tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117901272012-01-20T17:54:07.682-08:00Letters from the AsylumI am Jack's Medulla Oblongata, Schizoaffective, Artist, Village Lunatic, Alien, Practicing Zen Buddhist, Taoist, Vegetarian, Mystic, Recluse, Suburban Monk, Shaman, Radical, Misanthrope, Keynesian, Wizard, Subversive, Fridge Whisperer, Flirt, Alchemist, Professional Psycho, Polymath, Proud Liberal, Weirdo, Social Democrat, Utilitarian, Cult Leader, Porn Star in Training, Eccentric, Imperfect Being, Cynic, Nontheist, Sagittarius, Pirate and aspiring Rhinoceros. That should about cover it.Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.comBlogger9391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-79335097082629422432012-01-12T16:09:00.001-08:002012-01-12T16:13:39.567-08:00My New Motto:
-hbw-
Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-84674402278671353332011-12-20T14:38:00.000-08:002011-12-20T14:43:54.083-08:00Bipolar, Fibromyalgia and Medical Marijuana.
As bipolar sunk its teeth into my brain, the disease began to rot away the rest of my body with fibromyalgia, which causes pain throughout the joints and muscles. The stress from the whirling emotions pound away at my muscles and joints until I ache like an old boxer whose body has endured one too many decades of abuse. When anxiety sets fire to my nerves, my body radiates with soreness from Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-9036311008688392472011-12-18T16:35:00.000-08:002011-12-20T14:42:45.323-08:00The Denver Broncos or Denver Christians? Addressed to Tim Tebow.
In Colorado, Denver Broncos football is beyond religion -- it's a cult. I've been a loyal acolyte since I was old enough to understand football but this worship of the new quarterback, Tim Tebow is getting scary. If you've been blissfully unaware of Tim Tebow then please, count yourself truly lucky. You don't want his cult hopped up on Jesus juice coming to your town. So, what's the big deal Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-22062415682796964132011-12-16T15:13:00.000-08:002011-12-16T15:14:41.535-08:00Traditional Marriage According to the Bible.Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-40692382896783066772011-10-30T10:47:00.000-07:002011-10-30T10:55:23.332-07:00I Want This Artwork on my Wall.I especially like the little people sitting on the top edge of the frame.--click picture to enlarge--Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-12408425456383540662011-10-18T11:24:00.000-07:002011-10-18T11:34:43.289-07:00Poll: Marijuana Legalization Support Reaches New High.PHOTO CREDIT: "Cannabis" by M. Bartosch for Free Digital Photos"In a new poll from Gallup, a majority of Americans now support legalization of marijuana. Fifty percent now favor the end to prohibition, whereas 46% oppose it. Just last year, that support for ending prohibition was at 46%. Americans are finally seeing through the propaganda that has incorrectly labeled marijuana as a dangerous Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-83192010465104003652011-10-06T10:27:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:28:46.228-07:00Is There Anybody Out There? The Trauma of Thought Broadcasting.PHOTO CREDIT: "Communication tower" by Wiangya for Free Digital PhotosI hardly ever leave the house--yep, I'm a shut-in, a recluse, a hermit, or whatever the latest word is for someone who hides from the world. I'm like a cat that prefers to take care of its affairs when no one else is around. Well-meaning, yet, unfortunately annoying people think it would help me to get out of the house. Their Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-88897508991354284892011-09-29T15:29:00.000-07:002011-09-30T16:01:35.575-07:00Hacking Someone Else's Mind: Thought Insertion.PHOTO CREDIT: Maggie Smith hosted by Free Digital Photos.net---*Warning!!! This post evokes disturbing imagery. As such, it could induce depression or other mental disturbance. If you are sensitive to thought insertion, or have difficulty deleting disturbing imagery out of your mind then you might want to skip this post*------Don't say I didn't warn YOU!!---Are you hear to read what it's like to Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-91582999129712579252011-09-15T17:09:00.000-07:002011-09-15T17:54:01.686-07:00One Republic Pulled me From the Toilet of Depression Today.To experience this post in its fullest, click play on the video first and read on: Aint' nothing that can't be fixed by some "One Republic" and a joint. Stress has been piling up daily like garbage trucks at the city dump on the day after the garbage strike ended. We've been living at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles. Or, as I affectionately refer to them, the "Department of Mismanagement Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-46541339373940719242011-09-02T15:58:00.000-07:002011-09-02T16:28:50.848-07:00A Stranger in My Own Land, or: Why People Believe Stupid Shit.The intellectual laziness in this country is breath-taking!! It's amazing the bull crap that people will believe without so much as a cursory exploration of its veracity. They want to be spoon fed what to believe because they're afraid of thinking about the complexities of life. They'd rather give up that responsibility to someone else so that they can stay in their bubble world where Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-51275831703710546542011-08-14T09:46:00.001-07:002011-08-14T09:48:08.155-07:00Question Everything.Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-48697197545709531672011-07-31T15:17:00.000-07:002011-08-01T11:07:51.233-07:00If I Didn't laugh, I'd Die."Suicide is our way of telling, 'God,' 'You can't fire me, I quit!!'" -Bill MaherSince I've decided to be cremated, I've thought about buying a plot in a graveyard, anyway, just to give the public a micro-park. On my plot, I'd allow sitting, laying, smoking or dancing on my grave. I'd probably have someone scatter a bit of my ashes inside the coffin. As well as, fingernail clippings, taken after Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-84664426700351346532011-07-27T16:09:00.000-07:002011-07-27T16:55:48.034-07:00H.B.W's Flying Manifesto of 2011.PHOTO CREDIT: Artwork by WK InteractI submit, to you, for your consideration, these amendments to the flying public code of ethics: We are flying upon public, shared, airplanes. Therefore: This is not your families "mini-van, road-trip" in the sky.1) If your kids shit their pants, mid-flight, go change their dippers in the bathroom provided. It's not for us to have to smell for the next 2 Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-39775130066773224552011-07-14T08:28:00.000-07:002011-07-31T10:23:11.084-07:00True Freedom: The Freedom to be Left Alone.Not sure who wrote this but it's my new motto:Don't like gay marriage? Don't get one... Don't like cigarettes? Don't smoke them... Don't like abortions? Don't get one... Don't like sex? Don't have it... Don't like drugs? Don't do them... Don't like porn? Don't watch it... Don't like alcohol? Don't drink it... Don't like guns? Don't buy one... Don't like your rights taken away? Don't take Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-54388583163850539752011-06-21T00:24:00.000-07:002011-06-21T09:29:09.996-07:00The Ravens.And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore!Thus, ends the poem, "The Raven" by oneHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-76789557586338269602011-06-07T12:16:00.000-07:002011-06-07T13:39:31.559-07:00Do Sensations like Light or Sound Cause You Suffering? You Might Have Sensory Integration Disorder.---This post is a bit long but the subject demanded a longer piece---Do clothing labels bother you so much that you have to remove them? Do you find many different foods repulsive? Do loud, sudden, or piercing sounds startle you? Do you need to wear sunglasses even on a cloudy day? Do you feel panicky going down an escalator or driving through a tunnel? If the answer to many of these questions isHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-31885843710361698042011-05-26T13:01:00.000-07:002011-05-27T08:31:36.212-07:00Jared Lee Loughner's Mental State.(Artists rendering of accused killer, Jared Lee Loughner, in court. Photo Credit: Associated Press) By Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles TimesHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-90335418559065258352011-05-17T15:33:00.000-07:002011-05-17T21:51:18.726-07:00Do Not Fear Death.Being quarantined inside an infected brain, has the effect of someone else taking over your brain while you helplessly watch; trapped and bound in the corner of your quickly, darkening mind. Thus, having a malfunctioning brain, I have often danced upon the razor's edge between life and death, so I know that side of the curtain well. And having spent that much time mulling over death and the Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-88283939321488639572011-05-06T12:05:00.000-07:002011-05-06T14:12:57.886-07:00The Death of Books.Books are under threat, like all romantic refugees trying to find their place in the digital era. E-Readers are invading the sacred libraries of literature, and are methodically chewing up the words of coffee stained novels beloved by romantics everywhere. They spit them out into cold, bits and bytes of utilitarian reading that evoke the destruction of books found in the dystopian novel, "Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-18132212422645166862011-05-04T14:30:00.000-07:002011-05-06T16:10:03.508-07:00If You Knock on This Door Smokey, You're Entering a World of Pain.-Firstly, Props to "The Big Lebowski" (My favorite movie) for the inspiration of the title.As the Rolling Stones sang, "I see a red door and I want to paint it black." Maybe then people will stop knocking on my damn door!! The other night, my wife and I were sitting down to relax for the evening at about 7p.m. when we heard someone knock on our front door. Immediately, I had a rush of anxiety, Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-36197867422328710812011-04-22T14:10:00.000-07:002011-04-23T13:19:04.850-07:00The Gray Skies of Modernity.The bitter gray sky weeps with sadness as we struggle to breath under the boot-heel of corporate thieves choking off our livelihood and basic living standard. They sprinkle a few crumbs of sustenance into the gutters to watch us scramble to snatch them up. Then they laugh as we fight over them and begin taking bets on who will win. They haven't just bought and paid for the politicians and judges;Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-16919117267274752132011-04-11T08:27:00.000-07:002011-04-11T09:59:11.623-07:00The Power of Mindfully Chosen Words.This short clip is for anyone who ever thinks that they are alone and that no one's ever listening or cares about their plight. Despite the gray masses of drones living in a desensitized world of selfishness, there are a precious few who acknowledge the plight of those living in the shadows of an unforgiving, greedy world that has long ago left them behind. A few mindfully chosen words can go aHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-35266796914642733962011-03-22T11:52:00.000-07:002011-03-22T13:22:48.704-07:00A Hermit's Long Ass Rant.This hermit cave is looking might appealing today. I feel like crawling back inside and only coming out when society has, 1) finally destroyed itself, or 2) returned to its senses. I feel a rant coming on--stand back; So, I went to the local burrito joint to grab lunch and flee back home but ran into complications when I was nearly stampeded by a mob of teen-age, half-wits.I should have known Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-28182200051752271432011-03-09T16:19:00.000-08:002011-03-09T17:15:38.645-08:00America: The Sinking Ship.These are strange times we are living in and murky waters to sail through. I never knew an America that wasn't either in a recession or a war. I came of age during the Reagan recession and hung around as a latch-key kid. I have long felt that Generation X was born adult. We had to grow up fast--damn fast. I was weened on angst for a generation that had it all, and threw it away.The Boomer Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-59783544460846431792011-02-28T11:14:00.000-08:002011-02-28T11:53:24.280-08:00War Torn.(Above: "War Torn," by Delta Freelancer at Deviantart.com)Things have been quiet lately here at the Asylum. However, that's only because my mind has locked me away inside a padded cell, within the confines of the straight-jacket of depression. I wanted to reach out to you all but the words just weren't there. I sat down at the computer, so many times within the last month to scribble down my Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-84145112520936943112011-02-02T16:42:00.000-08:002011-02-02T17:47:28.542-08:00Where Is My Mind?HBW: Ahhhh....The Pixies!! "Where is my Mind?" One of the classics in my "mind". And, Fight Club is a classic film--combined? Poetry and the stuff of delicious madness. The ending of this movie is brilliant with the crumbling buildings as he says to her, "You met me at a very strange point in my life." Epic line. I have this theory that "Fight Club" is the anthem movie for we, the apathetic Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-80954648680203715622011-01-26T17:03:00.000-08:002011-02-02T16:33:50.157-08:00The Cliffs of Insanity.I was a good boy today--as usual. I took all my medications. I took all four of my morning medications, with another five later today. That's seven, count 'em, SEVEN prescription medications; all backed-up by years and years of scientific research that is supposed to be the best that medicine has to offer those who have a serious psychiatric disorder. And, yet, none of those four morning Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-25120890147698054582011-01-26T13:32:00.000-08:002011-01-26T14:59:40.590-08:00Suicides Account for Majority of U.S. Military Deaths; Surpassing Battlefield Deaths.For the SECOND consecutive year, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide, than it has to combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. End the wars and improve mental health for our soldiers AND civilians. For too long, mental health has been the "dirty lil' secret" in America--it's time to speak out and be brave. That doesn't even include all the reservists.It's really easy to slap a yellow Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-53832796361078182892011-01-07T09:01:00.000-08:002011-01-07T10:00:49.832-08:00Tactile and Somatic Hallucinations.As some of you know, I had a rancid Christmas with a psychotic episode that included the following experience:So much so that earlier (before the Christmas party) I had an over-loading of my muscles with anxious, tense, agitating energy. I writhed about in discomfort as my muscles strained for release. In these kind of episodes I feel as though my body will tear apart from the stress on the Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-88238393805422696662011-01-01T13:37:00.000-08:002011-01-01T15:46:12.160-08:00The Shake Weight SNL Skit.Did you have a wild night last night for New Year's Eve? Drink too much? Liver not on speaking terms with you? Hangover got you down; feeling the blues? Need a "pick-me-up?" Something to calm the nerves and lighten your mood? I understand. Well, Dr. Cornelius J. Cuthburt (myself) has just the cure-all for you!! It's an ancient ritual that changes one's constitution in an instant--like magic!! It Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-77302719176328749232010-12-29T14:35:00.000-08:002010-12-29T16:10:40.965-08:00Why Do I Try with People Anymore?I have some back-logged complaints for the complaint department when it comes to how the general public reacts to my psychiatric conditions. By the way, these are things NOT to do or say to someone with a mental illness. Learn from their mistakes:I'm tired of people trying to minimize my problems to somehow make me feel better--it doesn't. It makes me feel misunderstood, like you're not listeningHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-50879021133991790392010-12-27T16:50:00.000-08:002010-12-28T09:00:18.619-08:00Christmas Chaos.How was my Christmas? Ho-ho-horrible. Smears of panic blur the "high-light" (more like low-light) filmstrip from the season. The head-line: James had an episode--a 48 hour break from reality; at the worst possible time. In front of the whole-family; including those who are so uncomfortable with my mental condition that they almost, literally, don't talk about it with me.But, there I was losing myHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-14918145305768881752010-12-23T14:33:00.000-08:002010-12-23T17:22:12.280-08:00Steampunk Obsession.Imagine if you will, an alternate version of history, (and speculative future) that merges the romance and style of the Victorian, 19th-Century age with modern-day technologies; all powered by steam. Alternative versions of history weave in-and-out of such a artistically crafted genre of literature, art and fashion. Such is the mythical world of Steampunk. The profile picture that I use currentlyHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-62274622867044550212010-12-19T09:54:00.000-08:002011-01-12T14:19:27.079-08:00Gimme Shelter.This song from the stellar movie, "Public Enemies" really evokes the panicked energy and adrenaline that pumps through my veins as I try to stay one step ahead of the devil -- i.e. the voices in my head. I don't know where I'm going but I have to get there--fast. This is the kind of song that brings out that feeling of being driven by something that lurks just on the edges of your fleeing shadow.Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-84541828079596666662010-12-16T13:59:00.000-08:002010-12-16T14:58:47.580-08:00"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" Trailer.These are strange times we be livin' in; nay, mad times!! Life has rejected us mental outcasts as "dead-weight" on society that should be taken out with the trash. We are to be seen and not heard; scratch that. We are to be ignored, and not seen, nor heard!! So, with such scallywags surrounding us at every turn -- what are rejects like us to do? Why, join Captain Jack Sparrow's crew for the Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-51789239149761667552010-12-02T12:22:00.000-08:002010-12-02T12:25:11.020-08:00Awesome A Capella Version of "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga.Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-47160267071874821562010-11-29T17:01:00.000-08:002010-11-29T16:48:36.751-08:00Colorado Rapids and the Arsenal Alliance.(Above: Colorado Rapids football club logo)I've been a soccer supporter for most of my life. It is a game of skill and finesse that focuses on strategy more than brute force. I like the chess match of soccer where suspense builds with crisp passes and constant movement; testing the defenses of the other team in spots until it is breached and the crowd explodes with energy as the ball rockets pastHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-19573917181635057292010-11-28T13:52:00.000-08:002010-11-28T14:43:46.822-08:00E-Trade Baby Cracks My Shit Up.(Above: Me, smashing the shit out of the testicles of "accepted society").I enjoy weaving sentences with sarcasm, so I adore the E-Trade baby as if he were my me own son. Laughing is the drug that keeps the long, spindly fingers and razor sharp claws of suicidal depression at bay. If I couldn't laugh at the absurdity of life than I'd have long ago wrapped my mouth around a gun barrel and silencedHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-24967786372321304332010-11-19T10:01:00.000-08:002010-11-23T12:08:14.624-08:00I Need to Break Something.Handsome B. Wonderful: This classic Pogues song is exactly the kind of feisty music befitting the soundtrack for today's post. I'm in a "fuck the world" kind of mood and I'm not in a mood to put up with any more bullshit from it. Life is like a really bad vacation that never ends, and every time you try to distract yourself with an outing you keep running into assholes from your past who picked Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-11371448013806006772010-11-18T08:24:00.000-08:002010-11-18T09:08:08.182-08:00Leaf Blower Seige: Day 3.It all started two days ago on a blustery Monday. Being that I'm now in winter mode; I wake up every day depressed at first but usually by the time the meds have kicked-in I am doing better. Or, at least what I consider to be "better." It's all so damn relative because what I deem to be a decent/good day is a horrible day for someone not living with a mental demon living inside their brain cavityHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-3717202272043061762010-11-16T11:43:00.000-08:002010-11-16T11:58:58.303-08:00Gay Teen Bravely Defends Teacher.This amazing kid defends his teacher at a school board meeting after that teacher was suspended for ordering a student out of class for anti-gay remarks.HBW: I am so proud of of this young man for having the courage to face so many powerful adults at this meeting and standing up for his convictions. It's takes a lot of bravery, and I applaud him for it but it is a sad day when kids have to make Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-32754001058786704102010-11-15T15:07:00.000-08:002010-11-15T15:22:28.710-08:00Stop Misusing the Term, "Schizophrenic."I adore The Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC and watch whenever I can, but today I was bothered with some of the terminology used in one of their segments. Several of the guests described the Tea Party strategy as "schizophrenic." This is highly insulting and frustrating to those who live with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses like myself. For one, it's not accurate. Saying a Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-86080117923150181732010-11-07T14:30:00.000-08:002010-11-07T14:35:21.479-08:00Finishing Off Life As an Orgasm!!(Above: click to enlarge, and read)Dying in the middle of an orgasm? Sounds like a good way to go to me!!-hbwHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-4896180818752503532010-11-04T09:51:00.001-07:002010-11-04T10:06:47.743-07:00Bill O'Reilly Jokes About Suicide.Regardless of whether you like Keith Olbermann or Bill O'Reilly, I think we can all agree that joking about suicide is not just in poor taste but dangerous. "After Bill O'Reilly predicted that MSNBC hosts would commit suicide after the midterm election results, Keith Olbermann used Wedensday's "Countdown" to show his Fox News rival that he was alive and well."Those of us who either live with Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-35408971130059670642010-10-27T15:45:00.000-07:002010-10-27T16:12:08.425-07:00Vile Teacher Wants Gays Dead.Arkansas school board member Clint McCance believes "queers" and "fags" should kill themselves — that is, if they don't get AIDS and die first. While schools across the country are taking action against bullying and suicide, a board member of an Arkansas school district is using his Facebook page to encourage "queers" and "fags" to kill themselves:Seriously they want me to wear purple because Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-20361068813309768172010-10-18T11:40:00.000-07:002010-10-19T16:34:31.968-07:00Former Surgeon General: Legalize Marijuana.Former US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders told CNN's Don Lemon Sunday that she supports the legalization of marijuana. "Marijuana is not addictive -- not physically addictive anyway," Elders added. "Nobody says that marijuana causes violence. As we know alcohol can cause much more aggressiveness.You aren't as likely to hurt someone from using marijuana as you are from using alcohol." "I think Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-11904045882061570262010-10-15T09:21:00.000-07:002010-10-15T17:17:57.283-07:00Teen Mental Illness Epidemic?WASHINGTON — Around half of US teens meet the criteria for a mental disorder and nearly one in four report having a mood, behavior or anxiety disorder that interferes with daily life, American researchers say. "The prevalence of severe emotional and behavior disorders is even higher than the most frequent major physical conditions in adolescence, including asthma or diabetes," the study Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-79402784979212840982010-09-23T14:23:00.000-07:002010-09-23T16:07:00.180-07:00Can Moving to the Mountains Kill You?Is it possible that living in the mountains can make it more likely that someone will commit suicide? Maybe, according to startling new research suggesting that for someone who already has mental health problems, thinner air may be one factor leading to self destruction. That finding may seem a bit baffling at first blush, but psychiatrist Perry F. Renshaw of the University of Utah said his teamHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-64349407428215338712010-09-23T14:22:00.000-07:002010-09-23T14:23:29.307-07:00Borderline Mentally Retarded Women to be Executed.A woman with learning difficulties is set to become the first female to be executed by the US state of Virginia in nearly a century. Teresa Lewis has been on death row for eight years after being found guilty of hiring hitmen to kill her husband and stepson.TPJ: Yet the issue that everyone is talking about is that she's a woman--not that she's borderline mentally retarded. I am morally, Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-79790392972029883102010-09-19T09:25:00.000-07:002010-09-19T09:43:09.172-07:00Alcohol Lobbyists Fighting Marijuana Freedom in California. Don't Let Them Decide for You!!Typical corporate lobbying bullshit to prevent competition. These people talk a good game about the free market but when it comes to straight up competing on a level playing field they do everything in their power to stack the deck in their favor. It's no longer capitalism based on democracy. It's corporatism based on the power and money being in the hands of just a few "Robber Baron" type Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-1247625476402163882010-09-11T18:13:00.000-07:002010-09-11T22:37:06.852-07:0021st Century Outcast.I don't fit into the framework of this society anymore--but, really, that's been slowly but surely unraveling since I was young. It's as though I've been living life forever attached to the pull of some far off cosmic magnet that is pushing and propelling me further and further away from society.I look out at people; these fellow humans and gaze upon them at times as though they are apart of someHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-15335221755414483382010-08-30T11:44:00.000-07:002010-08-30T13:47:12.671-07:00Use Care When Depicting Psychiatric Conditions.The Dark Knight - Watch the World BurnUploaded by Warner_Bros_Entertainment. - Classic TV and last night's shows, online.Often when I tell people I have a psychiatric condition they react negatively in various ways. One common way is for them to not believe me, which often follows with a variation on this phrase, "But you look so normal!!" There are a frightening number of people who have this Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-27743453990403655862010-08-10T12:41:00.000-07:002010-08-10T15:19:37.555-07:00Feeling Unworthy of Friendships.I am too paranoid to go anywhere that requires me interacting with people anymore--even cool people like my friends. I've bailed on them so many times because I freaked out and stressed out over having to interact in person that I think they gave up on me and possibly hate me but I wouldn't blame them. I'm just not very reliable because my brain isn't reliable. I think I ruined the Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-46656267857848386942010-08-02T11:17:00.000-07:002010-08-02T12:27:40.134-07:00No Rest: Dreams and Mental Illness.If my mental demons can't tear me down during the daytime they will patiently wait for sleep to trap me inside their torture chamber of dreams. If I've had a long day of wrestling with the four armed beast of mental illness then I'm definitely in for a long, nightmarish night as well. A lot of people look forward to sleep to take a break and rest from the stress of the day but such is not alwaysHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-18772440321307656712010-07-28T10:15:00.000-07:002010-07-28T10:57:50.278-07:00Pot Smokers Outnumber Legalization Opponents; Overall Majority Favor Legalization.Asking about legalization in California, Public Policy Polling (PPP) found just 36 percent of respondents were opposed to Proposition 19, which would tax and regulate cannabis. The majority, 52 percent, favor legalization.Handsome B. Wonderful: That's nearly a 20 point lead for legalization supporters!! We're finally making progress on sensible marijuana policy in this country. People are Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-35394040922078985742010-07-19T16:02:00.000-07:002010-07-20T11:08:44.817-07:00Record Number of Army Suicides in June.The U.S. Army on Thursday reported a record number of suicides in a single month among active duty, Guard and Reserve troops, despite an aggressive program of counseling, training and education aimed at suicide prevention. Suicides for the first half of the year are up 12 percent over 2009. In June, 32 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide, including 21 on active duty. Army Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-85568557619499792732010-07-12T16:41:00.000-07:002010-07-13T13:45:14.939-07:00Obama and PTSDWASHINGTON — The government is taking what President Barack Obama calls "a long overdue step" to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them to receive federal benefits. The changes that Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki will announce Monday fulfill "a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors with the care and benefits they've Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-39295335464876490032010-07-08T15:59:00.000-07:002010-07-08T16:16:29.503-07:00Bob Marley - Zion Train.Bob Marley has soothed by mind and helped me relax ever since I was a kid when even then I was anxious and worried about things that no kid should ever be worrying about. For example, I was thinking about my own death from early on. As well as fear over my parents threatening to divorce as a younin' which by the way never went away until I left home. They threatened divorce or separation so many Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-12313038900920614422010-07-04T17:02:00.000-07:002010-07-04T22:11:52.327-07:00The Rockets Red Glare: Message from the Front Lines.MESSAGE: We are under siege. Independence day celebrations in our neighborhood are out of control. A small skirmish of fire crackers shattered the late afternoon peace and by early evening (5pm) it has turned into an all-out assault. Our neighbors insist on celebrating Independence day by literally enacting the American Revolutionary war. They are dug in just across the street in their garage, Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-89377646929922632812010-06-19T23:39:00.000-07:002010-06-21T17:04:32.502-07:00The Mind of a Reclusive Mentally Ill Man Living on the Fringes of Sanity.As a mental refugee from the killing fields of conventional society I often stand back at the chaos unfolding around me and wonder, "Why don't I feel connected with these people beyond the mandatory molecular, interdependent relationship? Why do I often feel like a time traveler from a highly advanced species forced to live amongst children?" I wander about my hermit dwelling in between Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-78648986663291669492010-06-17T13:28:00.000-07:002010-06-17T14:01:56.268-07:00Military Fails on Brain Test Follow Up.By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has failed to comply with a congressional directive to give all troops tests before and after they serve in combat to measure their thinking abilities and uncover possible brain injuries, military records show. More than 562,000 tests of troops taken before they deployed have not been readministered on their return by military health Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-10644301217222860082010-06-12T21:37:00.000-07:002010-06-12T22:16:21.107-07:00Just Like Heaven.We've been hunkered down in our cave while steady, cool rain quiets the neighborhood. Softening the frenzy of city life. In this regard rain is a soothing salve for the searing heat generated by my sensitive, and all too over stimulated brain. It's tranquilizer effect is immediate and strangely similar to how putting a blanket over a cage will calm down a frantic bird. Last night I lay in bed Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-52168973172911696362010-06-08T10:45:00.000-07:002010-06-08T10:46:32.795-07:00Brain Injuries, Mental Illness and Suicides in Military Veterans on the Rise, and Under-Reported.More U.S. troops were hospitalized for mental health disorders than any other reason in 2009. Mental health hospitalizations throughout the military topped injuries, battle wounds and even pregnancy and childbirth for the first time in 15 years of tracking by the Pentagon's Medical Surveillance Monthly report. Mental health care accounted for almost 40% of all days spent in hospitals by Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-56830890256491491852010-06-05T16:25:00.000-07:002010-06-05T18:35:17.838-07:00When Does it End?How did I get here? I barely recognize anything anymore. I mean, it's the same place as always but a switch or something was thrown because a darkness has come over my life since I got back from Costa Rica. We were down there to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, which was nice but at the time I remember thinking I hope I don't have to pay for this when I get home. By this I mean it seems Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-61486275595569531622010-05-20T12:34:00.002-07:002010-05-20T13:00:38.984-07:00Kentucky Republican Senate Candidate Rand Paul is an Enemy to Americans with Disabilities.Rand Paul is an extremely radical Republican candidate for Senate in the great state of Kentucky. He has recently come under criticism for his disagreement with key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968. Click here to read my post for commentary upon that issue but this post will be dedicated to his position in regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which he opposes:Paul wasHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-48421915989638697452010-05-13T12:11:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:17:22.876-07:00Lewis Black: Glenn Beck Has Nazi Tourette's.The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cBack in Black - Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette'swww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea PartyHandsome B. Wonderful: My favorite part was when he said, "This is a guy [Glenn Beck] who uses more swastika props than The History Channel!!"Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-60720214943206867242010-05-06T12:02:00.000-07:002010-05-06T12:26:53.603-07:00Rosalynn Carter Talks Mental Health on, "The Daily Show."The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRosalynn Carterwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea PartyHandsome B. Wonderful: This was the line that made me applaud the most because I've been trying to make this point for years. "Jails and prisons are the largest mental health facilities in America. You can get money for prisons. You can't get money for mental Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-26916773014986251192010-04-21T16:06:00.001-07:002010-04-21T16:43:20.409-07:00"You Don't Know Jack." The Real Jack Kevorkian.As someone who supports a terminal patient's, "right to die "(euthanasia) I am really interested in a new movie out about the famous Dr. Jack Kavorkian. It will soon be aired in America on the HBO cable channel on April 24th. Dr. Kevorkian is a champion of the rights of people to die with dignity. He is known world wide for personally assisting many terminally ill people kill themselves:In each Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-28176236311709670862010-04-05T13:37:00.000-07:002010-04-05T13:44:31.035-07:00Sink or Swim?Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-91842414790065551452010-03-30T13:56:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:27:44.077-07:00How Much More Can I Take?I know that I haven't been posting in a long time but things are unraveling in my life at break neck speed. My wife's job (our only means of money besides my measly social security check) is looking less and less stable besides stressing her out every day. It kills me when she comes home in tears and I can't do anything to help. I feel like such a drain, and while I know it's not my fault it's Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-77561763765191972202010-03-22T08:31:00.000-07:002010-03-22T09:09:49.983-07:00Immediate Benefits of the Health Care Bill Passed.With this new health care bill--IMMEDIATELY--this year, small business will get tax credits to offer health insurance to their employees. Small businesses could see up to $3,000 in savings (per employee) on their health care costs. This according to the Business Round Table. THIS YEAR parents won't have to worry anymore about not being able to get coverage for their kids due to a Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-66895946233484708042010-03-18T12:43:00.000-07:002010-03-18T14:22:22.718-07:00Letters, Letters, Letters.I'm taking a page from the playbook of fellow blogger, Deputy's Crazy Wife who blogs sometimes in letter form. It's a great stress release idea, so here goes:Dear drivers,Our street is not your private race course--people actually live on this street. I know this street is a convenient short cut to the shopping end of town. And I know we're po' down in this ghetto neighborhood but it is still a Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-69127283439714885762010-03-17T16:21:00.000-07:002010-03-17T16:49:02.037-07:00When Irish Eyes are Smiling.Even though I'm Scottish--When the Irish eyes of these hotties are shining down on me, Handsome B. Wonderful is a happy man!!(Above: Northern Ireland model Laurena Lacey)(Above: Unknown Irish model)(Above: Irish-American Olivia Wilde)(Above: Irish model Tanya Trianta)(Above: Irish-American porn star Stormy Daniels)Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-82050943588222060922010-03-06T09:19:00.000-08:002010-03-06T13:01:15.309-08:00The Hurt Locker is Riveting.Saw, "The Hurt Locker" and was riveted. It was so intense that we forgot about dinner until after the movie at like 9:30!! We hardly moved during throughout the entire movie. I was absolutely drawn in from start to finish. My heart was pounding, I was on the edge of my seat and didn't notice time passing at all. Best movie of the year. Best Iraq war movie I've seen.My palms were sweating, and in Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-43678888760266336572010-02-26T00:01:00.000-08:002010-02-26T00:01:01.743-08:00A Prescription for Masturbation.Don't they say that masturbation is good for your self-esteem? As such then, it should be apart of everyone's medication regiment. Talk above relieving depression, LMAO!! And the nice thing is that you don't have to get your insurance company to approve it!! Hahahahahaha....Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-16684420316614925752010-02-25T09:53:00.000-08:002010-02-25T15:36:21.621-08:00Colorado School Shooter Couldn't Pay for Psychiatric Health Care.KDVR in Denver reports that Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, the suspect in Monday's shooting spree at Deer Creek elementary school in Littleton, had sought help for his mental problems, but was turned away because he couldn't pay for treatment.KDVR interviewed Eastwood's father, a Native American rancher with whom the 32-year-old suspect has lived for the last 5 years. "He tried to get help," Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-30150604018625911512010-02-23T14:54:00.000-08:002010-02-25T12:17:46.144-08:00Figure Skating, Johnny Weir, Homosexuality and Men.I'm a man, and I like figure skating. Apparently men aren't supposed to watch--let alone enjoy it because I've heard more than a few men say that they don't watch figure skating because the men are "gay." First of all, I don't know how they would even know such a thing. I think this irrational abhorrence of anything effeminate in men is because we have a really screwed up idea of masculinity in Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-34086098520001910342010-02-13T21:58:00.000-08:002010-02-15T11:57:58.606-08:00Touch Aversion.You know how cats don't like being held, petted much or otherwise handled? Well, that's me (I'm like a cat in other ways too like: Being nocturnal, having good reflexes, being very curious and clever/smart). However, I often have an aversion to touch where wrapping an arm around my shoulders feels like a rope cinching around my body. Sometimes a lot of touch makes me feel smothered and I don't Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-69060133074116825192010-02-06T14:36:00.000-08:002010-02-06T16:10:39.770-08:00Apocolypse Earth.Outside that door is anarchy--people come at me from all directions out there. It's a free for all and I am lucky to get home mentally intact after a trip to the super market. I can't do more than about one outing a day before my anxiety starts gnawing on my spinal column causing my nerves to fray like meat falling off over-boiled chicken.There is a sense in the air out in the chaos of public Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-42257208119324335792010-02-03T12:32:00.000-08:002010-02-03T12:59:50.903-08:00Medical Marijuana Frees People from Addiction to Deadly Pain Pills.On Wednesday, dozens of former addicts made the tough decision to share their stories publicly, doing so before news cameras and a standing-room only crowd. The admissions were not without irony. It was, after all, a federally prohibited drug, according to the patients who spoke, that freed them from their addictions to far more lethal--though legal--prescription narcotics. After hearing Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-4281900052142261852010-02-01T11:35:00.000-08:002010-02-01T12:47:38.264-08:00Why Do I Do This to Myself?I get taken advantage of a lot because I hate conflict, confrontation and have a hard time saying, "no" in part because I can be easily intimidated by the right kind of person. I attract people like a big fucking magnet but often it's the wrong kind of person who are usually very manipulative. As a child I wasn't allowed to say, "no." If I tried to object to something I was usually verbally put Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-27681534023530785502010-01-27T10:30:00.000-08:002010-01-27T13:37:38.188-08:00Mental Illness and Music: The Great Outlet.I've always been a big music fan. I am also into mysticism and there isn't much of anything more magically to me than music. It is amazing to me that we can create such moving and powerful sounds into songs that forever alter our lives. I can't tell you how many times music has helped me deal with my schizoaffective disorder. For example, Radiohead is (in my opinion) the official band for those Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-77369030349720073532010-01-26T08:43:00.000-08:002010-01-26T11:22:07.256-08:00Who Knew Pink Feather Boas are Satanic?Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, told a conference on Monday that he would not allow a gay rights parade in the city and any unsanctioned efforts would face police power. "A gay parade... cannot be called anything but a Satanic act," said Luzhkov at an education conference, according to reports from AFP."We haven't permitted such a parade and we won't permit it in the future... It's high time that Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-58490932878779454162010-01-23T14:22:00.000-08:002010-01-23T15:23:03.143-08:00Green Party Platform on The Rights of the Disabled.This is just one of the reasons why I am switching my party affiliation to the Green Party. 6. Rights of the Disabled: We support the full enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act to enable all people with disabilities to achieve independence and function at the highest possible level. Government should work to ensure that children with disabilities are provided with the sameHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-77281713210711251612010-01-21T10:44:00.001-08:002010-01-21T12:23:44.604-08:00Mormons Tried to Hide Involvement in Campaign to Prevent Gay Marriage.The Mormon church has long tried to give the impression that they don't want to get involved in political issues except that's not true. They wanted statehood for Utah but the federal government wouldn't allow it unless it ended polygamy. Well, wouldn't you know it then that not much longer after that the "prophet" of the church (who is also the leader) received a "revelation" from "God" that manHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-35619785195611895382010-01-17T07:57:00.000-08:002010-01-17T13:13:56.709-08:00Fuck the World. Let's Make Our Own.It is time for their world to be destroyed. It is time for a new age, the Age of Horus. It is time for a new standard, a new canvas, and a new artist. We must forget this wasted generation and amputate it before the mind rots away with it. Paint it, record it, write it down before they kill you with their slow poisonous stupidity. Make yourself heard. This Internet is your middle finger to the Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-14066566938922288992010-01-16T11:38:00.000-08:002010-01-16T15:57:49.868-08:00Texas Continues to Execute the Developmentally Disabled Despite Law.It is unconstitutional to execute mentally retarded prisoners in the United States. The state of Texas, however, appears to have found a loophole, according to a published report. In the Supreme Court's 2002 ruling on Atkins v. Virginia, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote, "Because of their disabilities in areas of reasoning, judgment, and control of their impulses ... [the mentally retarded] do notHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-45465261953384922142010-01-13T09:20:00.000-08:002010-01-13T09:28:45.166-08:00Help Haiti After Devastating Earthquake.As many of you know, Haiti (which is the 4th poorest country in the world) suffered a major, deadly earthquake yesterday (Tuesday). It was a 7.0 eartquake on a scale of 10 being the worst. It is the worst earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years. Thousands upon thousands have already died. They need our help. I would like to be there to work on the ground but they said it is chaos on the groundHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-63799509565418438202010-01-12T14:17:00.000-08:002010-01-12T14:48:18.391-08:00Most People Suck.I hate most people. Especially people who get upset over the smallest things but then won't tell you what you did -- just string you along on some guilt trip. I hate that I have to ask those people, "Did I do anything wrong?" Just tell me what I did wrong or supposedly did wrong but then when I apologize (especially over and over) I expect you to forgive me and give me a second chance. Unless I Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-8862769409645940772010-01-12T09:25:00.000-08:002010-01-12T09:27:48.506-08:00Marijuana Compound Could Beat Back Brain Cancer.MONDAY, Jan. 11 -- Preliminary research suggests that a combination of compounds in marijuana could help fight off a particularly deadly form of brain cancer. But the findings shouldn't send patients rushing to buy pot: the levels used in the research appear to be too high to obtain through smoking. And there's no sign yet that the approach works in laboratory animals, let alone people. Still, Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-492726003767385032010-01-09T16:46:00.001-08:002010-01-09T16:50:47.598-08:00Marijuana in the News.In the 40 years since U.S. President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs," the supply and use of drugs has not changed in any fundamental way. The only difference: a taxpayer bill of more than $1 trillion. A senior Mexican official who has spent more than two decades helping fight the government's war on drugs summed up recently what he's learned from his long career: "This war is not winnableHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-69220801369135612852010-01-02T13:45:00.000-08:002010-01-02T16:48:51.559-08:00Family. Why do We Bother?All three of my siblings don't seem to understand my mental illness. Nor do they seem to understand why I have to sometimes avoid going to family events because of it (my mental illness). Maybe not all of them but in their own ways they all seem to avoid any discussion about my mental illness. It is totally invalidating and hurts to the bone. It triggers steaming, hot, tears of rage from my Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-78070690215398502182009-12-31T09:05:00.000-08:002009-12-31T09:47:36.481-08:00Mentally Ill People Murdered and Used to Blackmail Mine Owners in China.BEIJING — Police have arrested nine people in southwest China suspected of trafficking mentally ill people to be murdered in mines across the country in a bid to blackmail mine owners into paying compensation, a local official said Thursday. Mine owners in China face intense pressure to keep deadly accidents under wraps, and have reportedly been found paying off journalists and relatives of dead Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-5344809289343736612009-12-30T15:58:00.000-08:002009-12-30T16:04:09.513-08:00Avatar Promotes Environmentalism. Deal with It.Believe the hype. "Avatar" has blown the lid off the traditional movie format and set the standard for movie making in this new century. I've seen it now twice and I like it now even more than I did the first time. The visuals are the big attraction and they are spectacular but the story is sometimes lost in the shuffle because of it. There is nothing wrong with the story line at all -- In fact, Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-12381284227448066012009-12-29T09:13:00.000-08:002009-12-29T09:46:43.524-08:00The Marijuana Tipping Point.Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb. "In terms of state legislatures, this is far and away the most active year that we've ever seen," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-9469452004047690352009-12-20T10:00:00.000-08:002009-12-20T10:28:07.443-08:00Alice in Wonderland Trailer #2.I will absolutely see the 3D version of this one. To do otherwise would probably be missing half the fun and fantasy!!Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-88285383682483594472009-12-19T09:12:00.000-08:002009-12-19T10:20:39.381-08:00It's Time to Unplug from Society. I'm Losing it.We just returned from a holiday visit to my in-laws down in stunningly beautiful Louisiana. We made it up into Mississippi to visit the civil war battle site of Vicksburg, which was impressive in a sobering way. As a historian by education I soaked it up and it really impacted me to visit the actual location of a place I've only studied about in books. Mississippi was really pretty -- more so Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-42164565708417771572009-12-10T15:29:00.000-08:002009-12-10T15:35:43.933-08:00Most Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana.(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States are willing to legalize marijuana, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 53 per cent of respondents support this notion, while 43 per cent are opposed. Less than 10 per cent of respondents support the legalization of other drugs, such as ecstasy, powder cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine or "crystal meth" and crack cocaineHandsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-30540790464713720332009-12-03T12:22:00.000-08:002009-12-03T15:51:11.733-08:00Joseph Smith and Book of Mormon Place Names.As many of your know by know I was raised Mormon and spent 22 years of my 34 years loyally devoted to that religion. I left in large part due to my curious nature, thirst for knowledge and skill at researching, (thanks to my history degree). There are many questionable aspects of Mormonism, (otherwise known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or LDS) but I'm only going to focus on Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11790127.post-49593551610051444522009-12-01T15:57:00.000-08:002009-12-01T15:58:37.923-08:00Global Warning and Eating a Meat Based Diet.This is a short 3 minute video. PLEASE watch it. It won't take much time out of your day but the effects could be monumental.Handsome B. Wonderfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524517496880481239noreply@blogger.com5