Draconator

Thank you, and no. The undiagnosed and untreated me was not a pleasant person to be around. I could be fun-loving and laughing one minute, and then be angry and heated the very next second.

My Bipolar is the most "Extreme" on the scale of two. (Bipolar I and Bipolar II). Most people that I have come across that had the same diagnosis would drive 85 mph in a 30 mph zone totally sober, or spend rent money at a Reno casino, you know, to also pay the electric bill and a nice steak dinner while you're in Reno. That was as extreme as you would get. So "extreme mental illness" has to have a number of factors, not just CTE, but that along with some other underlying, undiagnosed condition, that could cause someone to get to this point. I'll never understand it though.

Tom Cousineau

I suffer from a mental illness, Bipolar I with Rapid Cycling. Rapid Cycling meaning I can go from Manic to Depressed in a matter of hours. Thankfully I'm in remission. But when I was cycling, the only harm I ever thought to do was to myself. When I lived in California, in the fall of 2012, I stood on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge, hands on the railing, ready to launch myself over the edge. Thankfully for me, a friend called and suggested that I go to the psychiatric ER one more time. If it didn't help, then I would have a free pass to jump. I went to the ER, had my meds immediately adjusted, and 6 months later reconnected with my now wife. When I was at my lowest, all I could think about was my daughter (who was 9 at the time), and how her mother and her mother's fiancee would take so much better care of my daughter than I ever could. I didn't want to be a burden to her anymore. Ending my life was the best solution (or so what was going through my mind) for everyone involved. Not once did I ever think about taking my daughter out, taking her mother out, taking anyone else out. It was going to be me taking myself out. What happened here is not a form of mental illness. it's just something I can't comprehend. The killing of a 5 and 9 year old, innocent children, is inexcusable, period. Killing another life is inexcusable, but especially young children. Make all the excuses you want, but there is no excuse for ending the life of people who had their whole life in front of them.

Heck. Let's borrow from another thread...

An ad for her just popped up in Facebook for me over the weekend, and I am in love! She plays 12 instruments, covers songs all in the classic New Orleans Jazz style (Reference "The Final Countdown" in the Ertz thread), and she's mighty fine looking! gunhildcarling.com

Are we at page 50 yet? Do I have to post another "The Final Countdown" video? Country perhaps?

Roberto Alomar lived in the hotel during his time with the Blue Jays. There are rooms that overlook the playing field.

It's a sign...

Reid changed his name from Adam Schefter back to Reid Ferguson. I guess it's bedtime on the 1st day of April. Oh, we had actual snow today. This was not a joke (sadly).

You should see his Twitter in a parallel universe.

This one of the better April Fools jokes today! Points to Reid!

Cowboys, nah. This team, absolutely.

If they build new at the current location, there's the family that has the graveyard right in the middle of the OP Location. The original plan for Rich/Ralph/New Highmark stadium was to have the sidelines where the end zones are now. They needed to move the cemetery on the property. The family who owns the cemetary gave a flat out no. Just another kink into building where it is now. I would prefer a Downtown location (without a family cemetery on the property).

From the other thread, he had one or two good games with the Cowboys. Average or below average the rest of the time. I'm all for 2nd, 3rd and many chances. If he can be consistent, then sure. But if he shows occasional flashes and is a potential liability on the field more often than not, then no.

The rest of the NFC East in this here draft is building up on Defense. The Giants could have tried to keep up. Instead, they are like, "try and stop us".

My thinking is Barkley will not see a 16 game season if he is the 100% featured back. Taking Etienne here takes some of the workload off of Barkley. I'm thinking a 50/50 split if Barkley is healthy, and if Barkley goes down, there isn't much of a drop off. Not to mention, having either Barkley or Etienne in your backfield, that allows Jones to play action,he has Golladay and Waddle to throw to, not to mention Rudolph as another option. Etienne out of the backfield is even another option.

My work here is done.

It's all good

With the 42nd pick in the NFL Draft, The New York Football Giants select Travis Etienne - Running Back - Clemson. The 49ers and @Nester are on the clock. There are other, greater needs for the Giants, but a player of Etienne's caliber is too good to pass up. Etienne will either be the featured back if Barkely goes down with injury, can spell Barkely during a game giving the Giants an amazing 1-2 punch, or have Barkely and Etienne in the backfield at the same time. Anyway he is used, it takes that much more pressure off of Daniel Jones, allowing him to flourish.

This is not the Walnut Creek I lived in...

Just so you know, I had to Google "Bucolic"...