Roy worries about me. To be honest, that worry is returned, but in this case he has substantive journalism to back it up, so he wins. As many of you are aware, actor Heath Ledger died not long ago from an overdose. Of course, that word can be misconstrued, and following his death, especially given his [...]

I stand there patiently waiting for his next move. He tip-toes over to the closet, adjusts his shirts to his liking again for the fourth time thus far, and then tip-toes back to the front of the wheelchair. He’ll do this several more times, sometimes lasting upwards of 15 minutes. I want him to sit [...]

This morning I had a telephone conversation in which I was made to feel that I was crazy. After it concluded I was left with a very empty feeling inside, even though the person on the other end of the phone doesn’t really known me anymore. There is a disconnect in our society between the [...]

Having watched Stephen Fry’s special on his battle with Bipolar Disorder today I wanted to sit down and write an account of what I have gone through in my life because of my illness and what it ultimately led to. His series really impacted me and being that I have received a lot of email [...]

As many of you know, I suffer from Bipolar Disorder (Type 2, to be specific). A friend on Facebook from the UK sent me a link to a series of videos by British Actor Stephen Fry, who himself suffers from it. Here is the first part of the series. You can find links to the [...]

Yesterday I flew from Vancouver to Charlotte, North Carolina. I was supposed to have a one-hour stop over in Chicago that turned into three. In the process, upon landing in Charlotte, I discovered that my bag was still back in Chicago. This, of course, posed a serious problem as all my medication is in my [...]

I’ve seen a man walking down the middle of Spring Street wearing absolutely nothing from the waist down, screaming about Jesus… I’ve seen woman give head in a storefront window for crack money… I’ve seen a man smeared with feces sleeping in a dumpster… I’ve seen a cop lecture a restrained homeless man, informing him [...]

Sometimes my head gets fuzzy, I lose track of things, and it’s hard to stay focused. All these little levers sometimes make it hard to concentrate or be as alert as one would like, making focusing on the creation of entries like the one prior to this somewhat difficult. Sleeping, on the other hand, is [...]