We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


Natter 34: Freak With No Name  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Apr 27, 2005 4:33:46 am PDT #9135 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Actually, it's based on anti-depressant sales (or lack thereof).

Huh. Well it could be that in Texas people are more macho and therefor less likely to take antidepressants.

I would tend to think in blue states folks would be more likely to take antidepressants.


amych - Apr 27, 2005 4:34:30 am PDT #9136 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Actually, it's based on anti-depressant sales (or lack thereof).

I'm wondering if El Paso isn't so much undepressed as unmedicated.


Cashmere - Apr 27, 2005 4:35:04 am PDT #9137 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Actually, it's based on anti-depressant sales (or lack thereof).

Does that include off-label usage?


sarameg - Apr 27, 2005 4:35:07 am PDT #9138 of 10001

Actually, it's based on anti-depressant sales (or lack thereof).

Considering the economics of El Paso, and that I heard this am that Texas has the highest number of employed people without health insurance, I'm betting the low sales have more to do with poverty (as well as cultural attitudes.) OH! And also? That close to the border, a lot of people go to Mexico to get cheap prescription meds.

Stupid headline writers.


Steph L. - Apr 27, 2005 4:35:30 am PDT #9139 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Actually, it's based on anti-depressant sales (or lack thereof).

Huh. Well it could be that in Texas people are more macho and therefor less likely to take antidepressants.

I was thinking the same thing. Low antidepressant sales do not equal low rates of depression.

In fact, I'd wager that areas with high antidepressant sales are "happier," whatever the fuck that means, because people's depression is actually well-managed.


Tom Scola - Apr 27, 2005 4:39:56 am PDT #9140 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Congratulations to Burrell, DH and family!


DXMachina - Apr 27, 2005 4:40:40 am PDT #9141 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Here's the full lists of factors considered:

Men's Health compiled this list based on antidepressant sales, courtesy of NDC Health; suicide rates, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and the number of days inhabitants reported being depressed, based on the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, accessed through bestplaces.net.

Maybe the folks in Jersey City off themselves in New York.


§ ita § - Apr 27, 2005 4:41:11 am PDT #9142 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I adore the name Michael for a girl -- it's not precisely rare, since I never knew about Michael Learned, but have encountered it, well, as many times as I've encountered my name on other people.

However, I'm canonically a naming liability, and I make no apologies for it.


Fred Pete - Apr 27, 2005 4:44:27 am PDT #9143 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I've also known at least one woman who went by the nickname "Mike." But I never knew whether her given name was Michael or Michelle. Or something completely different, for that matter.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 27, 2005 4:45:47 am PDT #9144 of 10001
What is even happening?

I think it is pretty. I just think it would suck going through elementary school and middle school, bearing it.