Mental illness deserves far more attention and sympathy than it gets. My wife put it really well as to why people should stop treating mental illness so badly. I'm paraphrasing here, but this is the gist of it:

Mental illness is a big problem, and it takes more than "raising awareness" with a pretty digital platform.

The astounding realization that the FPD trying to kick out the media has resulted in this massive barrage of photos, videos, tweets, posts, stories, etc. is so amazing to me. What are you thinking, FPD? The only thing I could think is that these are a bunch of old, clueless people who don't really understand the…

I have been reaching out to everyone of my friends for comfort and this is one of the only things (beyond my bestie just hugging me when I need it) to really help and it comes from a complete stranger on Jezebel. Amazing.

I plan on taking this and putting it on a giant poster and hanging it on my wall for days when I…

Jessica, I am so proud of you for standing up for your site, your authors and your commenting community.

"Just move, grunt, groan and tell us our ducks are huge."

#notallghosts

Back off, hater. I have friends who are ghosts. They wouldn't cut someone's fingers off and paste them to a post. They're good folks just trying to make their way and constantly getting spit on by the government and psychics. Don't be such a life-ist.

First of all, this opens the door to plea bargain discussions, and shows the prosecutors aren't fucking around and the plea won't be community service. Secondly, charging a bunch of separate charges/counts gives the jury the opportunity to convict on a lesser count if they feel like 10 life sentences is too much,…

I can think of a solution:

For me, the depressing thing about this story isn't that it was about Facebook going down. It was that people can be so entitled, lacking in autonomy, and bloody stupid that they call the emergency services for frivolous reasons. I remember a few years ago a UK police department published a list of the reasons people…

I'd pick Kim K over Oprah any day. THERE, I SAID IT.

That may be, but she did not put her best foot forward. She needs to learn to toe the line - until then she can just step off. I try to put myself in her shoe, but I just don't believe she has a leg to stand on. She might get a kick out of these antics now, but they will kick her in the ass in the long run. I better…

Here's a bonus tale of billboard vandalism. I've told this story before on Kitchenette but this time I have a picture, which is worth a thousand words.

One day I was sitting on the bus behind a girl with headphones on with a guy started calling her "Blondie," and just generally telling her how he'd like to get to know her. He wasn't particularly crude about it, but it was clear his attention was unwelcome. But he kept trying, and she kept replying in monosyllables…

Ok, I'm kind of out of breath and I think I just bought a Jaguar. I don't know what's happening.

I feel sick. Just, that's all I have. Every life lost is sad, but how doubly tragic that so many of these people had so much yet to contribute to saving so many, many others.

Seriously! I guess it's only ok when John Cusack does it with a boom box? Just because not everyone can be as ruggedly handsome as JC, doesn't mean she shouldn't still give the poor guy a chance!

If Sandra had just given him a chance, this wouldn't have happened! He was so considerate and saved her gas money and time by breaking into her house to see her! Now he's in jail because he got stalker-zoned and creep-zoned! Nice guys finish last AGAIN! /sarcasm