There are a ton of varied conditions. It's just not that easy.

Is a cleft palate a corporeal disorder? Just trying to understand your classifications.

S/he? Lovely. Not a "mental" illness is a lot different than having something covered by insurance.

well - maybe use a different term? why do you think people get worked up about it? anyway - is it a "mental" issue? maybe the brain is physically different? maybe there are other physiological issues that aren't related to appearance?

I think it'd be "something is not quite right downstairs."

So if a woman is born with a defect in her reproductive system she's a man. Simple!

Interesting replies. There seems to be an unhealthy amount of "I think they're mentally ill.... not that there is anything wrong with that." opinions out there. I guess that's still progress though.

Baxter's collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke are excellent as well. The Light of Other Days and the Time Odyssey series of books are great reads.

From the District Noir website:

If it is enough of a statement to get you fired it is enough of a statement to be protected.

This makes me feel the same way as you.

Nope. I see that too.

The gravity is going to be a good bit higher. So the tides probably won't be able to get very high.

Ah - Huey, Dewey, and Louie. I bawled at what happened to them. And poor Dewey. All alone.

It is. :)

Holy Fire was a great book and I agree - people don't give enough credence to what our bodies *make* us do.

First thought was as young as I could be and be fully mature - then I thought about all the hormones and energy I had back then. They made me make a lot of stupid and/or questionable decisions. And I can't blame it on lack of wisdom. I usually knew better. Plus I would get bored quickly. Don't think I'd want that…

Here're Classic, Superman Returns, new comic, Man of Steel in one pic.

Henry Cavill, the new Superman, in the suit for "Man of Steel".