It’s been a hell of a week so far Crasstalk, and it is only going to get more interesting. Since America is the only country that matters, let’s keep it on the home front today. Warning: Reading today’s news may result in a restraining order, try to at least have your shirt on when the police arrive. Continue reading
Happy Thursday, Crasstalkers.
Last week was an extra special episode of Just Desserts, wasn’t it? Team Mad lost one of its angriest. And why? Because last week she wasn’t so angry. She was almost…likable. We can’t have that! You’re outta here, (not so) Angry Melissa! Also, finally — mercifully and rightfully — Beaker was tossed in the trash like a souffle that didn’t rise. See ya, Beaker! Team Gay is no weaker for having lost you. So what does this week have in store for us? Join me after the jump, and I’ll tell you. Continue reading
In Movieline’s Broadsheet post this morning, Stu VanAirsdale linked to a column on Andrew Breitbart’s site, Big Hollywood. In the column, Patrick Courrielche goes on at some length about what it’s like to be conservative in liberal Hollywood, at one point describing an interaction with two gay man at a dinner meeting and likening his own experiences as a conservative in Hollywood to the experience of coming out as gay. Continue reading
Community is probably, hands-down, my favorite show in the universe right now. (Doctor Who doesn’t count since it exists in multiple universes inside my head.) Not enough people have watched the greatness that is this show in the last two years and so I’d like to give you a few reasons to start watching it, this Thursday night, September 22nd, 8/7 c. Continue reading
Nicolaos Kantartzis, a 62-year old electrical engineer, has pleaded guilty to an ingenious crime.
Kantartzis owns approximately 160 pay-phones in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. As cell-phones rose in popularity, his profits declined and his business was losing money quickly. What to do? Continue reading
It turns out they’re mostly in California. But for the full list we go to Environment America’s clean air report (PDF). Continue reading
NBC unveiled it’s new Not Mad Men Drama called Not Mad Men Playboy Club (Really? Then explain this right here, NBC!). So what did we think of the show? Were the bunnies hot? Was Eddie Cibrian a smoldering cad? Did the show succeed at anything at all?
Let’s find out if NBC has a chance of winning over salty AMC fans. Continue reading
I’ve been terribly busy this week but after this Thursday the 22nd I should be able to package up something fresh, antibiotic free and humanely raised in the way of CT articles. Until then I’ll leave you with this image of Presidential Hopeful Michele Bachmann congressing with constituents from within the cooler. I will say it’s very clear that Marcus didn’t choose this outfit for her.
You know the rules for Open Caption, don’t you? There aren’t any! I like my Open Caption like a GOP Candidate: verbose, ridiculous and crazy. Comment.
Emotions tend to run extremely high when talking about the autism spectrum disorders, and for good reason. Very little is concretely known about the cause of the disorder, and while there are modes of treatment that are empirically supported (such as ABA therapy), panic runs so high upon diagnosis, the long, hard slog of behavioral therapy is often forgone in favor of the miracle cure.
When I first began working in 2008, prevalence rates sat at 1:125; today they are closer to 1:91. For many parents, it feels like we’re in the middle of an unstoppable epidemic.
The field is tantamount to the Wild West– oversight is minimal, the types of licensure available are few (and the requirements and oversights as compared to, say, those for licensed professional counselors, are extremely lax), and evidence-based treatment is neglected in favor of fad ‘cures’ marketed to desperate parents. Continue reading
