at_the_rehab_hospital mindpop There was a boy patient of about 14 years old. He had been hit by a car whose driver was talking on a cell phone. I usually saw him when our physical therapy was at the same time. He did not talk. He had no affect. All he did was jog around and around the atrium, looking off into the distance, as if he was hearing the call of another world. At the rehab hospital, the nurses had a name for a particular brand of patient: STB, for Stupid Teenage Boy. When I was there, I met one, a 17-year-old who had been racing another teenager in his car and ran into a tree. Now he was in a wheelchair, spoke with an unnaturally high voice and giggled a lot for no reason. STB. 120927 what's it to you? who go blather from