True Facts.
- SkrillaT
- hey, what was that capitol band that only sold like 400 copies of thier CD on release week?
- they were the butt of all our street team jokes...
- and i can't remember what they were called
- Chucks
- oh
- borialis?
- stereogram?
- the music?
- SkrillaT
- borialis!!!
- thank you
- hahaha
- they sucked
“It works like this: as you arrive, each person places their phone facedown in the center of the table. (If you’re feeling theatrical, you can go for a stack like this one, but it’s not required.) As the meal goes on, you’ll hear various texts and emails arriving… and you’ll do absolutely nothing. You’ll face temptation—maybe even a few involuntary reaches toward the middle of the table—but you’ll be bound by the single, all-important rule of the phone stack.
Whoever picks up their phone is footing the bill.”
“I’ll be there in 5.” — It will take me 10 minutes to get there, then another 5 to 10 to find parking, plus I’m not leaving for 5 minutes.
“I’m in traffic.” — I haven’t left yet.
“I’m around the corner.” — I’m in traffic.
“It’ll take me 20 minutes to get there.” — (irregular) It’ll take me 20…
Apocalypse Miau
You know… slightly completely terrifying.
Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness: Cases of children suddenly exhibiting obsessive-compulsive disorder after strep has led to studies that reinforce the belief that some mental illnesses can be triggered by an immune response.
Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother, Tracy.
Then, a week after Brody became ill, he awoke one morning to find his world was no longer safe. Paranoid about germs and obsessed with cleanliness, he refused to touch things and showered several times a day. His fear prevented him from attending school, and he insisted on wearing nothing but a sheet or demanding that his mother microwave his clothes or heat them in the dryer before dressing.
So began a horrific battle with a sudden-onset mental illness that was diagnosed as pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcus, or PANDAS. The puzzling name describes children who have obsessive-compulsive disorder that occurs suddenly — and often dramatically — within days or weeks of a simple infection, such as strep throat.
Photo: Brody Kennedy, with his mother, Tracy Kennedy and his cat Boogie Su, showed symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder after a bout of strep throat. His mother says the cat helped calm him. Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
WHOA NOOOO!! This is really sad. Like- really really sad.
So many memories of seeing awesome (and also not very good) films here!
Damn! I didn’t know about this until just now. This is a total bummer.
(via tumblangeles)
