I never paid much attention to the Kardashian family and I certainly never thought I had anything in common with them. But now I suddenly have a connection with Kim Kardashian – we have both experienced the chaos of life… Read More ›
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? – BY TOM CURLEY
This was the cover of the March 5th, 2017 “New York Daily News.” It wasn’t newsworthy when it became the cover of the Daily News. Everyone knew our ”Commander In Chief“ was nuts and most of us had known it… Read More ›
ABUSE AND FORGIVENESS – Marilyn Armstrong
All religions have some good points, even ones with which you don’t quite always agree. Personally, I am very fond of the Christian concept of “forgiveness.” It is not “I forgive you, let’s go hang out.” It is closer to “God… Read More ›
LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Carrie Fisher was Bi-polar. To her credit, she talked about her condition openly and honestly. She brought attention to the disorder and tried to reduce the stigma associated with this, as well as other, mental illnesses. It’s sad that we… Read More ›
IT’S EXPONENTIAL, DR. WATSON – BY TOM CURLEY
I’m not the first person to see this, but have any of you noticed that 2018 seems like 2017 on steroids? January is barely half over, and it seems like over a half-year has gone by. In 2017, we experienced… Read More ›
WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS GUY. NO REALLY — WE DO! BY TOM CURLEY
This post was originally written months ago. It should have been topical and no longer relevant. Instead, it’s even more relevant. In almost all TV cop shows and movies, the bad guy, usually a mad psychotic, a mad genius or… Read More ›
NUTS, NUT-JOBS, AND NUTTER BUTTER – BY TOM CURLEY
Back in August I posted a blog called Normal, Normalizing And Normalizing Nuts. It was about how we all have to start recognizing that our “Nut-Ball In Chief” is well, nuts. I pointed out that it was really important the… Read More ›
MY TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
It was the night of October 18, 1987. My husband, Larry, had been devolving into a state of paranoid rage for several weeks. He couldn’t enter the house at this point without punching something, like a wall. Or breaking something…. Read More ›
THE FRIEND WHO WENT TO PRISON – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Many of my friends over the years have had psychological issues. My friend Nanc took the prize in that category. I met Nanc at a book club at my town library. She was well read and interesting, which is what… Read More ›
DOONESBURY NAILED IT 41 YEARS AGO – BY BRAINWRAP (AND ME)
Doonesbury nailed it 41 years ago. — By Brainwrap I remember this specific strip too. I was an ardent follower of Doonesbury back in those days. How ironic and sad that his material is relevant 41 years after publication. A BIT… Read More ›
M.A.D., MADMEN AND THE FIVE MINUTE RULE – BY TOM CURLEY
The talk this week about our “So called President” being insane has ramped up to 11 out of 10. It’s all anyone in the news can talk about. The biggest worry, of course, is that this nut-job has access to… Read More ›
NORMAL, NORMALIZING AND NORMALIZING NUTS – BY TOM CURLEY
Well, it’s been quite a week — don’t we say that every week? — and the words “unhinged” and “unprecedented” have been used even more than they were the week before. And the week before that. And the week before… Read More ›