This just in: Chocolate leads to violence!

I'm sitting unmolested at my table at parent-teacher conferences (8 total hours, 12 total visitors), reading the news (I visit several news aggregators to find stories that interest me), and here's the one that grabbed my attention.

To sum up the article: a new UK study hypothesizes "that excessive confectionery consumption increases the likelihood of violence in adulthood." The author of the article goes on to ridicule the hypothesis, but I think it brings up some reasonable ideas. Is there a correlation between the laxity of discipline at home that leads to "daily sweets consumption" and the transfer of that same instant-gratification mentality to other areas?

I'm not convinced that commentary here is necessary. Just give me my Thin Mints!

On Depression

Last week, I attended the bi-weekly "Beer and Theology" group that my church tangentially supports, where we discussed Depression -- the causes, results, and potential responses for the church. Here's the article we read.

I think I had known before that I'm depressed, but this discussion has really brought it into some kind of focus. How does one get help when one doesn't have time to get help? Why can't I just get over it? It's not as if anything is really wrong here, right? I'm just lonely, feeling inadequate, unwanted, and unappreciated.

Oh well.