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Beating the Blues - tips on overcoming dysthymia
A few excerpts from Beating the Blues: New Approaches to Overcoming Dysthymia and Chronic Mild Depression. I didn't notice any truly new approaches, but it's always good to revisit the old standards.
I'm leaving this unlocked in case anyone else is interested in the book or the advice.
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mini book reviews
Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine HarrisI normally like her Sookie Stackhouse books, but this one just felt like filler. There was no real plot, more like two or three subplots stuck together. And then there was the strengthening of Sookie's religious side, which is not at all to my taste. To top it all off, Harris writes in Lily Bard and her ( Read more... ) -
Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing. He's handsome and charming, but something in his past has made him abide by a different set of rules. He's a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likable: he only kills bad people. And his job as a blood spatter expert for the Miami police department puts him in the ( Read more... ) -
bravery comes in different forms
OMG! OMG! I did it! I totally did it!
I conquered my phone fear and called my Democratic senator's office and asked him to support a filibuster!
I am awesome!
(Yeah, I know it's not going to make difference in the long run. But I desperately want the Democrats to stand up and do something. That's all I ask.) -
Philip Pullman - The Golden Compass
From Amazon.com: The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own--nor is her world. For one thing, people there each have a personal dæmon, the manifestation of their soul in animal ( Read more... ) -
Susannah Carleton - A Rake's Redemption
Book Description: It's time for rake Theo Middleford to settle down, but he'll settle for nothing less than a wife with the warmth of a friend and the fire of a mistress. Then he meets a Welsh beauty-and wonders if her gentle mien could mask passion. Likewise, she wonders if his rakish nature hides a weakness for her. Both are determined to find ( Read more... ) -
Bush says Americans don't torture
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
"There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said. "So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but we will do so under the law."
He declared, "We do not torture."
Sounds to me like our enemy is the Republican Party.
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Gaudy Night Quotes
Gaudy Night is one of my favorite mystery novels. Every time I read it, I find something else that speaks to me. Here are some of my favorite quotes, mostly for raincitygirl.
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more Intelligent Design (Ignorant Denial) bitching
From the ACLU Pennsylvania blog:
In the closing argument of the defendants, the Dover Area School Board, their lead attorney Gillen stated that "the science teachers were not trained in intelligent design," so it "doesn't make sense" that they were qualified to say that it wasn't science. He went on to say that they should rely on someone with a ( Read more... )