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We have a new joint blog on Psychology Today, examining coupling issues in the context of chronic illness. Today is our first entry. It is also our 19th wedding anniversary

Who Gets to Be Sick Today?

New Blog by Pattie and Carl

Pattie and I will begin a new blog on the Psychology Today website on October 10! The title will be "CWD." The acronym officially stands for "Couple With Disabilites," but we have a few more ideas about what it should stand for, and as the blog progresses, you can be sure we'll throw them in. :)

Carl has had a blog for several months now called, "The FoxyMBA's Guide to Everything Important." It is mostly about sex and intimacy, of course. Click on the link to have a closer look: The FoxyMBA's Guide to Everything Important

Introducing a New SINdustry City Project: PDA Nation Call for Stories

We will be launching a project on August 7th, Be Body Positive Day in response to ABC's "The ReVolution" which will be coming out in January 2012 and which we believe co-opted last January's "ReVolutions not Resolutions" campaign.

We will be making the campaign until January, but we are hoping to have so good initial response to help get the project noticed. Please share with others.



There will be several ways to participate:

1. Create your own video and post it as a "response video" to the August 7 video on the PDA Nation channel on youtube.

2. Write your story in the comments under the post on August 7th video.

3. Send a video to us at drpattie@scmslv.com and we will post it for you.

4. Place links to your blog in the comments section or send links to us where you have told your story.

5. Hit "like" or "favorite" on the August 7 video and any stories you like in the response videos or comments.

We welcome any other way to get the word out. We're tired of television reality shows and talk shows sending the message that we are not okay. It's time to send a different message. We are people and we are okay RIGHT NOW. No make-over necessary!

Beaten Paths

One happy little June morning (01 JUN 2011, to be specific), Carl asked Pattie if she wanted to do a "12-hour film challenge" with him. The idea was similar to the "48-hour" challenges faced by larger film crews in a number of cities. Pattie said Yes!!! By the time they started rendering the finished product (with eight minutes to spare before the 12-hour mark), they had shot and edited this video. In the spirit of Ray Smith and Japhy Ryder from "The Dharma Bums," Carl and Pattie talked about the philosophy of the path while they were on the road.

Beat Warming

Pattie and I attended a housewarming earlier this year. Some friends of ours were moving into a new apartment, and to celebrate, guests were invited to bring some sort of music performance or poetry to share with the group. I found the whole thing to be very Beat, and I called my edited video of the event "Beat Warming."