Monthly Archives: October 2013

some days…


Thanks to a friend in Spain for this one, and dedicated to another friend who this week started in a new job….

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life is not a problem to be solved – Søren Kierkegaard


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Toronto doctors say no to free samples from drug firms


Sing it loud! Article in Saturday’s Toronto Star about a group of twelve Doctors in a city centre family practice who are taking a stand for their beliefs in how medicine can be practised – and saying no to the … Continue reading

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the whole gamut of human potential – Margaret Mead


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take a walk on the wild side – Lou Reed


Doo do doo do doo do do doo Take a Walk on The Wild Side Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the USA Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her legs and then he was a … Continue reading

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how do you like me now? M-Flo


what you gonna do like Scooby Doo, M-flo – How You Like Me Now? I take it to the next, MC-tachi zasetsu Who the best? VAABARU live & direct Hiite TONTON ito no you ni wack shows Maite maite otenami … Continue reading

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days go by – Dirty Vegas


“Days Go By” You You You are still a whisper on my lips A feeling at my fingertips That’s pulling at my skin You leave me when I’m at my worst Feeling as if I’ve been cursed Bitter cold within … Continue reading

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this is time to wake up – Russell Brand


Russell Brand guest – edited an issue of The New Statesman and wrote an assay about the  revolution that has started and is happening. If you are not part of it then it is time for you too to wake … Continue reading

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Laughing Like Crazy – Showcase 30 October 2013


If you think mental health is nothing to be laughed at, think again. Or don’t think at all – just come laugh your head off.   Laughter Based Medicine  Better than drugs, if you can’t laugh at this stuff then … Continue reading

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When Doctors Discriminate


Juliann Garey writes in NYT Sunday Review of her experience of her experience of being discriminated against by doctors after receiving a diagnosis of serious mental illness. Doctors do this – some recognise it and some use a fancy name for … Continue reading

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