A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.

Xander ,'Dirty Girls'


Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Connie Neil - Dec 23, 2008 10:16:51 am PST #5608 of 10000
brillig

PTSD is a big deal in my country and effects almost everyone, and only lately being acknowledge publicly

I don't know if the comic strip Doonesbury is followed by you or anyone you know, but PTSD is the subject of this week's arc. Apparently some high up generals are coming out and saying they're suffering from PTSD like some of their troops are.

Today's strip: [link]


Shir - Dec 23, 2008 10:18:50 am PST #5609 of 10000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I didn't know about this, connie. Thank you.


SailAweigh - Dec 23, 2008 10:55:41 am PST #5610 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

"how can I go to church when the first law is 'thou shall not kill'?" So he obviously still has some issues with his former profession.

My grandfather would never speak about his experiences in France during WWI. He told my brother he didn't want anyone to know because all he was "was a killer." Most folks honestly don't want to know about that. And is one of the reasons why many soldiers refuse to admit to PTSD. Even to the point where one coworkers family got sent back to the states from Spain so that the husband could get treatment. Yet, it was kept all on the hush-hush, no one was to know why. It was given out that there was an emergency in the family stateside that required their return. This was over 20 years ago, so I don't know if it's gotten any better today. I surely hope so.


Connie Neil - Dec 23, 2008 10:56:28 am PST #5611 of 10000
brillig

BD has been struggling for quite a while in the strip. He's always been very gung-ho, USA!, and all that. He lost a leg in Iraq and has been dealing with all that. The creator of Doonesbury has gotten lots of kudos for his work with veterans and soldiers.


Sean K - Dec 23, 2008 10:59:48 am PST #5612 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Not to nit pick your BiL or anything omnis, but the first law is "I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before me." Thou shall not kill is like fourth or fifth.

t /pedant


omnis_audis - Dec 23, 2008 11:32:53 am PST #5613 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I'm wondering when would be the time to show her this.
I've added to my Netflix Queue. Although it looks like they don't carry it yet, so it's just in the "saved" list. Still too new to quite understand that. But the flick looks interesting. (side note, since starting Netflix, I've watched a LOT more doc's and foreign films! Screw you HBO).

Not to nit pick your BiL or anything omnis, but the first law is "I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before me." Thou shall not kill is like fourth or fifth.
Eh, don't blame him, not a direct quote. Blame me. I recall the words, just not the order. Besides, all the churches change the order of the 10 commandments anyhow.


Sean K - Dec 23, 2008 11:35:56 am PST #5614 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Eh, don't blame him, not a direct quote. Blame me. I recall the words, just not the order.

It's okay, man. I was just picking, because it brought me a tiny bit of levity.

Besides, all the churches change the order of the 10 commandments anyhow.

Yeah, but that "I am the Lord your God," one always comes first.


Sean K - Dec 23, 2008 11:39:26 am PST #5615 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

So, they're admitting her at Hollywood Presbyterian. They're talking to the doctors at Cedars, and will hopefully be able transfer her out there at some point, but don't know when that is just yet. They're running some more tests, so I've come home for a little bit. I may try to kill the scary Lutheran colony in the sink, but I may just sit here and sob for a few hours.


omnis_audis - Dec 23, 2008 11:42:39 am PST #5616 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

{{{{{ Sean }}}}}


Shir - Dec 23, 2008 11:45:04 am PST #5617 of 10000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

{{Sean}}