Pondering
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Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Local Photos Source Type: blogs
A Moving Tribute In Photos
Wesley Bonner: Angelo Merendino started the blog The Battle We Didn’t Choose to honor his wife Jennifer’s heroic fight with Breast Cancer. Diagnosed just five months after their wedding, she struggled chronic pain, 10-day hospital stays, and frustrating insurance company meetings for over four years before dying at age 40. Some of Mr. Merendino's photos can be seen here. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
Local Latin Shots
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Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
How Drug Companies Screw With Our Lives
First, some background from the NY Times: Asthma — the most common chronic disease that affects Americans of all ages, about 40 million people — can usually be well controlled with drugs. But being able to afford prescription medications in the United States often requires top-notch insurance or plenty of disposable income, and time to hunt for deals and bargains. The arsenal of medicines in the Hayeses’ kitchen helps explain why. Pulmicort, a steroid inhaler, generally retails for over $175... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
Weirdest Story of the Week
Girls stopped for shoplifting in NY had fetus in bag. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
Regional Differences in Big Five Personality Dimensions
Science Daily: Americans with similar temperaments are so likely to live in the same areas that a map of the country can be divided into regions with distinct personalities, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. People in the north-central Great Plains and the South tend to be conventional and friendly, those in the Western and Eastern seaboards lean toward being mostly relaxed and creative, while New Englanders and Mid-Atlantic residents are prone to being more temperamental... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Psychology & Psychoanalysis Source Type: blogs
Redskins Ownership Relents: Will Change Shameful Team Name
No more Washington. From now on they'll be known simply as the Redskins. (borrowed from) (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
A Solar Divvy Lincoln Park Parking Shot
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Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Local Photos Source Type: blogs
Lunch Shot
This was lunch today at RJ Grunts in Chicago. Incredibly, this is the first time I've ever eaten there. Very '70s. RJ Grunts was the first of dozens of one-off and multiple-outlet eateries developed by legendary, genius restaurateur, Rich Melman and his many partners. Since Grunts opened in 1971, the company has developed 130 restaurants covering 70 different concepts, virtually all successful. Grunts understandably lost steam over the years, but when Melman announced a couple of years back that the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Source Type: blogs
Hump Day Riders
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Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Local Photos Source Type: blogs
Not So Candid
I didn't think I could pull off a true candid in this case, so I asked this fellow if I could shoot while he played with his phone. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
Monday Riders
Yesterday. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Local Photos Source Type: blogs
Brown Shirts, Kenyans, Tyranny!
Sometimes the police behave badly and sometimes protesters say stupid things, misdirecting their ire toward the police. In this case it appears that the police are very professionally maintaining security outside the White House. How is this tyranny? I'll be among the first to call out the police when they abuse people, but I don't see them doing anything other than what they should be doing under the circumstances. Now if the police treat the protesters to some 1968, Chicago-style... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
The Banality Of Creativity Literature
Thomas Frank: What our correspondent also understood, sitting there in his basement bathtub, was that the literature of creativity was a genre of surpassing banality. Every book he read seemed to boast the same shopworn anecdotes and the same canonical heroes. If the authors are presenting themselves as experts on innovation, they will tell us about Einstein, Gandhi, Picasso, Dylan, Warhol, the Beatles. If they are celebrating their own innovations, they will compare them to the oft-rejected masterpieces of Impressionism... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs
Marathon Man
He completed the Chicago Marathon today... wearing those overalls. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations)
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Chicago Photos Front Page Local Photos Source Type: blogs
