There was a study of Czechoslovakian children whose fathers were first degree relatives. Fewer than half of the children who were the product of incestuous unions were completely healthy. Forty-two percent of them were born with severe birth defects or suffered early death and another 11 percent were mildly mentally impaired. This study is particularly instructive as it included a unique control group — the offspring of the same mothers but whose fathers were not the mothers’ relatives. When the same women were impregnated by a non-relative, only 7 percent of their children were born with a birth defect. another group of genetic counselors reviewed the research on the biological consequences of sex between relatives (consanguineous relationships). They found a surprisingly small increase (about 4 percent) in birth defects among the children of married cousins. Incest between first degree relatives, however, was a different story. The researchers examined four studies (including the Czech research) on the effects of first degree incest on the health of the offspring. Forty percent of the children were born with either autosomal recessive disorders, congenital physical malformations, or severe intellectual deficits. And another 14 percent of them had mild mental disabilities. In short, the odds that a newborn child who is the product of brother-sister or father-daughter incest will suffer an early death, a severe birth defect or some mental deficiently approaches 50 percent. Basically it's not about the number of generations as a lot of replies on here seem to suggest, but more so the coefficient of relationship between the parents. http://www.lotscave.com/files/Journal%20of%20Genetic%20Counseling%20(Vol.%2011,%20No.%202,%20April%204,%202002).pdf <- in case someone wants to read the whole article

Wake up Turn on laptop Watch Detective Conan, 1 or 2 eps Go out to get a coffee and a white Kit-Kat chunky Arcana Heart 3 while eating breakfast Any random game I'm playing at the moment Shower Internet (MO, FB, YT...) Study time... not really. End up just listening to my evergroing music library for couple of hours. Arcana Heart 3 Drawing Japanese lessons Go around looking for dinner Detective Conan Fall asleep...

Hey guys! I've recently moved back to the socal area and so I lost touch with my old comm. I was wondering if there were any other people into k/jfashion around me. I'm really excited to start meeting more people in my area that like the same things as me and maybe hosting a meet up like I used to when I lived in San Fran. Any of you interested in having a little group skype chat?

Fug yeah SMT. Haven't really given the DS games a fair chance. Nocturn was best. Persona 4 was very cool. I STILL cannot pick up the English in the soundtrack though.

Because I get the feeling that there are many eccentrics here with fascinating stories, I'd like to know about your idiosyncrasies!

It's pretty awesome! I played the second and third games on the PSP. I'll probably get the Steam release of the original this Christmas.

Yeah that could can be a bit of a problem, but at the same time dating coworkers can be a bad idea. Just try finding yourself a place where you can hang out when not at work where you can meet new people. Like the mall or a park or a library.

Taurus here. Year of the Dragon.