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Entries from December 2008

long grass on a wordless wednesday

December 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments

image by hdptcar of the central african republic

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · wordless wednesday

2 years of carnival of eating disorders!

December 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

welcome to two years of the carnival of eating disorders! yes, it’s been two years as of today. here’s how it all started: if you’re not familiar with blog carnivals, you may think this is an odd name – this link here will tell you more about blog carnivals. this carnival contains articles about bulimia, [...]

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Tags: addictions · blogs of note · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books · queer talk, gender issues and sexual identity

addiction and creativity

December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

i’m back from kelowna, after a somewhat tense 6-hour drive (some stretches were a bit treacherous), followed by one hour’s worth of snow shovelling.  so i’m going to go to bed now and will cede this space to someone else, creativity coach eric maisel.  here he talks about his new book, creative recovery: creative recovery, [...]

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Tags: addictions · interesting books

wishing you a happy youtube christmas

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

for those of you who like to spend the holidays surfing the web – here are some christmas videos i gathered over the last few weeks. i tried to make them a bit unusual. and the funny thing is, i’m at my in-laws’ right now where my internet access is limited – so i have [...]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc.

madonna on a wordless wednesday

December 24th, 2008 · 9 Comments

image by a. currell

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last minute, long-lasting christmas gifts

December 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

if you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ll know that i’m generally not a big fan of prayers sent along via emails, or similar material (see my rant against the email with the prayer of saint theresa, for example). but once in a while something comes along in my inbox that really touches me. [...]

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Tags: emotional health · interesting books

a mystery about weight and shame: two weeks under

December 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

here’s another book i read recently – two weeks under, by rivka tadjer. doing these book reviews reminds me a bit of my aunt. she loved buying clothes but she’d often get sick of them real quick, and then she’d ask me if i wanted them. she was 40 years older than i so – [...]

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Tags: eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books

buddhist carnival – december 2008 edition, part 2

December 21st, 2008 · No Comments

here is part 2 of this month’s buddhist carnival. part 1 can be found here. balance one of the things that attract me so strongly to buddhism is the idea of moderation and balance. i love the story of the buddha attaining enlightenment not through his years of asceticism but after accepting a modest drink [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · philosophy and education · spirituality

poetry, meaning and ‘arse dribble’

December 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

today, i’d like to serve you up – arse dribble! that’s what stephen fry calls experimental poetry. don’t worry, there’s more on the menu. jim murdoch over at the truth about lies has a good post on poetry and meaning, where he lays out two styles of experimental poetry – ‘decoder ring’ and ‘the emperor’s [...]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc.

rainy christmas on a wordless wednesday

December 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments

this image was inspired by my twitter friend gbibliophile, who suggested music by anonymous 4 for alternative christmas music. and the image is by wmacphail.

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · wordless wednesday

buddhist carnival – december 2008 edition, part 1

December 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments

merry christmas! you know what’s funny? by 1992, i had pretty much foresworn elaborate christmas celebrations, and was quite happy with it. that’s the year i met my husband. now he grew up in a buddhist household. “yay, a bonus!” i thought. and yes, definitely, i’m very lucky to have married into that family. but [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · emotional health · interesting books · spirituality

disfigured: anorexia, obesity and a friendship

December 13th, 2008 · 17 Comments

reviews seem to be the theme these days. here’s a video i was sent – disfigured. i wonder who shouldn’t watch it. one-track-mind rambo fans, perhaps. people who can’t stand delving into other people’s psyches. those who don’t like sex scenes on screen, no matter how elegantly presented. and if you don’t like watching people [...]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · eating disorders, body image & similar topics

hurry down sunshine – a father’s story of mental illness

December 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

hurry down sunshine is the supremely well-told, literally mind-boggling tale of a father, michael greenberg, who suffers through and survives the experience of watching his teenage daughter go through her first extreme manic episode. it is an iridescent story, shimmering with many facets in the hot new york summer that provides the backdrop of this [...]

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Tags: depression and mental illness · interesting books

thoughts, blogs, and not much to say

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

another paid review! haven’t done one of them for a while. let’s just make this a bit of a wild, woolly and completely inconsequential romp. so i’m supposed to review thoughts.com. this is what they say about themselves: thoughts.com is a unique site with interesting conversations and sometimes heated debates. membership is 100% free and [...]

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Tags: blogs of note

glasgow 1868 on a wordless wednesday

December 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

by thomas annan, one of the earliest photographers to document poverty. courtesy of lukeprog

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