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02/08/2003 Entry: "stress and other stuff"
Brasilianista Aspirante has an interesting article on psychological disorders among US college students, which are rising and becoming more complex. The following quote caught my eye:
'People just don't seem to have the resources to draw upon emotionally to the degree that they used to,' said Dr. Robert Portnoy, the director of counseling and psychological services at the University of Nebraska. 'What would once have been a difficult patch for someone in the past is now a full-blown crisis.'I don't know about the situation in the USA, but here in Britain I'd say that Dr Portnoy has hit the nail square on the head. With the bonds of community loosened, the Church as a hobby for the intellectually feeble and spirituality an exercise in pick 'n' mix at the salad bar of the world's religions it is little wonder that students are finding their own resources insufficient to see them through times of crisis.Update: Mark Byron has a similar theme.
Bene Diction has a strange lexicon of words you never knew you needed. I particularly liked
Mustgo - n. Any item of food that has been sitting in the refrigerator so long it has become a science project.reminding me as it did of the grated mozzarella I put on my pasta last night only to discover (too late) that it was doing a passable impression of Danish Blue.
The 3D Blog reports that the Microsoft Home of the Future has no bathroom, which is probably just as well. I mean, who wants a toilet that crashes every other time you use it?
I have to go...
Replies:
Thx for mentioning The 3D Blog!
Posted by Jason @ 02/10/2003 12:46 AM CST
How about "biblidue? That's all those bits of sentimental junk, scrappy notes on shop dockets, grand kids' photos that fall from my Bible when I'm teaching.Shalom.Jan
Posted by Jan @ 02/09/2003 05:45 AM CST
There are some eggs in the fridge that would probably bounce...mustgo. Blog on!
Posted by Bene Diction @ 02/09/2003 12:06 AM CST
