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Charlie Sheen Roast on Comedy Central: Review

Oh my gosh, did you by any chance see this last night?  I’m guessing if you had anything better to do at all you didn’t.  But for me, Rye was in bed with a cold and I was up late bored so I watched it.
Wow.
Here are my thoughts:
What a train wreck.  I’m so curious as [...]

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Charlie Sheen, You Manic Asshole

You want to see what full-blown mania looks like?  This is is.
You want your teen to see why taking their medication is important?  This is it.
You want your teen to see what they look like when they are in full-blown mania?  Especially as adults?  This is it.
Who on God’s earth would want to deal with [...]

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BigB

Over Christmas in a complete six degrees of separation type of occurrence we found out where BigB is living.  Just like that.  After years of having no idea if he is dead or alive or what the case may be and without looking for the information at all… boom.  One conversation with one person I [...]

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Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking: HBO Documentary

Carrie Fisher has a new documentary film coming out December 12, 2010 on HBO called Wishful Drinking.   In this film Carrie talks about growing up, her parent’s marriage, her career, her battle with addiction, time spent in mental hospitals, her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the  ECT treatments she received while trying to help ease [...]

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Baby, Understand Me Now

Doc says I have bipolar disorder because my dad used drugs for so much of his life.  He says because he has struggles with moods, that’s why I do too.  He says that because he has learning disabilities, that’s why I do too.
Could be, Rye.  Could be.  I don’t think we’ll ever fully know [...]

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Eminem: Love The Way You Lie

The past is never dead.  It’s not even past.
- From ‘Requiem For A Nun’ by William Faulkner
So I  have to write this down before I forget it but last night I had a dream about Eminem.  Here’s why.
Rye’s new favorite song is ‘Not Afraid’ by Eminem.  If you haven’t heard the song or your [...]

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It’s Saturday

Well, I dropped Rye off at his fishing tournament bright and early this morning.  It’s a beautiful day here so he should have a good day and I now have some time to myself to piddle as Don is out of town visiting family for the weekend.
As I was driving to the lake I couldn’t [...]

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