Family values

[whitefire]

My great aunt has been ailing lately. She has never had anything to do with me my whole life pretty much so I'm not overly broken up about it. My brother and I are taking care of her house, which she will never see again, and trying in our haphazard way to get her stuff in order. It is not an easy task and if you ask me a week after your 50th

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[grumph]

wait, what? How could they lose count like that? What does your father have to say about this? If he is HBIV now, does that mean that he has to take over your life and you have to get a new one?

who is this mysterious new HB, and what number is he?

What are the voices telling you to do?

[misslizzers]

Good news! Peak age of onset for men is 20-28. So not only are you too old to fight in Iraq, you are old enough that we can pretty much assume that if you were going to be riding up and down shopping mall escalators in your bathrobe and a tinfoil hat, it would have happened already.

scott beckett chiming in

[anonymous]

I have been bearing the brunt of having interactions with her and it is taking its toll on me. Last Sunday she was convinced that she was in a "farm home" and it was "a place where they make things out of tin" also "the devil is here." I am using as many communication skills as I can muster and searching my data banks for information on how to deal with mental illness with limited success. The inherited schizophrenia thing is really worrying me now too because every time I go see her I feel mentally drained and even more crazy than usual. Also apparently I am in the peak age range still and I did alot of acid in high school. so I'll try and leave you some notes on how to talk to an incoherent schizophrenic because you might need them soon for me.

Re: scott beckett chiming in

[whitefire]

Mom is confused as all hell about this. I think sane Aunt Marge is kinda like the Snuphalufagus.