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    11/06/09

    In reply to Celebrities Pee in Cups and Have Genitals That Require Maps, Says Jacko Dermatologist
    I'm trying to picture Prince singing any parts to Bad (at least as the song stands now) and my synapses are emitting a burning smell... #michaeljackson
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Celebrities Pee in Cups and Have Genitals That Require Maps, Says Jacko Dermatologist
    "Famous people are not like the rest of us. For one thing, they trust men like this with their corporeal well-being."

    I forget: was that Hemingway or Fitzgerald? #michaeljackson
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    10/31/09

    In reply to The Old 'I Work For Jon Corzine' Excuse Won't Get You Out of Ecstasy Possession Arrest, Bro
    Nice Jerz douche pic, by the way. Glad to see the Garden State being represented so well. /sarcasm

    Those dudes are probably from Long Island anyway. #joncorzine
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    11/01/09

    @twirlywhirly: Couldn't possibly be from Long Island. Lawn Guyland, definitely. They are not the same place, though you can be driving happily through the former and blink, finding yourself in the dystopic latter. #joncorzine
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    10/31/09

    In reply to The Old 'I Work For Jon Corzine' Excuse Won't Get You Out of Ecstasy Possession Arrest, Bro
    For those of us not following the New Jersey governor's race, in the future could you please clarify if Corzine is the fat one or not. Thanks. #joncorzine
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    10/31/09

    @anonymousryan: He is not. The fat one is Chris Christie. #joncorzine
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Crazy Spaceman Lee Abrams Coming to Your TV Airwaves
    OMG, he's all, like, Have you heard? Dated educational films are hilarious!!

    Just wait 'til he hears about Red Asphalt. #television
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Crazy Spaceman Lee Abrams Coming to Your TV Airwaves
    When did Ron Jeremy stop dying his hair? #television
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    10/28/09


    @TableNein: #television
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    10/28/09

    @TableNein: I think I'm losing it because I totally thought it was someone dressed up as Albert Einstein. #television
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    There are also some practical issues with these meds - besides looks, I mean. Quite a few autistic teens I know are on anti-psychotics (off-label, but they're the only things that keep these kids' anxiety manageable). So yes, they gain a lot of weight. Many autistic people flex and clench a lot as a way of soothing themselves - so they have very powerful muscles because of what amount to constant isometrics. Furthermore (oh, God, with autism there is always furthermore), many of them have physical tics like bouncing. Or spinning. Or rocking violently back and forth. Weight + muscular power + bouncing/spinning/rocking = a hell of a lot of broken furniture.

    So besides the issues having to do with appearance, there are also the issues of a house full of busted sofas and chairs and beds.

    Of course, in the case of autism, NOT using the meds means blood on the walls. So there's that. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @ljnd2: This makes me almost unbearably sad. I've treated this topic in a very tongue in cheek and sarcastic way but it is true that the bottom line is that people who develop drugs for the mentally ill really don't give a rat's ass as to how the side effects impact their appearance and ability to function day to day. Your post illustrates this very well. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    Hamilton-

    I'm sending a totally hot size 2 unmedicated schizophrenic over to your house.

    You're welcome. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @boobookitteh: Size 2???? Can't you find someone who isn't such a porker? I say it's zero or stay home. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    Rolling Stone did an article a couple months ago about the shameless marketing of Zyprexa for depression (not the psychosis it is intended for) before they really knew anything about it, and the enormous weight gain involved- this study here talks about 18 lbs gained on the average, but the long-term figures are more like 60-120 lbs.

    And if someone's depressed before they start taking the drug, imagine what gaining that kind of weight could do to your state of mind. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @mwynn13: I knew a woman who had to take steriods for her asthma and gained weight so quickly her skin broke and scarred--it was physically painful to gain weight that fast. It left her feeling really crappy and depressed--she was barely eating anything but it didn't make a difference. Really heartbreaking.
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    I gained a bunch of weight in 2004 on Zyprexa. Where do I sign up to sue somebody? #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @jbizness: Who's gonna believe you on the witness stand? Either you're crazy and not reliable or fat and obviously cannot control your greed. I don't see a jury as being sympathetic to you. Maybe the voices told you to eat, y'know? #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Tart of Darkness: And people say we're supposed to be jolly :) Thanks for the promotion. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    Is this why fat people are so jolly? #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @femme-bot: You're confusing anti-psychotics with anti-depressives. Depressed people on meds are usually fat, though, and occasionally jolly. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    Thanks for automatically identifying "fat" as "ugly" so that schizophrenic chicks will avoid treatment just to meet your standard of attractiveness. Hearing voices and endangering myself or others or offending Hamilton Nolan's concept of female beauty? What shall I choose? #drugs
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    10/28/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Good point.

    I actually like bigger girls and wish there was more acceptance of this, because I can simply not get a boner for super skinny chicks no matter how pretty or cool they may be. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: Since the average American woman is a size 14, you most go around in a constant state of arousal. Good on ya! #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Unfortunatly I live in France where the girls are almost all too skinny. They look like teen boys with small boobs.

    But Spain is close by and I'm going there for a mini vacation soon and I can not wait for the eye candy!

    I even know a strip club there where the girls have rationally sized bodies. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: You know, if someone asked me who would be a good choice to blog about the travails of the closeted admirer of full-figured women...your (screen)name might very well pop up in my brain. Just sayin'. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Isn't Hamilton gay? Of course he equates fat with ugly. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @skahammer: I'm not exactly closeted about it. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Solomon Grundy: You know, that stereotype isn't really true. I work for several gay porn sites where "fatter is better" is what pumps their crank. Particularly if the fat dudes are hairy.

    And one of the gay bars in town has a sign in front reading "No Girls Or Twinks Allowed." #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: How cute that you work for a bear rag -- it's like your love of tub trumps your sexual orientation. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Solomon Grundy: I have no idea. He hasn't mentioned it to me and he has never come on to me, but I figured it was because I was fat rather than female. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Solomon Grundy: More like my love of paying my bar tab and my rent trumps everything. As a freelance writer I'll write pretty much everything.

    Plus gay porn isn't really that much different than straight porn. There's nothing that gay men do sexually that hetero people don't do sexually. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: Some people manage to be thin and are built NOTHING like a teen boy. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @scroll_lock: Yes, but that's not the majority.

    Also, I want a big ass to spank when I'm fucking. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: Let's leave Smails out of this. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @scroll_lock: @drunkexpatwriter: @Solomon Grundy: @Tart of Darkness: Hearts all around for everyone in this thread. Variety is the spice of life! #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: I'm pretty broke myself. Do you think you can get me a job writing gay porn? Or do I have to know French? #drugs
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    10/29/09

    @Tart of Darkness: I don't write it in French. I have regular clients now so I haven't looked for new work in a while. But when I was looking I went to [www.sexyjobs.com] and [www.pimpwork.com] #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    Now I know why all the skinny girls I've dated have seemed psychotic.

    I'm glad I stick to big girls now. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: This reminds me of that Kathy Griffin bit where she starts a crash diet, and she's like "now I understand why Gwyneth Paltrow is always such a raging bitch -- she is ALWAYS RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY." And then her eyeballs exploded. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Solomon Grundy: Skinny girls often talk incessantly about their diets and freak out if they gain a pound and invariably take about 20 times longer to get ready to go out than normal sized girls. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Solomon Grundy: There was an actual study during WWII or Vietnam, can't remember which, where men were put on restricted calorie diets -- the kind that would be considered a normal "healthy eating plan" for american women today -- and they became OBSESSED with food. Their body mechanics and thinking processes also slowed, and their metabolism never fully recovered. I'd find a link, but I'm kind of lazy.

    Well, off to the Whole Foods Market...!
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    10/28/09

    @themediatrix: I read this too so you don't need a link, I'll back you up. And I am not surprised!

    I'm still amazed that nutritionists cannot do simple math. If I am 80 pounds overweight then I should be able to lose weight on the number of calories needed to maintain my weight per day minus 500 rather than the number of calories per day that I would need to maintain my "ideal" (way too low) weight minus 500 calories per day or basically 1000 cals per day plus a multivitamin. It's taken nearly 50 years of dieting for me to decide as God (if He or She exists of course) is my witness I'll never go hungry again!!!

    btw, I am on multiple medications that either cause weight gain or inhibit weight loss and my doctor refuses to treat me with Valgancyclovir for my CFIDS because it is an off label use even though clinical trials show it is an effective treatment which would address all of the other overlying health issues and get me off of most of these meds so I could live my life again. But he will refer me to bariatric surgery even though that's more expensive and quite a bit less safe. But that's not relevant.

    I guess I've starved myself for so long I'm permanently angry bitter and have the metabolism of a tree sloth. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Tart of Darkness: OMG - don't have surgery. I believe there is no reason to cut people open unless it's for cancer. You are right when you say it's unsafe. There's a great series on the reasons to avoid it at [www.junkfoodscience.blogspot.com.]

    You aren't alone in having given up dieting either. Have you read Gary Taubes Good Calories, Bad Calories? Great journalism on the terrible science modern nutritional recommendations are based on. There is no reason to starve oneself, especially since it doesn't result in permanent weight loss.

    Much "fatness" in U.S. women is the result of dieting during the teenage years. It's actually a form of malnutrition. That also explains why when people leave their traditional culture and become low-income residents in the U.S. many get fat. They eat a diet that is full of carbs and that doesn't provide the calorie density their traditional diets did. Oh, look, I'm going on and on. Okay I'll stop now.

    But don't get that surgery! #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @themediatrix: I absolutely agree with you about dieting. I believe I am fat because of my earlier anorexia and then just ordinary dieting. I also maintained my weight for years through exercise which I cannot do much of now. At this point I am inclined not to get the surgery but I haven't ruled it out. I do eat very healthfully and low carb because I am diabetic but losing weight is difficult because of the going hungry thing. I'm afraid of staying the weight I am because it is damaging my joints and these pills are killing me. I will, however, read your link and take it into consideration. Thank you very much. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Okay, one more thing...take a look at Sally Fallon's "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" and her "Nourishing Traditions Cookbook." It hasn't made me skinny, but it has changed my life and made me happier!

    We will never go hungry again, dammit! #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    Ok, but where does that leave those who wish to be both fat and crazy? #drugs
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Slim Schizophrenia Still Eludes Science
    If it means not having to take lithium (which also leads to weight gain, anyway), I'm sure most people would tolerate the slowed metabolism. #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Pesti-Esti: What's so bad about lithium? #drugs
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    10/28/09

    @Kitten_Witawip: I will only speak for myself but it turns me into a Zombie. When I have taken it I feel like I am living my life slightly to one side of the actual me. So. Side effects. Also it makes people pretty sluggish and increases your risk of tardive dyskinesia. #drugs
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