A Canadian woman lost her disability benefits because her insurer found her smiling, and vacationing, face up on her Facebook page. See details Here. The article notes: "In the moment I'm happy, but before and after I have the same problems" as...

The three Shrink Rappers and their friends got together tonight for a Korean barbecue. I volunteered to write the blog post for it. After I spilled dipping sauce on my jeans I figured that was the best way to ensure the incident would be reported most...

Rach got me worried about rancid tahini. I asked Victor, he says it can stay in the fridge for six months. I checked Chowhound and here is what I found: How Long For Tahini? I also found a Chowhound site with tips for making homemade hummus: Why...

Moving on from the Hummus debate... Today's NYTimes has an article called Getting Mental Health Care When Money is Tight. Leslie Alderman writes: According to a recent survey by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...

One of my Twitter followers recently asked me to blog about what's been happening in the prison neighborhood recently. Basically what's happening is that there is a serial rapist running around central Baltimore. This past week a woman's body was...