new filter: brain

New filter for my writing about my neuropsychiatric adventures. Entry is by poll with one answer. Enter only if you're interested and you feel you can handle it. If you see this after more than a week or so you should probably contact me directly because I won't necessarily check it after that.

Note to local friends: Some of you have expressed frustration because I talk about this stuff on the Internet but not in person. I generally feel uncomfortable bringing up my issues in conversation, both because it feels egotistical and because I don't think it will be acceptable, and there isn't anyone in my life right now that I can call up on the phone and say "My brain hurts, can we talk". I'm comfortable with other people bringing their stuff to me, no problem, but I can't do that easily myself.

I'm doing this because 1) I need to write about this 2) I don't feel comfortable talking about it in person with hardly anyone 3) I need a relatively safe place to write and 4) I'm attempting to stop freaking out people who don't need or want to deal with someone else's crazy.

I will do my best to keep my serious problems out of this space other than on this filter.

Comments disabled, poll results hidden. Contact me privately if there's some technical or personal problem with this.

[Poll #664699]

I've always thought I wanted to sell shoes

Competition for the title "Cheesiest Heavy Metal Video Ever" is intense. For one thing, it includes some 1980s material that can only be described as seminal in every way.

Via the Exploding Aardvark and Blabbermouth, I present to you:

Hammerfall - Hearts on Fire (Quicktime)

I will give you only one hint before you click: it's winter sports-related.

Edit: For those who can't see video, a small gallery of images is presented for your enjoyment ( below the cut here )

Alcohol, table saws, and flannel shirts just do not mix.

mendel send me this medical shop talk forum thread, which contains stories about emergency room patients from doctors and other ER folks on the theme: "Things I Learn from my Patients".

We've all seen the funny/awful lists of things in butts, or heard about lamers who beg for drugs, etc. Hey, I watched that TV show sometimes too in the 90s. I don't think they ever had a patient on E.R. with a lost TV remote located in an abscessed gluteal fold, though.