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Ok....Don't take me so serious...it's just how I grew up.

My father was a atheist....His wife a good Christian, as was my mother who was his first wife. He hung out with the Christian Elite using the wonderful mannerisms and kind kind words, but behind their backs he was laughing at them like he used to laugh at the Christian side of my family

I have said these things for years now, so please don't take it personal. I have learned that what a person sells himself as isn't necessarily the person at all, so I don't pay a lot of attention to… Continue

Added by caseyjo on September 6, 2009 at 8:12pm — 8 Comments

Chemistry Lab

On the afternoon of Friday September 5, 1969 -- forty years ago -- I had my first chemistry lab in Mrs. Fisher's chemistry class. I wonder if Michael Kaliner remembers that? Mr. Kaliner was a truly decent young man.

I wonder if this is the same Michael Kaliner?

Mr. Kaliner, who was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1978, is a partner with the Law Firm of Jackson, Cook, Caracappa & Bloom in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. He concentrates his practice in the area of… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 6, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Mass mind control through network television

I have done some reading on mind control so I know a little bit about it to begin with. I esp. noticed through the repetition of cable news, mind control is definitely going on there. For example: If they can get the masses to believe in dumb crap like the War on Christmas, you can get em to believe in almost anything. War being the catchy word used to turn peoples heads and make them feel like something just horrible is taking place...What a crock.....Anyway, thank-you to Cable news for making… Continue

Added by caseyjo on September 5, 2009 at 5:27pm — 12 Comments

Diagnosing The English Patient: Schizoid Fantasies of Being Skinless and of Being Buried Alive.

The following text is excerpted from a paper written by Norman Doidge, MD: "Diagnosing The English Patient: Schizoid Fantasies of Being Skinless and of Being Buried Alive."

I here use the diagnosis of schizoid as it was first used by British Object Relations theorists, called schizoid because of 'schisms' in the personality. Because the disorder involves an often skilled role play at ordinary social relations, clinicians often misdiagnose these patients as obsessional or higher level… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 5, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Norman Doidge, MD

Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author. He is on the Research Faculty at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry. He has been described by Oliver Sacks, as an “eminent psychiatrist and researcher,” and has presented his research at the White House, in Washington. He uses his background as a psychoanalyst and researcher in the… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 5, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

Whatever Happened to Tracy Middendorf's Husband? -- Continued

I once went to dinner with Jesse Raben and Tracy Middendorf's husband, Franz. I asked Franz: "What is your ethnic background?" Franz said, "Aryan stock." I responded, "common or preferred." Franz looked at me with disdain.

Added by Gary Freedman on September 5, 2009 at 9:55am — No Comments

September 5, 1939

In Poland... The German 10th and 14th Armies cross the Vistula River, breaking through the cordon of Polish armies. Polish rear guards and armed civilians offer determined resistance at Bydgoszcz, on the southern end of the Polish corridor, before yielding to the units of the German 3rd Corps. Germans troops find hundreds of German residents of the city massacred by the fleeing Poles. Such incidents are used to provide support for earlier claims by Hitler justifying the invasion. On entering… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 5, 2009 at 9:52am — No Comments

Not So Long Ago, but the hate remains

Added by Grace Linda on September 4, 2009 at 2:11pm — 2 Comments

I'll Take VA health care

If the government is able to run this and do a better job then other providers, why not let them in to compete with the private insurance companies.

I don't get how the same people who are all for a free market, are getting so scared to let Uncle Sam in. The only answer I can come up with , is they don't want anyone or anything get a hold of the booty they make from our misery.

Improving Quality of Care

How the VA Outpaces Other Systems in Delivering Patient… Continue

Added by Grace Linda on September 4, 2009 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment

Attorneys are Victims of Cliques, Too

Years ago I worked as a paralegal. I had a law degree, but I was underemployed. I complained to my psychotherapist that I was shunned by other employees. The therapist told me the problem was that I was underemployed: that people saw me as a "freak." He told me that the thing to do was to find employment as a lawyer--that way I would have colleagues who were on my professional level.

The problem is that lawyers working as lawyers are somtimes shunned by the prevailing clique at a… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 4, 2009 at 11:37am — No Comments

The Lonely Traveller

One theory suggests that many creatively gifted individuals may suffer from depression as a result of being in environments that don't support their creativity. In her book, The Woman's Book of Creativity , C. Diane Ealy, PhD writes, "Many studies have shown us that a young girl's ideas are frequently discounted by her peers and teachers. In response, she stifles her creativity.” Other experts agree that suppressed and misunderstood creativity can lead to severe neurotic and psychotic behavior,… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 4, 2009 at 10:40am — No Comments

September 4, 1939

Over Germany... The first attacks by RAF Bomber Command go in against German warships in the Heligoland Bight with 29 Blenheim and Wellington bombers in a daylight raid. The Admiral Scheer is hit three times but the bombs do not explode. The cruiser Emden is damaged by wreckage of a shot-down Blenheim. Of the attacking aircraft, 7 are lost. There is no question at this stage of attacking targets in Germany.

In Poland... In the north, the Polish Modlin Army begins to retreat after… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 4, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Has everyone gone crazy?

I can't help it! I think everybody has gone crazy! Well, not really everybody, but I think you'll get the picture as you read this post. First there's the whole health care reform frenzy/paranoia/craziness! Here are two quotes from friends of facebook that say a lot:

"When parents cant afford or have no desire to send their children to private schools, the most common "option" is to send them to public school, Yet no one screams "socialized education"

and

" No one should… Continue

Added by Kathie on September 4, 2009 at 9:30am — 9 Comments

Trouble

I keep getting this message:

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Or you can go back to the TBD main page.............

I can't send TBD e-mail or respond to TBD e-mail. I have had this problem once before and it eventually worked itself out. I will give it a couple days, then try to find out who to write about it. Is anyone else having this e-mail problem?

Added by caseyjo on September 4, 2009 at 9:05am — 7 Comments

Round peg in a square hole

I think I will take some time off the blog section for a while...I lost a friend because of the blog I put up " Here no evil, See no evil,Speak no evil" about how I felt about people who censor blogs, because I felt I got censored unfairly.

Maybe I was too tough, maybe I am not so smart, maybe I should have let it slide and just forgot about it like I normally would have done. I am a square peg in a round hole, always have been. I have never felt like I fit in TBD since I came here… Continue

Added by caseyjo on September 3, 2009 at 4:04pm — 12 Comments

The way I remember it...this one's for you, guys.

I am a story teller. It's what I do, it's in my genes. At the request of several friends, I am going to start telling my stories. I am not a writer, I am a story teller, so forgive me, Mrs. Eilerts, on the many grammatical, contextural mistakes that are sure to follow. And as all my fellow TBDers will attest, I am notoriously long winded despite constant reproaches from "moderators" to keep it short. I am a lover of the written word, can't convey deep, personal feelings in one sentence, I don't… Continue

Added by Jo Lewis on September 3, 2009 at 12:53pm — 4 Comments

Can This Be Why Some People Have A Problem With Me?

Identifying the Creative Personality

A survey of a large number of studies designed to identify individuals as being highly creative was used to compile the following list of characteristics to differentiat highly creative persons from less creative ones. There are a number of characteristics listed here that can socially alienate the creative person.

Accepts disorder

Adventurous

Strong affection

Altruistic

Awareness of others

Always baffled by… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 3, 2009 at 11:26am — 4 Comments

September 3, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany after its invasion of Poland two days ago.

Added by Gary Freedman on September 3, 2009 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

Attempted Presidential Assassination

September 3, 2009

3801 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Apartment 136

Washington, DC 20008

The Honorable Paul L. Friedman

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse

William B. Bryant Annex

Room 6012

333 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

RE: John Hinckley – Professional Competence of Nicole Rafanello

Dear Judge Friedman:

Enclosed is a collection of documents… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on September 3, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments