The Goo Goo Dolls' cover of "Give a Little Bit," Rascal Flatt's cover of "Life is a Highway," also, while it's not necessarily better, Sheryl Crow's "Sweet Child O' Mine" is really good.
Also, Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow made an awesome duet out of "Cruisin'."
Wallet
Keys
Knives- Benchmade McHenry & Williams (visible), 5.11 boot knife, Large TDI K-Bar
Gun- Kahr 45 and 1 mag
5.11 Tactical vest if not to damn hot
Custom leather belt (for concealed carry fit of 3 holster versions)
Crappy Straight Talk Phone (can't beat $35 a month and it works everywhere, even in the San Waun National Forest near Pagosa Springs, CO!)
Citizen Eco-drive watch
If Magic playing is in the future
Swiss gear Synergy pack (soon to be 5.11 Rush 24)
3 commnader decks in Leather deck boxes (mana symbol version)
2 Old deck vaults from ultra-pro (modern or extra Standard decks)
1 FNM/Tournament use lage Ultra-pro deck vaults (has the dice box in the bottom)
4 Ostrim beef Jerky
2 Bottles of Water
Various items I might need
Arcteryx Alpha SV rain jacket if it ever rains in the Hill Country of Texas. We get about 12 inches of rain a year and you should the day we get it.
I can flick open all my spyderco's just as fast as assisted. I use tuf-glide as a dry lubricant on the pivots and they open like greased lighting with a small flick. If you ever get a chance, find a paramilitary 2, I never lubed it and it's so easy to open.
Also, I just bought my girlfriend a pink mini griptillian!
Thanks for the tip, I've been using Hoppes 9 gun oil to lubricate my blades. Also, you're a good boyfriend, that blade will last her a lifetime.
Interesting knife! I just can't get into Spyderco knives personally. I'm used to Benchmade knives that deploy so fast that my friends mistake them for assisted opening... Spyderco knives are very high quality, but in my experience they just aren't that smooth in opening.
I also learned that it's not uncommon for children with bipolar to be misdiagnosed as ADD (could've been a '90s thing). Good times.
I'm going to preface my response to this with the following: psychological assessment is in SHAMBLES. It's generally a crapshoot, and there's a reason NIMH outright rejected DSM-V. There's a reason that, as an evaluator/therapist, I based my diagnoses less on what I was seeing and more on the implications of the diagnoses for my client: analyzing behavior and psychological symptoms is a lot like interpreting literature in that reasonable people will disagree, and all parties will have good reasons for their assessments. As such, I made my diagnoses with the express intent of trying to afford my clients the best possible outcomes they could get as a result of the treatments implied by my diagnoses.
That said, childhood bipolar disorder is up there with childhood schizophrenia: you do not diagnose it unless you are absolutely, positively, 110% sure that it is what you are dealing with. The reason for this is that the base rates of childhood onset for either of the aforementioned disorders are extremely low. Now, the logical problem with that statement is that, as said, psychological diagnosis is a crapshoot. Still, it is generally agreed that those diagnoses are incredibly rare in children.
As a result, some professionals, such as one of my grad professors, have gotten behind diagnoses such as Temper Dysregulation Disorder with or without Dysphoria. These diagnoses would explain the mood swings and irritability seen in children without resorting to such a powerful diagnosis as bipolar.
It angers me when I see people say things like, "oh, it only takes force of will to get over depression. Just eat right and do sports yadayadayada." And you _will_ see people provide that sort of opinion.
I actually believe this line of reasoning to an extent. Background on me, B.A. in psychology, M.S. in school psychology, an academic year's experience as a therapist and much more than that in both assessment and crisis counseling.
I say I believe in that reasoning to an extent for several reasons. First, as a crisis counselor, I've seen (heard) callers who carry on despite problems, both psychological and practical, that would outright crush many people. On the other hand, I've seen plenty of people who wallow in a diagnosis and use it as a crutch and a reason not to change.
Secondly, factor-analytic studies have demonstrated that one common factor across all mental disorders is demoralization. As a rule, one of the things that separates inconvenient symptoms from a diagnosis is simply whether or not the person has the morale to push on. Note that I'm not judging most people who are mentally ill (there's some I've met who blatantly abuse their label), but there's a reason different people respond differently to similar symptoms.
Lastly, in the case of depression specifically, behavioral activation, which pretty much is getting the patient to get up and do stuff, has been shown to be a very effective treatment. To me, this indicates that there's a degree of momentum in many cases of depression: if you slow down and/or stop your normal activities, it gets worse. By contrast, if you resume those activities, your outlook is better.
The U.S. has the green berets, Rangers, SEALs, PJs, CCT, SOWT, Force Recon, Delta, DEVGRU and the 24th STS. Those groups ALONE would destroy Azeroth, and that's without even factoring infantry, artillery, armor, naval and airpower into the equation.
That's a sexy knife. I'm not fond of the grip style, but I would totally carry that.
Just got it in the mail today. It's pretty big, like, 3.4 inch blade and well over 4 ounces big. That said, it's built like a tank. I'm going to carry it for a few weeks to get the hang of it, but afterwards I think I'll switch back to my 943. I plan to reserve this one for when I'm doing military stuff and/or if I'm going to an area where I may want a blade more suited for defense.
Also, Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow made an awesome duet out of "Cruisin'."
K-Bar eh? Are you ex-military Wraith?
Thanks for the tip, I've been using Hoppes 9 gun oil to lubricate my blades. Also, you're a good boyfriend, that blade will last her a lifetime.
Interesting knife! I just can't get into Spyderco knives personally. I'm used to Benchmade knives that deploy so fast that my friends mistake them for assisted opening... Spyderco knives are very high quality, but in my experience they just aren't that smooth in opening.
I'm going to preface my response to this with the following: psychological assessment is in SHAMBLES. It's generally a crapshoot, and there's a reason NIMH outright rejected DSM-V. There's a reason that, as an evaluator/therapist, I based my diagnoses less on what I was seeing and more on the implications of the diagnoses for my client: analyzing behavior and psychological symptoms is a lot like interpreting literature in that reasonable people will disagree, and all parties will have good reasons for their assessments. As such, I made my diagnoses with the express intent of trying to afford my clients the best possible outcomes they could get as a result of the treatments implied by my diagnoses.
That said, childhood bipolar disorder is up there with childhood schizophrenia: you do not diagnose it unless you are absolutely, positively, 110% sure that it is what you are dealing with. The reason for this is that the base rates of childhood onset for either of the aforementioned disorders are extremely low. Now, the logical problem with that statement is that, as said, psychological diagnosis is a crapshoot. Still, it is generally agreed that those diagnoses are incredibly rare in children.
As a result, some professionals, such as one of my grad professors, have gotten behind diagnoses such as Temper Dysregulation Disorder with or without Dysphoria. These diagnoses would explain the mood swings and irritability seen in children without resorting to such a powerful diagnosis as bipolar.
Aggro (Strangleroot Geist, Groundbreaker, Vengevine)
Control (Plow Under, Primal Command, Fog)
Combo (Priest of Titania, Glimpse of Nature)
Disruptive (Krosan Grip)
Red is much more of a one-trick pony. In my opinion, the more versatile color will win out in the end.
I actually believe this line of reasoning to an extent. Background on me, B.A. in psychology, M.S. in school psychology, an academic year's experience as a therapist and much more than that in both assessment and crisis counseling.
I say I believe in that reasoning to an extent for several reasons. First, as a crisis counselor, I've seen (heard) callers who carry on despite problems, both psychological and practical, that would outright crush many people. On the other hand, I've seen plenty of people who wallow in a diagnosis and use it as a crutch and a reason not to change.
Secondly, factor-analytic studies have demonstrated that one common factor across all mental disorders is demoralization. As a rule, one of the things that separates inconvenient symptoms from a diagnosis is simply whether or not the person has the morale to push on. Note that I'm not judging most people who are mentally ill (there's some I've met who blatantly abuse their label), but there's a reason different people respond differently to similar symptoms.
Lastly, in the case of depression specifically, behavioral activation, which pretty much is getting the patient to get up and do stuff, has been shown to be a very effective treatment. To me, this indicates that there's a degree of momentum in many cases of depression: if you slow down and/or stop your normal activities, it gets worse. By contrast, if you resume those activities, your outlook is better.
Just got it in the mail today.