What all the fuss over cadmium?

It's all natural and a perfectly legit element on the periodic table. A little heavy metal never hurt anyone.

in reference to: McDonald's to recall 'Shrek' glass cups, citing cadmium health risks - latimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Of course it does a terrible job

By not defining normal, psychotherapy can pathologize anything it feels like pathologizing and make much more money.

in reference to:

"Our culture does a pretty terrible job educating us about normal human functioning."
- Jung’s Red Book and what is normal anyway? (news roundup) « Beyond Meds (view on Google Sidewiki)

Meditation

I've learned to love weight training. I wish I had discovered years before I did. It's a wonderful hypnotic, repetitive behavior that requires deep contemplation. I've learned that it has very little to do with manipulating objects in physical space but everything to do with looking deep inside one's self and learning to merge the self with the physical body.

in reference to:

"How about you? Have you ever found an activity that connected you with your body? How was your first experience with this? Was it therapeutic for you?"
- Finding My Body in Pilates « Voice in Recovery (view on Google Sidewiki)

Huh?

Those angles would be helpfully be provided by establishment psychiatrists, who would also be happy to downplay and minimize the less than positive stories. It's absolutely impossible to get the full, unvarnished truth from any of these people.

in reference to:

"It's probably true to say that 20th century psychiatry was not exactly a litany of success stories, although it would have been useful to hear some of the more positive angles as well."
- Mind Hacks: From madhouse to medication (view on Google Sidewiki)

There seems to be some weird post hoc, propter hoc going on here but I can't identify it

At any rate, I guess the new line is, The markets can stay weirdly rational longer than you can stay conventionally solvent.

in reference to: The weirdly rational flash crash | Analysis & Opinion | (view on Google Sidewiki)

Very cool site

There's absolutely nothing weird to download onto your computer's hard drive.

in reference to: Mahjongg Solitaire Games online (view on Google Sidewiki)

Dr. HousingBubble's Real Homes of Genius is always, well, Genius

From what I understand, the Federal Reserve purchased a lot of the really bad stuff on the banks' balance sheets and parked it in one of the Maiden Lane "credit facilities" on the taxpayers' dime. Recent reports indicate that the Fed is in no rush to sell this junk. There are no greater fools to be found anywhere.

in reference to:

"So how in the world can these banks make all this money when they have stuff like this on their balance sheet?"
- Real Homes of Genius – 1 out of 7 homeowners not paying mortgage or in foreclosure. Examples in Pasadena. 672 square feet apartment for $385,000. 676 square feet home became equity machine. » Dr. Housing Bubble Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)