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Experimenting with Drugs

One of the most frustrating factors in dealing with depression — at least for me — is finding the best medication (or combination of meds) for yourself. Back in my early twenties, I had tried various meds before finding the combination that worked best for me: Prozac and Wellbutrin. This time around, since it had been almost a decade since I last took antidepressants, and because what worked in the past may not always be the case now, we are once again beginning the experimentation. Both my psychiatrist and I agree that trying the Prozac & Wellbutrin combo first is probably our best bet. But because starting with less drugs is always preferable to more, we have decided to try just...

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Intrigued by the Microsoft Surface…

So this was announced yesterday: (image source) As someone who vastly prefers physical keyboards to those on touchscreens, I can't help but show some interest in the new Microsoft Surface. And as much as J and I love Apple computers, we aren't fans of iOS due to its restrictive platform. Both of us own Android phones. As for a tablet, I gifted J the Asus Transformer Prime 2 for his birthday earlier this year (this is one of my proudest accomplishments as a blogger — I saved up money earned from this blog to get this for him...

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X-Men Guernica by *Theamat

Artist Cynthia Rodgers has created a reinterpretation of Picasso's Guernica, featuring none other than our favorite mutants — the X-Men! Can you identify them all? This piece was submitted to the Comic Book Resources contest The Line Is Drawn, where contributors were asked to imagine radical re-designs for classic comic book characters. Be sure to head on over to the link to see the other reinterpretations. Via io9....

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New Layout!

I know many of you read this blog through an RSS reader, but if you have a moment, click on through to see my new layout! (If you view the site via Internet Explorer, you might miss out on some CSS hover transition effects!) Some of the new features I have implemented include: Front page only displays excerpts for long posts "Pin This Post" at the bottom of each post Links to the previous and next posts on individual post pages ...

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