Felling a mighty oak in honor of

you guessed it, the first day of the spring semester. Five, count 'em five, new classes, one returning professor and on-campus job all this season on The Resident. Contestants compete for adequate housing and nourishment while avoiding the pitfalls of dormitory life. New challenges every Friday, Saturday and Monday. Tune in this week to see residents challenge the overpowering might of Spartan football's linebacker, Mike Labinjo in dodgeball.

Usually I despise Quizilla. Inept quizmakers molding stupid, unfunny quizzes sickens me. But, I thought the idea of a 7-deadly-sin quiz was quite creative. Bravo. I got Wrath. See all the results here.

"These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during it's dalliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950's. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils. His subject is the medico that jabbed him." -- See them all, here.

This is great. Seriously, "...the accompanying text: 234 pages of beautifully formed, yet completely unintelligible script." That is the Voynich manuscript. Simply spectacular.

Although the middle section is a bit obtuse you ought to read the first and last sections of this interesting article on psychosis. "Our idea of what psychosis consists of has been inherited from psychiatrists. Because of their role as medics for mental distress, they have traditionally suffered from a sample bias. A person is only likely to show up in front of a psychiatrist if they are either distressed or causing distress to others. A person who has wild and extensive hallucinations is unlikely to ever be a psychiatric patient if they are never troubled and can continue their lives successfully."

Limecat is not pleased.