Snowden (who really does, apparently, have epilepsy) helps an epileptic.

[MADem]

2. Yep-I HAVE heard of that happening. Same thing happens with strokes, too.

I know two people who have suffered strokes (well, more than 2, but 2 that I know well). One was a real insufferable blowhard, kind of pompous, always too busy to care, very unsentimental, ignored his family, that kind of thing...since the stroke he has become a very sweet and gentle soul. He recovered sufficiently to go back to work, but he doesn't work those 14 hour days anymore. His priorities have realigned completely and he is much more family/friends-focused.

The other friend was a bit of a milquetoast who would put up with more shit than perhaps he should have. Those days are gone! His stroke makes him more likely to raise the bullshit flag, to tell people off, to say what he means, and to be less diplomatic.

Definite personality shifts in both cases--the brain is an interesting thing!

Oliver Stone...he never takes the ordinary path; it'll probably be something a bit convoluted and 'outré!'