guess we can say you are finished." This brought a smile to his face.
Not long after, we did finish. It had taken ten months, in all. I spent some time explaining to Jesse that at this point, our job was only half done? He looked at me strangely. "Doc, what do you mean? I thought we ran out of assignments." "What I mean," I answered, "Is that you now have to stay this way." We talked about something known as 'relapse prevention.' This would mean that he could still expect to get a thought or two from time-to-time, but would have to be his own therapist and immediately give himself an assignment to do. If he slipped and did the wrong thing, he would just have to forgive himself, and then get right back to doing the thing he knew was correct.
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about OCD, take a look at his self-help book, "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well," (Oxford University Press, 2000). You can learn more about it at www.ocdbook.com
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ORIGINAL POST: This week, House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (TX) tees up his so-called Financial Choice Act 2.0 (draft) with a Wednesday 26 April hearing. Some call it the Wall Street's Choice Act or the Wrong Choice Act; I wonder if a better name would be the Cruel Choice Act, because it is cruel to consumers who have been protected in the financial marketplace by the CFPB, but who would be left with an industry-designed substitute agency even weaker than the Federal Trade Commission, which already fights with two hands tied behind its back. It's a brutal un-do of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that forgets, or ignores, the historical fact that reckless bank practices abetted by loose regulatory enforcement wrecked our economy in 2008. A key goal of the proposal is to weaken the successful CFPB into an unrecognizable husk incapable of protecting consumers.
While the entire bill purports to return "liberty" and "choice" to financial markets, it does this by taking aim at the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act's protections for consumers, depositors, taxpayers, small investors and the financial system itself from reckless actions by Wall Street banks, high-cost predatory lenders, mortgage companies and debt collectors. In this column, I will focus on how the current draft of the bill is designed not to simply tie the CFPB's hands, but cut off its arms and legs.
Let's remember that in just under 6 years, the nascent CFPB has restored order to financial markets torn asunder by a decade of weak regulation that emboldened corporate wrongdoers into testing the outer limits of the question: "just how many unfair consumer practices can we get away with?", then piled on toxic securities practices that ultimately destroyed investor confidence and resulted in the largest financial collapse since 1929. Let's not forget that the 2010 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was a measured response to that; let's not forget that it has worked and worked well. Despite industry claims, the financial industry has returned to profitability but now with guardrails to protect innocent consumers from bankers recklessly driving.
By all accounts, the CFPB was a centerpiece of that act. It solved the problem that four bank regulators had previously competed in a race to the bottom, leaving consumers unprotected, no matter where they banked. It solved the problem that the FTC had few tools to defend consumers against unfair practices by non-banks (mortgage companies, payday lenders, private student lenders, debt collectors, etc.). It gave consumers protection across the entire financial marketplace and left wrongdoers no place to hide. The CFPB has been wildly successful, already returning $11.8 Billion dollars to 29 million harmed consumers.
Some Highlights of How the Financial Choice Act Eviscerates the CFPB: We're still digging through last week's draft of the Choice Act 2.0. Here are a few top-lines.
It Eliminates Independent Funding: Since 1864, (that is, over 150 years ago) it has been national policy that bank regulators have had funding independent of the appropriations process to insulate both financial regulation and the economy itself from manipulation by powerful special interests. The Financial Choice Act 2.0 places CFPB – and other bank regulators -- under the flawed, politicized appropriations process.
It Neuters Its Director: The Financial Choice Act 2.0's latest iteration weakens the director, allowing the director to be fired at will (instead of, as now, only for cause, e.g. malfeasance) and, while it calls the proposed "Consumer Law Enforcement Agency" an independent agency, it moves it fully into the executive branch, which triggers additional duplicative constraints and political limitations on its ability to protect the public.
Eliminates CFPB's UDAAP (Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Acts and Practices) Authority: An important tool for regulators is the ability to challenge unfair and deceptive practices. The CFPB had been given a third prong, the ability to challenge "abusive" practices as well. Bank regulators can, but seem to only rarely, enforce the FTC's primary enforcement tool, its Section 5 Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAP) authority. The FTC has no authority over financial institutions. Rather than narrowing CFPB UDAAP to UDAP authority, the Financial Choice Act 2.0 simply eliminates all CFPB authority over unfair, deceptive or abusive practices. Effectively, this means no agency overseeing non-bank financial players has the ability to write rules based on such practices, since the FTC has no rule-writing powers to speak of.
Eliminates Much Supervisory Authority: All bank regulators have supervisory, or examination authority. The CFPB supervisory authority gives it the right to "look under the hood" and stop problems before they start. CFPB's supervisory authority over all banks greater than >$10 billion in assets is repealed and returned to the prudential bank regulators (FDIC, OCC and Fed), which famously ignored or encouraged dangerous practices that grew from the 1990s through 2008, when the financial system collapsed. A weaker version of supervision is retained for the CFPB over certain non-banks currently under supervision. We are still evaluating the impact of this section.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Dear John
An Ohio fourth grade teacher, who moonlighted as a prostitute, arranged an afternoon tryst on her school computer. They ditched a class to go meet her John.
Talk about a wide range in career choices. Maybe she just really got into that old Van Halen song Hot For Teacher. In the video for that one the teacher was an stripper or exotic dancer of you want me to be politically correct.
I suppose this is yet another sign of the times.
In other news, house hunting is no fun. I wanted to say it sucks, heck given the lead in for this post I wanted to say it sucks harder than a 4th grade teacher with a second job, but I thought no, that's not appropriate. Of course now I've gone over that bridge anyway.
I did enter my novel Plundered Booty (geeze I didn't realize how bad this random post was going to get when I started writing it but the theme just won't die) in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest. I'll find out sometime around March 16th of I made the cut from 10,000 down to 500.
In other writing news , I've gotten back to work on my creative nonfiction project that is based on my old feedstore chronicle stories. Writing humor has been good for my mood though it's not the easiest task when you have a million things on your mind.
In other randomness my oldest son had his first communion last Saturday night. The first time he put on his suit he proudly looked at himself in the mirror and proclaimed, "I look like money."
And now that I've covered Elementary School hookers, the vacuum that is house hunting, Plundered Booty, and well clothed Catholicism I'm going to bow out. Doesn't get much more random than that.
50 comments:
- Annie said...
I look like money...bet the teacher said that too!
Needed this today! Thanks!
- February 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Dawn Anon said...
HAhahahaha! Your paragraph that started with "In other news" made me laugh so hard that I believe the neighbors probably heard!
Then i come to comment and Annie nearly made me wet myself!
haha... great stuff folks, great stuff.
- February 11, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- Patti said...
first communion, house hunting, book in a comp...things are poppin'!
(not to mention the teacher. HEY! i figured since you went there....)
- February 11, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- Crystal Phares said...
I love randomness.
The teacher thing....yeah, well, that's interesting.
Glad you are doing better, and I totally agree, house hunting sucks!
- February 11, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- JEM said...
Thanks for the giggles
- February 11, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Barbara Martin said...
Good luck with your 'Plundered Booty'.
- February 11, 2009 at 5:03 PM
- Unknown said...
I love randomness. Makes me feel like I'm not so alone in the world. I go through so many random thoughts in a day, it's scary!
- February 11, 2009 at 6:15 PM
- G. B. Miller said...
Love the random thought post.
Haven't done one myself in a while (probably because I found full length topics to bloviate about), so it's nice to see a good structured one elsewhere.
- February 11, 2009 at 6:33 PM
- Jenster said...
Picturing my 4th grade teacher moonlighting as a hooker makes me laugh heartily.
"I look like money". LOL!!
May you find the house of your dreams ASAP!
- February 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM
- Angel said...
why oh WHY do all the crazy people have to come form OHIO????
- February 11, 2009 at 6:56 PM
LMAO @ "It sucks harder than a 4th grade teacher with a second job" You're just a little evil haha.
And that cracks me up about "range of career choices"
OMG contests will make you insane. Good luck! If there is any public voting, let me know.
- February 11, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- Joshua said...
dam, that is a wide range of a blog if i have ever seen one man :)
- February 11, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- Charles Gramlich said...
"I look like Money." sounds like a line you'll have to use in a book. Good luck with Plundered Booty.
- February 11, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- Monnik said...
ha - random posts are the best.
Congrats to your little man on his first Communion. "I look like money." good stuff.
- February 11, 2009 at 9:42 PM
- Robin Lemke said...
Your kids sound hilarious! I think they need to meet Holly Kennedy's boys!
- February 11, 2009 at 9:49 PM
- Phats said...
Wow this post has a little bit of everything. I am glad that you warned me not to set up my prostituting adventures on a work computer. I can't believe this lady was a teacher how awful
- February 11, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Lana Gramlich said...
Good luck w/the house hunting & Plundered Booty! I'm sure the PERFECT house will find you soon.
- February 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Cloudia said...
And yet . . . 18 folks like it and want to say: "Aloha,"
YOU Money, Travis!
- February 11, 2009 at 11:14 PM
- Teresa said...
Good luck with the house hunting and with your Plundered Booty. Warn your sons about 4th grade teachers, especially when they look like money.
- February 12, 2009 at 12:49 AM
- cher said...
phats-look at you-reading n everything.
Travis- did you heart that? did you lock the door?
- February 12, 2009 at 1:02 AM
- the walking man said...
12 months of house hunting here...and still looking.
- February 12, 2009 at 2:24 AM
- Chris Eldin said...
I love your randomness!
I saw that article and shook my head. I would argue that what she does after hours is her business...but apparently this wasn't after hours. Geez! Feel sorry for the parents who have to come up with explanations....
- February 12, 2009 at 3:31 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Huzzah, for every gosh-darn random bit of goodness! :)
- February 12, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- kim said...
I love how you managed to string it all together anyway.
Great post to start the day with a laugh.
- February 12, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Beth said...
Random is good - gives us a glimpse into how your life is going.
Love your son's observation!
And best of luck with the novel.
- February 12, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Melanie Hooyenga said...
This post made me smile. :)
Good luck getting into the top 500!
- February 12, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Looking for a home? Check out my blog today at www.criminalbrief.com Travis. It seems we are traveling the same circles yet again.
- February 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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- February 12, 2009 at 10:11 AM
- Beans said...
They say you don't go into teaching for the money, guess you have to earn a little extra somehow in these hard times! :) Best of luck with all of your uncertainties right now. Glad you are doing well.
- February 12, 2009 at 10:13 AM
- WendyCinNYC said...
My fourth grade teacher was a very old, very grouchy woman. But who knows--some people go for that thing. I shudder at THAT particular image.
- February 12, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Poetry Sue said...
ha ha ha ha.... what a great unintentional theme to a random post... LOL
- February 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Michele said...
Love this post...hilarious! And the comments! LOL
Good luck with the house hunting and with Plundered Booty. :)
And congratulations on your son's First Communion.
- February 12, 2009 at 11:21 AM
zomg ... the visual of the 4th grade teacher (being that my 4th grade teacher, Mr. Rice was bald, had thick glasses and wore pants with a stitched in front seam) sucking like house hunting ... man ... great visual. Thanks for that. I think I am scarred now.
- February 12, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Wow, I'm pretty sure that was the best random post I have ever read.
Good luck with the book and with house hunting!
- February 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- laughingwolf said...
lol... good stuff travis ;)
have fun with the tales...
- February 12, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Melissa Amateis said...
Man...love what your son said! Hahaha. Yes, house-hunting does suck. Hope you find one that fits your needs soon.
- February 12, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Lyzzydee said...
Ah bless him, I bet he looked a picture. Are you buying a new house? Not rebuilding??
- February 12, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- WordVixen said...
OMG- This will teach me to have too many tabs open. I thought I was reading a friend's mommy blog... First I laughed hysterically that she would post about a prostitute teacher. The house hunt didn't tip me off since she and her hubs just split... But then I read the entering Plundered Booty, and it freaked me out! Then I glanced over, saw your pic... had a *lost my mind* moment, and now I'm fine.
But I'm going to be much more careful about multiple tabs in future.
- February 12, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Reb said...
LOL, wonderful random post. It's great how you managed to run a wee theme through it all.
Good luck house hunting and with Plundered Booty.
- February 12, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- Lauren said...
Wow, that's a crazy story.
Good luck with your submission. I'm sure you'll do great!
- February 12, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- Unknown said...
And yet the theme persisted - right down to the "I look like money." What a great giggle. Thanks for sharing. Life really is funny.
- February 12, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- Barrie said...
I wanna look like money!
- February 13, 2009 at 12:08 AM
- J. L. Krueger said...
That was great laughs! You do a good job of producing coherent randomness.
- February 13, 2009 at 12:39 AM
- Vodka Mom said...
The funny thing is, I totally followed that post. What does that tell you???????
- February 13, 2009 at 5:33 AM
- Stacy said...
"I look like money"??
That's priceless. Be sure to tell him he looks like money on his wedding day.
- February 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- dee said...
well, you know you have to look at multiple sources of income when the economy tanks, she's just a little more creative than most....on another note,
One of our new authors with TAG Publishing is a humorist as well and wrote about his misadventures camping and fishing..the book is coming out right before father's day....when (not if) you finish your creative nonfiction, we would love for you to consider sending it to us to review for possible publication....
- February 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Not sure what to say about the prostitute/teacher. I guess what she does on her OWN time and OWN computer is her business, but dang, right there where anyone can access it? STUPID!
And wow! Good luck on Plundered Booty! I am SO rooting for you!
And in all honesty, I LOVE house hunting when I was getting a divorce. Maybe it's the feeling of accomplishment I got from it. I mean, here I was getting ready to be single mother, and I could afford to buy my OWN freaking house! And a brand new one at that. A one that no one else had ever lived in. I would spend weekends just driving around new subdivisions and stopping and walking through houses. I didn't have an agent, I would just ask the contruction people if I could look and ask who was building the house.
I have an idea. You want ME to come look for a house for you? LOL
- February 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- Junosmom said...
Hi Travis - I'm sending you Cloudia's book on Monday. Remember to link to where you got it, to where you send it, and do a little blurb on it. Maybe we can do some other books like that of this circle of writers. I'm interested to see where her book ends up.
Nice ramble today. Gotta let the words go where they will.
- February 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Alyssa Goodnight said...
Good for you in entering the Amazon Breakout Novel Contest! Best of luck!
And your son must be a chip off the old block. :)
- February 15, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- angel, jr. said...
Congrats on his first communion!
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text: Seller: ticketclub (2.969) 99.6%, Location: Hartford, CT, Ships to: Worldwide, Item: 274274325040 Listing is for 2 tickets to Rage Against The Machine & Run The Jewels at Alpine Valley Music Theatre on 7/10/2020. Price listed is all-in for the group of tickets.Seats are in Section 201, Row CC. Seats are guaranteed to be side-by-side. Seller notes: These are digital tickets. They will be transferred to the email address associated with your Ebay account, either as a file to open on your mobile device or have scanned at the event, or as a transfer generated through the event's ticket provider, depending on venue and event policies. Please allow up to five business days for the transfer to be sent. A receipt of the digital transfer will be mailed to the address on file with your eBay account. If you need the tickets transferred to an email address different from the one associated with your eBay account, please message us after your purchase to set that up. We charge absolutely no sneaky service fees, and all orders come with free shipping. Don't be fooled by other web sites that show you one price and then raise it by as much as 50% when you check out. Say no to those practices by buying tickets through Ticket Club! Frequently Asked Questions Will my tickets work? YES! We take pains to make sure we only accept ticket listings from trusted partners. They will be for the section/row indicated, and will work at the venue. We guarantee it (eBay does too). Will you take "X" for them? Our prices are set by those listing tickets for sale with us, so we can only move prices up or down in the event that the asking price moves up or down. Market prices fluctuate as events approach, and our prices will reflect those changes. If you're looking for a specific price, let us know and we can let you know what we have in our inventory that fits the bill! What are the seat numbers? Seat numbers aren't generally available to us – we have a LOT of tickets available to most events, and often there are more than two together in a row. Our system pulls tickets in a way that avoids leaving any singles behind unless absolutely necessary. So, generally speaking, even we don't know what two tickets will come with an order until the order is made. How can I trust that you're legit? We've only been on eBay since the summer of 2017, but we've already sold hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of tickets. If we weren't selling tickets that worked, we'd probably have been figured out by now, right? Are these hard tickets? No—these are digital tickets. Most venues have begun issuing tickets in mobile-only formats, and unfortunately we have no say in the format which the tickets are delivered. What about GA tickets? Lots of events have general admission sections these days – from lawn seats to pit seats, to entire venues that are first-come, first-served. If you aren't sure what type of general admission tickets a listing is for, please message us before you buy! I have tickets to sell. Will Ticket Club buy them? Unfortunately, we don't source tickets for sale through eBay. I found similar tickets for sale (insert other place you can buy things) for less. Can you match it? We advise against assuming a ticket price is better unless you've gone all the way through and seen what service fees are added on right before you click "buy." Our tickets are all-in pricing, meaning the listing price is the full price including delivery. I bought tickets and can't go to the event. What now? Unfortunately, once we send tickets out, they're non-returnable. In the event of a cancellation, just let us know, and we'll take care of your refund. I bought tickets by mistake and need to cancel my order. Can I do that? Unfortunately, all sales are final on tickets. Please be certain of your purchase before you buy. You're welcome to list them for sale yourself if you can't make an event, but we can't take tickets back for barcode security reasons. Number of Tickets: 2, Venue Name: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Venue City: East Troy, Venue State/Province: WI, Event Date: 20200710, Event Time: 8:00 PM, Section: 201, Row: CC, Type: Hard Rock / Metal, Theater Event Name: Rage Against The Machine & Run The Jewels


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UB to host annual community health fair on October 31
The University of Bridgeport Division of Student Affairs will host its annual community health fair on Thursday, October 31 to offer free medical screenings, prizes, and more. Over 50 vendors are anticipated to attend.
The event is open to the public and will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wheeler Recreation Center, 400 University Avenue, Bridgeport.
"The Health Fair gets bigger and better every year. Individuals of all ages are invited to learn more about how they can care for their health, receive free blood-pressure, STD, HIV and other screenings, and enter a free raffle to win various prizes," said UB Health Services Director Melissa Lopez. "This year, UB Health Services is working with the University's College of Naturopathic Medicine to provide the community with flu-prevention tips."
Some of the services to be offered will include:
· Blood-pressure screenings,
· Confidential STD testing from the state Department of Public Health
· HIV testing
· Body-mass index testing,
· Free massages
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Both GMOS-N and GMOS-S suffer fairly significant scattered light in spectroscopic mode. The six gratings exhibit different levels of scattered light, with some gratings being more affected by red scattered light than blue (some examples shown below). The scattered light affects both science observations and GCAL lamp (flat and CuAr) calibration exposures. Note that the GCALflat lamp is very red, and scattered light from astronomical sources will have different relative strengths of blue and red scattered light depending on their intrinsic spectral properties.
The two dimensional shape of the scattered light is rather smooth and spatially fills the entire detector, as can be seen from the example images below. The result of this is that a faint science target can suffer significant contamination from a much brighter object within the GMOS field of view (eg. bright objects also falling on the longslit or bright alignment targets in MOS masks). Because the scattered light character is spatially smooth it is removed fairly adequately as part of the sky subtraction procedure, but the increased Poisson noise can negatively impact the final signal-to-noise of the science target. This is particularly a concern for very faint targets observed in the blue during new moon, when the nominal sky background is very low.
In order to minimize the effects of scattered light from other bright targets one may wish to consider one of the following strategies:
- Avoid placing much brighter objects on the slit, IFU, or MOS slitlet with your science target if there is no scientific reason to include them.
- For MOS, it may be beneficial to include an offset iterator in your science observation to offset the field a small amount (eg. q=5 arcsec) after the mask is aligned in order to move the alignment stars out of their 2 arcsec wide boxes. If adopting this strategy it is essential to ensure that either the MOS science slitlets have sufficient length to accommodate the offset or employ the corresponding y-offset to the science targets when designing the MOS mask.
- If you need to check how scattered light looks for a particular configuration, you may fetch the specific configuration desired from the archive or request an advance test flat be obtained for your program.
Unfortunately, there is little that can be done to avoid scattered light from the science target itself, particularly when observing with the lower resolution gratings. For the higher resolution gratings, it may be advantageous to observe through a broadband filter in order to avoid scattered light contamination from wavelengths beyond the region of scientific interest. Any of these strategies should be adopted with care, we recommend you consult with your contact scientist or the GMOS-N/S instrument scientist if you are concerned with minimizing the effects of spectroscopic scattered light on your science data.
The following images illustrate the spatial distribution of scattered light in longslit spectral images from a single bright star. Both a red star and a blue star were observed on two separate occasions, these data all used the B600 grating.
|EG131 (blue star)
|Central Wavelength 400nm (262 - 538 nm)
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|Central Wavelength 900nm (762 - 1038 nm)
|HD195275 (red star)
|Central Wavelength 400nm (262 - 538 nm)
|no filter
|Central Wavelength 900nm (762 - 1038 nm)
Scattered light longslit B600 spectral images arising from a single bright star. Click to view full images.
The following two sets of images illustrate the relative contribution of scattered light from GCALflat data. All data were taken using identical GCAL configurations and exposure times. The B600, R400 and gratings are compared at both red and blue central wavelengths. Because the GCAL flat lamp is very red the effect of red scattered light in blue data is much more noticeable than the effect of blue scattered light in red data for both gratings. Because identical configurations and display stretches are used one can see how the B600 grating is more affected by red scattered light than the R831 grating.
Scattered light MOS B600 and R831 spectral images corresponding to GCALflats centered on 400 and 850nm. The MOS mask consists of two widely separated (in y) slitlets (centered in x). The scattered light images in blue light are very faint, mainly due to the lack of blue light in the GCAL flat lamp. The scattered red light images are very smooth for blue central wavelengths, though for red central wavelengths they show some structure both spatially and in wavelength implying that some fraction of the scattered light contribution is dispersed light. All exposures were 120s long using the ND4-5 filter in GCAL. All images are displayed with the same stretch to reveal the difference in scattering between the two gratings. Click to view full images.


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On August 1, 2013, Dr. Kojo Quartey officially became the fifth president of Monroe County Community College, a two-year institution in Monroe, Mich. supported by tax monies from the county, educational funds from the state and student tuition. MCCC's mission is to provide a variety of higher educational opportunities to enrich the lives of the residents of Monroe County.
Prior to being named president at MCCC, Quartey held the position of provost of the City Colleges of Chicago since July 2011. In this position, his responsibilities ranged from oversight of athletics to adult education to interacting with all seven colleges in the areas of academic and student affairs. A significant accomplishment during his tenure in this position involved improving relations with the Faculty Council and faculty at all seven City Colleges. Other accomplishments included improving the faculty hiring and credentialing process.
He has also served as dean of the College of Business at Davenport University; dean of the Division of Administration and Business at Talladega College; dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies at Lincoln University-Missouri; and vice president for institutional advancement and executive director of the Lincoln University Foundation.
Quartey holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in economics from Morgan State University and a doctoral degree in applied economics from Mississippi State University. He has completed post-doctoral work in finance and leadership.
His community activities have included serving on several boards, such as the United Way of Jefferson City, Mo.; Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Grand Rapids; Big Brother, Big Sisters Board of Jefferson City; and numerous other community boards.
Quartey has published a book and has written numerous publications on international and economic development. He has served as a consultant on international projects in the Ukraine, Ghana, China and other nations.


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One of the biggest fights in California politics is taking place in Los Angeles, where Latino politicians, labor officials and civil rights attorneys are pushing for a second Latino-dominated seat on the five-member Los Angles County Board of Supervisors.
The push is coming during the every-ten-year redistricting of the county into five supervisorial districts.
Why is it so hard to get a second Latino seat, despite the fact that Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the county?
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News from around the country and around the globe
The usual answers to that question are the geography of the county, the relatively low turnout of Latino voters, or the opposition of other ethnic and interest groups.
But those answers are bunk.
The core problem in Los Angeles is not the lack of Latino districts. It's the lack of districts. Period.
Think about it. LA is a county of more than 10 million people -- the most populous county in the United States. But it has only five supervisors -- each representing more than 2 million.
Which isn't much better than no representation at all. Members of Congress represent fewer than half as many people. State assemblymen represent less than one quarter as many -- and California has by far the most populous assembly districts in the country.
So here's my foolproof plan for securing more Latino districts. Add more supervisorial districts.
If the county went to nine, there would be three Latino districts easily -- one more than the holy grail of 2 now being sought.
Even better would be to move to 20 districts, or 40. With 40 supervisors, each would represent 250,000 people -- still too many, but about what a Los Angeles city councilman represents.
Of course, supporters of the status quo would note that supervisors are both the legislative and the executive branch for the county -- so 40 would make managing the county too difficult.
But the mix of legislative and executive functions is another problem -- it may even be unconstitutional, as the blog L.A. Citizens for Constitutional Rights argues.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Sushi-like rolls
Can you imagine, there was the time I didn't want to eat sushi, because of the raw fish?! Well, that's true, shame on me. Lots of shame. On me. Agreed...
Knowing that, I decided to make a recipe for sushi-like rolls, that look and taste close to sushi, but... are not raw! Nothing in this recipe is raw, and that also means that you can keep them safe longer at the room temperature, place in your bento, take for a picnic or just offer them as a healthy snack for people didn't discover yet the ingenuity of Japanese cuisine! ;-)
Tuna and egg bento
The bare tuna-paste bento was a great success, but with the arrival of my new bento container, I was left with some extra unused space. I decided to fill the space with easy to make and very tasty iri tamago, which is basically a Japanese kind of scrambled eggs! You can definitely use iri tamago in onigiri, or as a small side dish.
Bonito-dashi ramen with egg
Ramen is a delightful soup served piping hot with wheat noodle and lots of vegetables — a perfect dish that you can prepare quickly for a healthy autumn dinner or a light lunch. You can customise it almost indefinitely with ingredients you like: eggs, meat, vegetables and rice cakes. I will show you how to prepare a simple, but very tasty ramen based on bonito fish stock (bonito dashi) and eggs.
Simple chicken teriyaki bento
This recipe is very easy and fast to cook, because it requires ready-made teriyaki sauce. Still, it's a really tasty alternative to sausages and pork, and chicken made in teriyaki style is juicy, tender and full of aroma! It also takes just few minutes, because the meat is first fried quickly, and then glazed with sauce. Fast food like a boss ;-)
Fancy tamagoyaki bento
Oh my, this one is both a looker and tastes amazingly! :-) This bento idea is based on the basic tamagoyaki recipe, so feel free to use your favorite ingredients: champignons or chanterelle mushroom, herbs, different kinds of onion, bacon bits, ham shavings etc. Go crazy! :-) It's also a very good side dish!


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Favorites and duds from today's commenting.
Have you just sat back and stared at the Deadspin header recently? All the stupid faces, and Bud Selig picking his nose? That's legitimately hilarious. Maybe it's why the media hates Deadspin so much, this goofy little wreath on the front door. But to us, it's like a preview of all the great funny stuff to come in the comments, right? Well, most of the time. Some of the time. Kind of.
Favorites, in no particular order:
The Lego Super Bowl post had several decent gigglers, my favorite probably being this roastworthy jab from Raysism. A note to the youngling commenters who try to pull an inside baseball fast one and get dumped in the duds: you gotta earn it. He may not have earned the 2012 COTY, but he earned this. (I, too, have earned it). Later, or earlier, I don't remember now, he took a shot (like Carmelo!!!) at the Knicks. Nice.
Right next door in the same post is Rare Endangered Whatever with a well-deserved knock on the Super Bowl itself. I don't even want to think about that piece of shit game anymore. And it wasn't just the game, the commercials were terrible! Actually, they didn't just settle for terrible, they were offensively bad this year. God, what a waste of four hours. I could've been drinking in the dark.
I liked this silly little thing from cobra, brah! in the Toilet post. I like jokes that are funny for their own sake, or goofy, or full of personality. But I am more and more drawn to jokes that have something to say. Even here, where the message is that, Jesus Christ, we have been inundated with complaints and reports from hysterical journalists (justifiably, probably) outraged with their accommodations over the last couple of weeks, there's something more going on with the joke than just a caca poopoo pun or whatever. It's good.
On the other end of the spectrum is this wacky nonsense from SavetoFavorites in the Super Bowl Food post. Him in a nutshell.
Same post, bigger idiot. Universal Enveloping Algebra, who is on a serious tear lately, drops in with an A-Bomb of an eye-roller that just gets funnier every time you read it. You hate to reward this kind of stupidity, but I am what I am. Comment of the Day.
Finally, here's a characteristically sharp little observational pun from Steve U in the Pillow Shortage post. Nice work.
Total Fucking Duds
SimuLord has learned nothing from his last appearance in this space and apparently he never will. Ignore for the moment his execrable views on the homeless, and the correlation he implies between the mentally ill and the "lowlifes, and other dregs of humanity", is this a comment that belongs anywhere near a Deadspin comment section? It's damn sure not a joke, and the thread it spawned is downright gruesome. SimuLord is the reason the "additional replies submitted and awaiting review" button was created. Someone please get this idiot off the main page.
18 recs for a meme reference. Grand.
Now, look. I am mentioning this because it would be unfair to everyone else with a lesser commenting résumé to not do so. I do try to be even-handed here, generally. These Duds/Favorites are based on my opinion alone, and I am an imperfect joke reader. Moreover, RMJ=H deserves more benefit of the doubt than basically anyone, and doesn't need an appearance in the duds like Asshole Q. Jackass up there to get back to ship-shape. But when I read this, my immediate and visceral reaction was that it was insinuating that gay men are no longer physically men. I know - or feel very strongly, at the very least - that this was not the intent of the joke. There's something here that I'm missing, I am sure of it. But I really, really hated having that association forced into my head, and I think that whatever I'm missing punchline-wise, it probably wasn't worth it. Pillory me below.


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This pretty antique needle or bodkin case is carved of real ivory with an allover basketweave design and flowers at each end. The quality of the carving is fabulous, as is the nice old patina.
The condition is excellent and it screws together perfectly. It measures 3 3/4" long and was bought in England.


text: After a fire in 1914 destroyed the Administration Building, President R. B. Cousins declared that great institutions don't burn. "If West Texas State is nothing more than brick and mortar," he said, "it ought to die." The WTAMU community eagerly pledged their support. That spirit and loyalty is still evident today. Your dedication to the University and students is the "more than brick and mortar" that President Cousins spoke of more than 90 years ago. You're leaving a lasting impression that will transcend time; you're empowering students and others to "Discover the BUFF in You!"


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UK prime minister apologizes for neglect at hospital, announces changes to health service
LONDON – The British government has apologized for the suffering of patients at a U.K. hospital whose "truly dreadful" mistreatment and neglect were highlighted in a damning report.
A public inquiry led by Robert Francis was ordered after it emerged that between 400 and 1,200 people more people had died than would have been expected at Stafford Hospital from 2005 to 2009.
The report found "appalling" standards of care at the central England hospital.
Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday ordered the creation of the post of Chief Inspector of Hospitals to institute inspections following the publication of Francis's highly critical report.
Cameron also announced the launch of an investigation into standards of care at hospitals with the highest mortality rates, saying the government was "truly sorry" for those who had suffered.


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As much as the World of Warcraft is rich in environment, making it the perfect setting for stunning screenshots, it contains some of the most amazing music as well.
Here I share some of my favorites.
Vindicaar Music
Such beautiful and peaceful music – I often stayed on the Vindicaar to listen to it.
Canticle of Sacrifice
A truly magnificient piece of music to honor our fallen hero and King, Varian Wrynn
Jaina´s Homeland
I came across this when deciding to do Isle of Thunder for the first time. Incredible.
Thaurissans Reach
So incredibly epic, this one.
Lament of the Highborne
No words needed…
Stormstout Brew
Does it get more cheerful than this?
Extended version, because you can never get enough of Nightsong, can you?
Anduin Theme
My absolute favorite from Legion is this one. It´s so powerful to me, and reminds me of the battlefield upon Varian´s sacrifice. I always have this last one on when fighting Gul´Dan!
Grizzly Hills
Some of my most treasured memories is from WotlK.
The story behind it is so captivating.
Scholazar Basin
Music by day
Why Do We Fight
See, cinematic songs sometimes drown in all the action, but not like this
Fit for battle,
Alliance and Horde Battle Music, from Warlords of Draenor
More to come 🙂
What is your favorite music?
From July 24, 2017 – My tribute to Russell Brower – over a decade of gratitude


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You can also feel good knowing that Marshalls is part of The TJX Companies, Inc., a Fortune 100 company and the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. In addition to Marshalls, TJX's retail chains include TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Sierra Trading Post and Homesense, as well as tjmaxx.com and sierratradingpost.com in the U.S.; Winners, HomeSense and Marshalls in Canada; TK Maxx in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands and Australia and tkmaxx.com in the U.K., as well as HomeSense in the U.K. and Ireland. In 2016, we had over $33 billion in sales, more than 3,800 stores, and 235,000 Associates. As a retailer committed to growth, success is always in style at TJX!
Due to anticipated growth, we are looking for experienced Retail Management professionals in Nevada who are interested in joining TJX companies.
What's In It For You?
In addition to our open door policy and supportive work environment, we also strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package. TJX considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TJX also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.
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The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) is an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the United States and worldwide. TJX operates five business segments, three in the United States and one each in Canada and Europe. All of the Company's stores, except HomeGoods and HomeSense, sell apparel for the entire family, including footwear, jewelry and accessories, and a limited offering of giftware and home fashions. The HomeGoods and HomeSense stores offer home fashions and home furnishings. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 (fiscal 2009), TJX derived approximately 62% of its sales from clothing (including footwear), 25% from home fashions, and 13% from jewelry and accessories. In fiscal 2009, the Company sold Bob's Stores, a branded apparel chain. (Source: 10-K)


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