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Sometimes when I skim the New York Times website and see headlines from the paper some 40 years ago, I think they're breaking news, like today's "Russian becomes first woman to walk in space." My first reaction was, "Hey! Good for her!" But it happened in 1963.
Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.