Seriously, she was like, um ok nm then, and he's like BUT WAIT NO HIPPOS BUT DON'T YOU WANT TO COME TO THE #1 CLUB IN AMERICA? BUT NO HIPPOS. BUT WAIT WHERE ARE YOU GOINNNNNGGGG??? Lol what a moron.

Sounds like someone is fulfilling the requirements of their 12 step program.

Terrifying?? This looks amazing!! I might have to try and make a trip to this place over the summer.

"Verrückt": that noise you make when you start that first drop.

Less speeds and height than a roller coaster, and a ton of safety. I'm not much for water parks, but I might make the trip across town just to say I've done it.

The new Traction Park, ladies and gents!

I'm not much of a daredevil but that just looks fun. Nothing terrifying about it with all the safety.

I sometimes use the term "clinical depression" to indicate "real" depression. But it makes no difference to some people that you've been evaluated at length by a medical doctor who is board certified in psychiatry and who consulted a big book that lays out the criteria for mental health diagnoses (not that the DSM is…

Sunlight and exercise are great, if you can get out of bed.

Another thing about medication: If it works, you will know, you won't have to guess. You won't feel euphoric (these meds are not "Happy Pills" the media myths notwithstanding), but you will feel unburdened, lighter, more energetic. Unfortunately, people often have to spend a lot of time finding the right…

They could help you cope with those feelings. They could give you new ways to think about things or let it go. Or better communication skills. Or even justify your feelings. I also like reading anything by the Dalai Lama because he talks about letting go of hate because it's like "drinking poison and hoping the…

Cognitive behavior therapy was very interesting to me. I don't respond well to medication and psychoanalysis (classic laying on the couch, talking about your feelings) didn't go well either. The idea that you could relearn your thought processes was a breakthrough for me.

The body follows along with the mind as it goes down. And the mind responds to the body. Bad feedback loop, that one.

Excellent point. I can't emphasize this enough. I've had some terrible, terrible therapists and it made me believe that "getting help" was a waste of time. For a long time, I tried (with moderate, but not very long-lasting success) to just deal with things on my own, because I figured the "experts" were all wrong.…

Also, while it's okay to get help—it's also okay to stop seeing a therapist who isn't working for you, and to keep seeking the one who will.

This is a great explanation and description of the psychological aspects of depression. I'd also like to point out that even though it's largely "in your mind," the physical aspects—and, often, causes—of depression are debilitating too. In the darkest hours, you don't have the energy to even pretend to be functioning.…

Might I interject what should be obvious? No 5-year-old is going to give a hoot in hell about how clever the cake is and how difficult it was to create. You are just a bunch of over-wrought grownups trying to show off to each other, and if you really gave a hoot-in-hell about the children, the cake would be chocolate…

ALBERT BURNEKO ISN'T A REAL JOURNALIST. WHERE IS YOUR JOURNALISTIC ETHICS. YOU DIDN'T CITE YOUR SOURCES. IF YOU CITED YOUR SOURCES YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE NEO CON CONSPIRACY ABOUT 9.11!!!!! 9.11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB. JUST LIKE BENGHAZI. HILARY CLINTON KILLED VINCE FOSTER AND SHE'LL KILL AGAIN. WHY DON'T YOU REPORT…

Marry me?

I just really like pretty cakes.