Beloved is a pungent excursion into the heart of the psychological terrain of the horror known as slavery.  The genius literary critic Harold Bloom writes of the work that it is a "thinly veiled" exploration of slavery.  The work is rich in character development and is an utter masterpiece.  Definitely the best long book I've ever tried to read.

     The Stranger is a voluptuous exercise detailing the pathos of a cri... Read More

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Think i'm gonna change my name.

The way it is down here in pohdunk-there are no jobs- for folks like me that is- Oh Yeah, you can get a job if you're young an hot an fresh outa highschool- and more times than not you WILL get a job simply because of the color of your skin.

Now Don't get me wrong. i have black family-grew up in a mixed neighborhood- marched with Jesse Jackson, an Ralph Abernathy back in the day( an got rocks thrown at me for doing so.) The woman my kids call "Nan... Read More

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I suffer from a mood disorder that was diagnosed as Bi Polar disorder, but feel that I suffer from PTSD from my time in the Navy and severe brain chemical imbalance resulting in erratic behavior and depression because of my time in the Navy (extreme stress and poor sleeping habits) and poor diet.  I'm labelled as Bi Polar by the Veteran Affairs (not trying to knock them, they try the best they can for veterans).  I find that when I exercise, eat right, do yoga, and se... Read More

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Is it possible for a person who has serious BPD (multiple professional diagonisis) who does not acknowledge there is any problem  to get better? After over 3 decades of dealing with this I am doubtful. This person stops counseling as soon as the BPD diagnosis is stated, and also stops if counselor attempts to deal with it w/o calling it by name. Person states counselor has made a wrong turn, is off base or something equivalent. Does anyone have or know of a silver bul... Read More

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My name is Sarah, I am 30 years old. I am bipolar and BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), but I don't let the "stigma" of that stop me. I tell EVERYONE I know about it. Not at first though. I tell them after they get to know me and when I do tell them they always say "But you seem so normal!" (All of my friends will gladly tell you I am oddly quirky, but not one of them would have ever fingered me for "acting" like what they thought a person with a "mental illness" would act like.) ... Read More

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