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Major depressive disorder (MDD) should be re-conceptualized as an infectious disease, according to a professor. A new article suggests that major depression may result from parasitic, bacterial, or viral infection. The article presents examples that illustrate possible pathways by which these microorganisms could contribute to the etiology of MDD.

I've been working on a new career, and trying to build a website, listed, accidentally, in order of difficulty.

In the downtimes, I'm still wrestling with avoiding dancing with depression.

My two or three or four good friends on here, please tell me who you are on ello. It's where I am when I'm not trying out my land legs in the real world these days.

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Tony transforms his drums into an audio/visual instrument as his polyrhythmic drum solos trigger memories and personal storytelling.

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The World Needs More Love Letters

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If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou. (via whatkatythoughtnext)

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Writing can be a dangerous, even lethal profession in the region. In honor of the brave authors who continue to challenge censorship and Banned Books Week, we made you a reading list.

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Black-and-white cats are my jam. Felix, Sylvester, Figaro, all my little ferals. They looooooove.

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Facebook is required for my current online-marketing class.

I've been over-sharing on there because when I do something, I do it.

Ten more days and I can rip that shit out by the roots.

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Part of our Book Lovers Series, this candle is a completely original scent inspired by the smell of old books! Ideal for bibliophiles of all sorts.

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I've been reading. And writing. And building a new line of work.

I miss this place.

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My therapist kept looking at me today like she wanted to say “You know you’re too old for this shit, right?”

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If they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personal.

Khleo Thomas (via myhertsgard)

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Pay phone booth repurposed as a tiny library — a “take a book, leave a book” little free library.

I LOVE THIS — a creative reuse and community win!

This micro-library sits in Houston, Texas, outside local coffee house Black Hole — with a laundromat next door — near the University of St. Thomas and Houston’s Museum District.

(photo by me, Houston-based Unconsumptioneer, mollyblock)

Earlier Unconsumption posts on creative new uses for pay phones and phone booths can be found here, and library-related items here.

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This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download.

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