December 2008 Monthly Archive
December 30, 2008
What Happens To An Action Hero When We Grow Up?
Depends on what we want from him.
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Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
December 29, 2008
Heidi's Real Problem On The Hills: She's In The Wrong Movie
I can no longer find the link, but someone-- Us Magazine? Entertainment Weekly?-- did a Most Memorable TV Moments, and the season 3 finale of The Hills was one of them.
They were right.
They were right.
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Score: 10 (12 votes cast)
December 24, 2008
The Writers of Fool's Gold Get One Thing Right
In an otherwise unwatchable movie, a surprisingly insightful 5 seconds.
Matthew McConaughey plays a sunken treasure hunter and an idiot. The bad guy treasure hunter confronts McConaughey's partner, who is only incidentally in the movie.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Ukrainian sidekick."
"I don't tink of myself dat way," says the partner, whose name I don't think we ever learn. "I am dee lead character in my own story."
Right on, man. Right on.
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
December 22, 2008
Major Depression is Major Depression, Until Proven Otherwise
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Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
December 17, 2008
Is Internet Addiction Really An Addiction?
Depends on your definition. Wovon man...
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Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
December 15, 2008
Self-Embedding Syndrome: What's Going On In Ohio?
A poster presented at the Radiological Society Of North America. Self-embedding syndrome: adolescents embed foreign bodies into their arms, hands, etc. In this x-ray, she's embedded 8 pieces of metal into her arm.
What caught my eye were two things: first, even though this is an old problem, the authors say this is the first study on this, suggesting that it's on the rise (enough for radiologists to notice.) Second, that it happened in Ohio-- which was, along with Indiana, was responsible for half of the youth suicide increase in 2007.
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
December 15, 2008
Should Hubris Be In The DSM-V?
Certain psychiatrists carry considerable weight in determining the policy, the spirit, of psychiatry. Henry Nasrallah is one of those men, which is why, if you see him write an editorial called, "Should psychiatry list hubris in the DSM-V?" -- especially if it is tongue-in-cheek--- you should strike yourself in the head with a brick until you are unconscious. You are about to be manipulated with words, and then it will be too late.
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Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
December 10, 2008
Is An Hourglass Figure The Ideal? Only If You're Weak And Stupid
I may have my own sexual preferences, and they may or may not involve rum and the high seas, but I know a political agenda masquerading as a journal publication when I see one.
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Score: 18 (20 votes cast)
December 9, 2008
If You're Reading It, It's For You?
I came across an odd ad in one of the psych journals.
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Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
December 8, 2008
1 In 5 Cars Has A Personality Disorder
The other 4 cars are now completely fine, thanks to early intervention.
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Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
December 4, 2008
The British Model Of Cost Effectiveness Fails On Philosophy
Good idea, sort of, but it misses a key element.
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Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
December 2, 2008
Psychopaths Are Charming?
Reader feedback appreciated.
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Score: 8 (18 votes cast)
December 1, 2008
Off Label Prescribing Turns Out To Be On Label
In which I bite down on a leather strap in an effort not to explode like that guy on Heroes.
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Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
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