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Even more studies into the biology of manic depression, schizophrenia and diabetes 24 Jul 2013 | 10:49 am
“…recent studies have shown that genes linked to mental illness are also involved in the generation of circadian rhythms and sleep, while some clock genes have also been shown to influence the develop...
Some studies into the biology of manic depression and schizophrenia 26 Feb 2013 | 11:49 am
“Certain brain regions in people with major depression are smaller and less dense than those of their healthy counterparts. Now, researchers have traced the genetic reasons for this shrinkage. “Brain-...
Back in a minute. 19 Nov 2012 | 10:38 am
Turns out moving in with two children, and learning the schedule and eccentricities of another adult, takes time… and patience. And time. So… yeah. . .
A short story about someone named Alex 26 Sep 2012 | 10:16 am
This is a mostly biographical short story I wrote back in 1997. This is the second draft, there are some problems with ‘tense’ (has/had was/is)… it’s something I’ve always had problems with when writi...
Something I wrote a long time ago about someone who doesn’t exist (updated) 14 Sep 2012 | 11:15 am
Sorry for the double post, I accidentally sent this to my Facebook account. This is a story I wrote back in 2001… it’s fictional, but just barely. I never gave it a title, and I haven’t edited it. Cri...
Moving. 20 Aug 2012 | 02:55 pm
“When I moved from Ottawa to Toronto [in 1998] I had two bags of clothes, some books and a [10-year old] radio. Four or five years later, when I moved [back] I had two bags of clothes, a few more … Co...
Monday Mental Movie Night: Mary & Max 17 Jul 2012 | 12:53 pm
“[Mary & Max] deals with themes including childhood neglect, friendship, the obscurity of life, teasing, loneliness, autism (Asperger syndrome in particular), obesity, depression and anxiety.” — Wikip...
Grandfather update plus another death in the family and it’s really hot (Updated 11pm) 16 Jul 2012 | 11:05 am
My grandfather’s youngest brother died Friday morning. It wasn’t a surprise. My granduncle had a stroke last week, which led to the heart attack on Friday. But he had been… ‘damaged’ for a couple of y...
I waited forty-two years for someone to take this photo 12 Jul 2012 | 04:40 pm
I could stare at this photo for days. Maybe longer. Last week my girlfriend and I got tired of being stuck in our little village. So, while her oldest son was with his father on their court-mandated v...
The time my grandfather taught me how to build a dam 1 Jul 2012 | 02:09 pm
When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the top ...
