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A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown

by djbaxter June 11, 2009

 

Annie’s Ghosts
Steve Luxenberg. Hyperion 2009, Hardcover, 416 pages, $1.99

Not the Same Old Story – A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown
By Steve Luxenberg, Author of Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret 
The best documentaries, said one creator of that art form after a recent screening in Baltimore, reveal something that is outside the experience of [...]

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Meaning in Relationships

by djbaxter June 11, 2009

 

The Little Book on Meaning
Laura Berman Fortgang. Tarcher 2009, Hardcover, 240 pages, $0.92

Looking for Love This Summer? This Time, Make It Meaningful
By Laura Berman Fortgang, Author of The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It
Summertime is a time of great romance. Single people find each other after the dearth of winter as they sun [...]

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How we fail to protect the future victims of high risk sex offenders

by djbaxter April 30, 2009

Maclean’s Magazine recently published the following:

The five things you need to know about the National Sex Offender Registry
by Michael Friscolanti, Macleans Magazine
Apr 24, 2009

When Christopher Stephenson was a young boy—before he was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered by a notorious pedophile—his father would often tuck him into bed with a classic fairy tale: The Emperor’s [...]

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Celebrating 20 Years of AOL Annoyances and Foul-Ups

by djbaxter April 29, 2009

Perhaps more of interest to those who lived through it than those who arrived on the tail end, this is a fascinating and sometimes frustrating look back on infamous moments in AOL history.
The one thing not mentioned in the article is AOL’s link to the ironically self-titled Open Directory Project aka DMOZ, an once noble if hopelessly [...]

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The Pursuit of Perfect

by djbaxter April 21, 2009

The Pursuit of Perfect
Tal Ben-Shahar. McGraw-Hill 2009, Hardcover, 272 pages, $13.38

The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life
by Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D.
Published by McGraw Hill
We, learn to walk by falling, to talk by babbling, to shoot a basket by missing, and to color the inside of a square by scribbling outside the [...]

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Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It

by djbaxter April 13, 2009

The Little Book on Meaning
Laura Berman Fortgang. Tarcher 2009, Hardcover, 240 pages, $0.92

The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It
by Laura Berman Fortgang
As a prominent self-help author and a pioneer in the field of life coaching, Laura Berman Fortgang has spent decades helping people figure out what they want to do with their [...]

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Raising Awareness vs. Promoting and Normalizing Pathology

by djbaxter January 5, 2009

Newsweek recently published an article titled Out of the Shadows regarding the proliferation of so-called “pro-ana” web sites:
A Web page labeled “Ana Boot Camp” recently offered its members a seemingly irresistible proposition: a 30-day regimen designed to help them drop some serious pounds, no exercise needed. The catch was that the group’s members were to vary [...]

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