Is this one of those new terms the kids are using, and I am too old to know what the heck it is?

Mock...yeah

ing...yeah

bird...yeah

Mocking bird, yeah!

A good deal of the knowledge comes from studying people who have had brain injury, strokes, etc.

For example, if the Broca's area of the brain is damaged, people have difficulty with speech and/or comprehension.

So, we know that the Broca's area is necessary for speech

I don't want to conform to, or be thought of as either label.

Both, are being used in a denigrating fashion.

I particularly take offense at my status as a grandmother being reduced to someone's sexual fantasy.

In my world "grandmother" is an important role. Not just a fetish website.

As always, I have to rain on the parade. As an independent woman, these styles often don't appeal to me. They restrict movement, make ambulating difficult.

I know I am being a stick in the mud, but this style of dressing enforces women being dependent on others.

I know, I know, I am taking it too seriously

Sometimes, folks involed in fashion get over enthusiastic, and gender lineo get blurred
In my experience, blurred gender lines make men ..nervous

Well, many come online to "let off steam", or vent.

It seems to be difficult for them to connect their cruel, very cruel comments with a realhuman

Thankfully, this site is well moderated. It protects people from a constant onslaught of abuse.

It feels restrictive at times, but serves the greater good

I am not sure if you are talking about the definition of persona that is used in psychology.


If you are, I think it id a necessary defense mechanism for most people.

In every social situation we choose which aspects of ourselves to reveal. It's sort of a "need to know" system.

For example, someone might really enjoy BDSM, but the conservative manager at the bank where they work doesn't need to know that. So, they don't show up at work dressed in leather chaps, with a whip.

I think that sometimes online, a sort of opposite phenomena occurs.

Anonymity is freeing. And, many feel that what they say online doesn't count, because "online isn't real"

So, these people post constant cruelty with no thought to others

And, I don't have any emoticons. Although, I often wish I did.

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You're welcome

As an Italian American, I feel an intense need to defend green peppers.

Although, they should be sauteed in olive oil with garlic

Oooh!

Now is our chance for new drapes, and a fresh coat of paint!

Morning everyone I am a double fisted coffee drinker this fine morning.

Welcome Amp

Thanks everyone for the support.

Esme, I am not sure you mean to do it, but your take on things always makes me laugh

Commuter rail was 25 minutes late this morning

And, I understand cost containment, but today's work battle floored me.

An ENT surgeon with 25 YEARS of experience exams an 18 month old child. The child has enormous tonsils and adenoids. They parents have brought in a film they took on their phone of the child sleeping. In the film, the child is having obvious episodes of sleep apnea. They have taken the film, because the child could not complete a formal sleep study in the lab, or at home

The insurance reviewer (his specialty is gastroenterology) denies the surgery because no formal sleep study was done.

How is it cost effective to perform a test that isn't necessary for diagnosis? How is it cost effective for a physician who has never examined, or even met a patient to make a decision?

For that matter, how is it cost effective to have me and ten other people employed to advocate for these poor patients?

Okay, rant over. Thanks for listening.

And, yes, I did get the surgery approved

Just stopping into to say, "Aaaaaaaaargh!"

Good morning Beachers.

I missed you all. Again, short weeks equal madness at work

It's only "partly cloudy" So, I am getting the heck out of this house today!

But....but...aren't you the one making assumptions?

Aren't you the one who is judging an entire group of people as too lazy to cook, and being at McDonald's every night?