It's pouring here, but I couldn't find an umbrella this morning. There's an umbrella hook in the closet, but it was sadly naked. I stared at it for a few minutes, waiting for an umbrella to materialize, but nothing happened. So I walked to the trolley with my laptop stuffed underneath my shirt. I've rarely been so intimate with my computer.

I noticed other people with capacious umbrellas at the bus stop and was jealous. One in particular was a cute clear plastic dome with blue piping. It was very quirky-Holly Golightly. When I got to the train station I bought the "jumbo New York" umbrella, which I guess pays tribute to those enormous doorman umbrellas people always marvel at. This one was so jumbo, I could've fit several hobbits under there with me and we'd have plenty of room. I'm never losing this umbrella. (Famous last words.)

Over the weekend many of you sent in links to other mental-health-type blogs. I appreciate that. I'm going through them slowly, only because I want to point you in the right direction. Here are two (courtesy Sachin) that I like. More to come!

Shrinkette: A psychiatrist in the Pacific Northwest nicely straddles the balance between not giving medical advice online and providing information you'd like to know.

Psychiatry, Medicine, Philosophy, Poetry, Music: Wide-ranging notes by a psychiatrist who's unafraid to use medical jargon. Good conversation about ECT on there right now.