Psychotic Teenager Misdiagnosed as Bipolar Had a Curable Autoimmune Disease

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Outlander | 92Y Screening Q&A | STARZ

Good interview but I especially like the parts around 30 minutes in.

Guns 'N Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine - Guzheng Cover

Another one!

Metallica - One (Guzheng Cover)

Wow!

Outlander Episode 107: The Wedding

Much has been said all over the internet about this wonderful hour of television last Saturday, so I won't repeat it.  These are just a few observations of mine that I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere.

1. Right before their wedding, Frank refers to Claire as Mrs. Frank Randall.  On their wedding night, Jamie refers to her as Claire Fraser.  The former, where the man's name is used, may be proper but it has always irked me.  It takes away the woman's own identity as if she only matters now in relation to her husband.
   
   
   
   
   
   I haven't read the books, but the impression I've gotten from what little we've seen of Frank is that he loves Claire in relation to himself.  She's his arm candy.  She puts up with his self-centered ancestry quest on their second honeymoon.  She's willing to have sex with him.  But I feel like he would be totally unaware or uninterested in the parts of her that don't involve him.
   
   Jamie, by calling her Claire Fraser, has perfectly nailed the "two become one" concept.  She is still herself, Claire, but she is also now a part of him with his last name.  I feel like he respects her in a way that Frank doesn't or can't.  That he appreciates her as a person, not just as his wife.  And, thus, he will love her in a far deeper way that Frank ever could.
   
   
   
   
   
   I would love to know if Diana Gabaldon did this on purpose or if I'm just reading too much into it.


2. Diana Gabaldon wrote and Sam Heughan portrayed the perfect combination of unsure yet confident as Jamie Fraser in the post-wedding bedroom scenes.  In general, Jamie is a very confident man.  He's strong, tall, good-looking, smart, witty, and bunch of other things rolled into one and he knows it.  Not in a cocky way, but in a way that instills confidence.  However, as we know, Jamie was a virgin going into this night, so he is somewhat unsure of himself when it comes to certain things.  He has a complete lack of experience and, on top of that, he knows that she does have experience.  He's eager but a little nervous about making a wrong move and her skittish behavior isn't helping.  But rather than reducing him to a pathetic puddle of nervous groom, Diana and Sam maintain his charm and sense of humor and use both whenever they are not directly engaging in or talking about engaging in sex.  This perfect balance of self-assurance and self-doubt makes Jamie absolutely, positively lovable.


3. Some bloggers and others have mentioned the lack of body hair on 18th century Claire and Jamie.
   
   I admit that I noticed Caitriona Balfe's smooth pits in one of the bedroom scenes, but I quickly realized that I was glad her pits were shaved and that I would've been highly distracted if they were hairy.  Although the show is doing a great job of staying true to the times, I think unshaven armpits on a woman would be an unnecessary step and probably would've caused a bigger hubbub than her hair-free underarms.
   
   
   
   
   
   As for Sam Heughan... be still my heart.  Oops.  I digress.  Again, I haven't read the books so I have no idea how much body hair Jamie has been described as having.  I do, however, know that wedding night Jamie is supposed to be 22 or 23 years old and that Sam Heughan is supposed to also be playing Jamie in his 40s or 50s later on.  It occurs to me that perhaps Jamie's sparse body hair is one of the ways the show is using to make Sam appears younger at this point.  I guess I'll find out down the road when I see an older, shirtless Jamie.  But it's something to keep in mind for those who are bugged out that Sam doesn't perfectly meet their imagined image of James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser.
   
   
   


4. And my final thought (for now):  Did anyone else notice that Claire's boobs and bodice made a perfect heart shape as she was walking into the church?  ;)

Colion Noir discusses Shaneen Allen case

Ray Rice & Gun Control: http://youtu.be/AAmrWmYLko4

A Critical Reappraisal of the Worst Drugs in Parkinson’s Disease

http://www.parkinson.org/Patients/Patients---On-The-Blog/January-2011

Don't Flush Our Rights Down the Toilet

Summer Border Surge of Illegal Aliens Will Cost Local School Districts Millions

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Racists Against Racism in Fresno Schools

Do you believe this shit?!  Rev. Karen Crozier is nothing but a racist and a bigot. How about they just cut the class?  Then no one gets to teach it.  Problem solved.  

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - Red Band Trailer

The first movie was hilarious.  I hope the second one doesn't let me down.

Illegal border crossers bring health concern

Time for Congress to Investigate Bill Gates’ Role in Common Core | Common Dreams

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#stopcommoncore #stopPARCC #dianeravitch

How Obama Created an Immigration and Humanitarian Crisis

http://immigrationreform.com/2014/06/05/how-obama-created-an-immigration-humanitarian-crisis/

Reset the Net: June 5th, 2014

I hate my boss today

Well, actually, she isn't exactly my boss anymore.  She's my new boss's boss.  Fuck 'em both.  Fuck 'em all.  Loyalty is not rewarded.  Hard work is not rewarded.  They're all a bunch of two-faced, secretive, back-stabbing assholes.  I hope the lunatics I work with drive this one crazy like they did the last one (literally).  Let all hell break lose on his watch so it all gets dumped back in her lap again.  Fuckin' bitch.
And he wants to turn to his new secretary for help first instead of to the person who's been doing his job (uncompensated and with absolutely no recognition) for the last year.  Fuck transition planning.  You want to know something, come ask me.  Maybe I'll fork over info easily.  Maybe I won't.  Everyone else gets to be an asshole and slide by.  Now it's my turn because doing the right thing, working extra hard, and putting up with the bullshit doesn't get you anywhere.

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David Letterman - Michael J. Fox on Parkinson's Disease

<3 MJF and all he does for Parkinson's research and awareness

BUILDING THE MACHINE - The Common Core Documentary

Please watch this so you know what is happening to ALL of American's school children. Even if you don't have children, this still affects you because some day these kids will be in charge of our nation and they won't be able to handle it if this is the way they are educated!



Watch it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/zjxBClx01jc

The Curriculum Conundrum

The Curriculum Conundrum  by Shane Vander Hart
"In fact, most state Departments of Education are quick to point out that CCSS is not to blame for any of our current curriculum woes while schools are quick to point out that CCSS made them do it. Convenient, isn’t it? No one accepts the blame and the students are the ones who are short-changed."
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