Family Guy New Episodes

They were adding them pretty regularly until like a couple weeks ago.

I was looking at adult swim’s schedule, and I can’t figure out if the two Family Guy episodes are new ones, or fairly new ones. Does anyone know? Thank’s!

P.S. Sorry it’s in the wrong catagorey…for some reason it won’t let me choose Entertainment- Television!

that would suck if they took famiy Guy off the air because the cleveland show looks garbage

Depression is often thought of as a female issue, which derives from the fact that women are twice as likely to experience this condition, but it’s also because women are more likely to seek help. It makes sense in a weird sort of way. I mean, if a guy won’t even ask for directions, how likely is it that he’ll ask for help? That being said, I do believe that, more and more, men are choosing mental health over machismo, a trend that has, no doubt, gained momentum in these times of economic hardship.

I, myself, have struggled with depression for as long as I can remember, going as far back as elementary school. Equal opportunity in nature, this illness can affect anyone, regardless of age, ethnicity or religion; although, it has been said that people with strong religious convictions do fare somewhat better when dealing with the negative thoughts associated with depression. It’s certainly understandable how the fear of going to hell would discourage someone from killing him/herself, but it’s more than that; there’s also the belief that things will work out, that eventually things will get better.

Depression can result from a combination of various contributing factors: genetic, biochemical, environmental and psychosocial.  It manifests differently for different people. A major depressive episode lasts at least two weeks and is characterized by five or more of the following symptoms:

If your or a family member’s depression is accompanied by the following thoughts and/or behaviors, you should contact a health care professional immediately.

Depression affects, not only the person experiencing this debilitating condition, but basically anyone the person comes into contact with. Children, spouses, pets and other family members may be neglected or physically/verbally abused. Coworkers may feel the brunt of a depressed person’s irritability. Mere strangers may become the victim of a depressed person’s aggressive and/or dangerous behavior.

Common methods used to treat depression are prescribed medications, psychotherapy, healthy living and, for severe cases, electroconvulsive (electroshock) therapy. Prescription medications used for this condition fall under the categories of SSRIs (selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) and SNRIs (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors). Whichever medication is prescribed, it’s important to be aware that therapeutic results can take 6-8 weeks to occur.

The two main types of psychotherapy are CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy) which reduces depression by challenging negative beliefs and attitudes and IPT (interpersonal therapy) which helps the individual to overcome social deficiencies that may contribute to their depression.

Healthy living in the form of eating right, getting enough sleep, exercising and actively reducing stress, can go a long way in providing relief for some of the symptoms associated with depression. Unfortunately, in some cases, depression will persist despite one’s best effort. This is when one turns to ECT (electroconvulsive therapy).  ECT is a procedure that involves using electric current passed through the brain to cause a brief seizure, thereby altering the brain’s chemistry.

Whichever method you choose, it’s important to have a support system of understanding friends and family. They say it takes a village to raise a child; this, too, can apply to dealing with depression. Remember, being depressed is not a sign of weakness. There is no shame in asking for and receiving help.

We were all driving home from a grocery shopping expedition last weekend. Even the geek had been pried away from his beloved computer tweaking and was only reading one book and talking on one of his cell phones giving us his full attention.
“What does ish mean?” Daughter said.
“Sorta.” Son said.
“Well, in a Dr. Who episode, -Ish was a sentient word which was trying to remove all meaning from language, but thanks to Dr. Who’s transgalactic babel masters, language is saved and -Ish is sent into conceptual space with the longest word in the world and the man who loves that word. And Dr. Who gets into trouble over money.” Geekdaddy said.
“It’s a suffix meaning somewhat or about or reasonably. Like if you’re going to meet someone, you might say that you’ll meet them around nine-ish. Or you might be just a little hungry, so you say you’re a tad peckish.” I said.
“So, if you’re really hungry, you’re peck?” Daughter asked.
“Maybe that’s not the best example. Can anyone think of a better one?”
“Butterdish.” Son said. “Like my toast is when you put the butter on it in that thin little layer that sinks into the bread and it’s like eating saltines. It’s not buttered; it’s buttered-ish.”
“Well,” the geek said, looking thoughtful, “That last VW van I had was so decrepit that it was just van-ish.”
I tried to get things back on track. I really did.
“How about new-ish? You know, not brand new, but pretty new.”
“I have one,” Daughter said, “How about sweet-ish?”
“Right,” I said, “Not really sweet, but sort of sweet. That’s a good one.”
“No,” she said, “I mean from Sweden. Swedish.”
“Well, that’s a word, Sweetie, but it’s not an ish word.”
“It has ish on the end.”
“But the ish isn’t the ish that means somewhat or about or reasonably. It’s the ish that means of a nationality or the language of that nationality.”
“You didn’t say that when I asked you what ish meant. That’s cheating.”
“It’s not cheating. I just didn’t mention that meaning, because I thought of the other meanings first. I would have gotten to it.”
“You didn’t mention the Dr. Who episode either,” Geekdaddy said, “I can’t believe you missed that one. It’s a classic. They almost found the transcendental word.”
“Is that something to do with braces?” Daughter asked him.
“It’s philosophy,” Son told her, “It’s where they lock you in a room with hundreds of other people all weekend and take all your money and you can’t pee unless they let you. But they teach meditation so you don’t care.”
“There’s a little more than that to Transcendental Meditation,” I said, “True, it costs a lot of money, but a lot of studies have shown that it can relieve stress and even lower blood pressure. There’s something to it.”
“What kind of medication do they give you?” Daughter wanted to know.
Before I could set her straight, the geek was off on a rambling discourse about some guy named Swami Suityurself, or something like that, that he met at a geek convention in Dallas. He said the guy was really impressive. Everyone at the convention was signing up for his courses.
“They had Transcendental Meditation courses at a computer convention?” I asked him.
“No, he was a Skype tech. Or maybe he worked for Google Adwords. I dunno. But he was good.”
“What does this have to do with Transcendental Meditation?” I asked.
“Or ish?” Son asked.
“Or the other ish?” Daughter asked. “And who is Dr. Who?”
Suddenly, I felt reality slipping out from underneath me, and I knew that the next sentence uttered was going to be someone asking who’s who.
“Who’s who?” the geek asked, looking up from his cell phone which he was programming to play lawnmower engine sounds as a ringtone.
“She wants to know about Dr. Who,” I said, “And you can tell her as soon as we get home.”
“Ha!” he cackled, as we pulled into the yard, “Tell her? I’ll do better than that. I’ll show her the -Ish Episodes. I’ll even let her wear my Dr. Who scarf while we watch. And you say I’m not into unschooling.”
He went off to find the Dr. Who episodes and I sat down on the back deck to do some Transcendental Medication with a glass of Riesling and ponder whether it’s possible for unschoolers to have substitute teachers. After a few sips, I decided that it was not only possible, but admirable.

Is Family Guy making any new episodes? I haven’t been paying attention to the repeats and stuff…