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Bullitt · 10-25-2004, 07:57 PM

Readin "The Screwtape Letters".. wow is that a messed up book. \
I love the part where the author says that he refuses to tell you how he came upon these letters..(insert Twilight Zone theme music)

Kitsune · 10-25-2004, 10:07 PM

Ah my dear, dear Wormwood. Heheh -- I love that book.

Bullitt · 10-25-2004, 11:55 PM

So that's where Calvin's teacher's name came from!
"Clever girl.."

wolf · 11-09-2004, 01:26 PM

Helping Someone With Mental Illness by Rosalyn Carter.

Yes, the former First Lady.

I have an autographed copy.

OK, I'll admit it, it was unintentional. You know those massive remaindered book sales ... the ones where hardbacks are $3 and paperbacks are $1?

That's how I got mine, several years ago. It just percolated up to the top of the book pile.

I didn't even know that there was an autograph in it, until I started reading it earlier this week.

It's actually a pretty good guide to dealing with a mental illness, whether you're a family member or friend, professional, or the mentally ill person. Goes over diagnoses, medications, treatment, support groups ... pretty much the whole gamut, includes appropriate inspirational stories, but also makes the realities and difficulties faced by the chronically mentally ill quite clear.

Bullitt · 08-12-2005, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Helping Someone With Mental Illness by Rosalyn Carter.

Yes, the former First Lady.

I have an autographed copy.

OK, I'll admit it, it was unintentional. You know those massive remaindered book sales ... the ones where hardbacks are $3 and paperbacks are $1?

That's how I got mine, several years ago. It just percolated up to the top of the book pile.

I didn't even know that there was an autograph in it, until I started reading it earlier this week.

It's actually a pretty good guide to dealing with a mental illness, whether you're a family member or friend, professional, or the mentally ill person. Goes over diagnoses, medications, treatment, support groups ... pretty much the whole gamut, includes appropriate inspirational stories, but also makes the realities and difficulties faced by the chronically mentally ill quite clear.

Would that be of any help in dealing with alzheimer's? My 65 year old uncle out in CA lives by himself and has a pretty significant case of it. We, usually my mom who's an RN, try to go out there at least once every month or so to help him out, but we normally have to resort to dealing with issues over the phone.. which can be quite stressful for both parties.

wolf · 07-24-2005, 01:05 PM

Right now I'm trying to read A Gallant Company - The Men of The Great Escape by Jonathan Vance.

Mental Patients keep interfering with my reading time.

Trilby · 07-24-2005, 01:10 PM

just finished JANE EYRE and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST. Going to dig into some more classic stuff, if the eyes hold out. Need reading glasses all of a sudden! So freaking hot out--can't do anything but stay indoors and read. Might as well be depths of winter.

Another goodie--THE GOLDEN BOOK OF FAIRY TALES, ed. Jane Werner, illustrated by Garth Williams.

Clodfobble · 07-24-2005, 01:15 PM

Just finished the second-to-last Dark Tower book; waiting for the last to come out in trade paperback.

Started "Kushiel's Dart" based on a friend's recommendation--I don't normally like high fantasy at all, but my friend said this was palatable and so far she's been right.

bargalunan · 08-12-2005, 05:08 AM

I'm cheating : I don't read them currently but I enjoyed them.

Do you forgive me ?

“A People’s History of the United States. 1492 – Present”
HarperCollins Publishers
written by Howard Zinn, professor in Boston University
the history of US seen by people who usually can’t tell their point of vue : Indians, slaves, trade unionists, soldiers, farmers, GIs in Vietnam…
A 800 pages bible. Very, very interesting.
I’m desperately looking for such a book about France.
How US constitution was written, racism was enacted in law, Texas and California were add to US, wars were decided…

To begin with new age :
“The celestine prophecy” James Redfield
“The Secret of Shambhala : In Search of the Eleventh Insight” James Redfield

Very interesting but not always true :
“Conversations with God, an uncommon dialogue” Neale Donald Walsch

“Mutant message down under” Marlo Morgan.
HarperCollins Publishers
American doctor initiated to Australian aboriginal mysteries. Excellent, easy to read.

“the biggest secret” : 1999 David Icke
(As for me, I know that all that’s esoteric (energy, symbols…) in this book is possible)
for people who enjoyed World history, UFO, Da Vinci Code, Illuminatis…
Even if you think it’s impossible and crazy, everybody should read such a book once.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...08743?v=glance

In the same kind of book “Le livre jaune n°5” and “Le livre jaune n°6”
It’s a little less “crazy” than David Icke. I’ve just found it in French but it’s free on the web :
http://chronos66.free.fr/pdf/jvh.pdf
http://www.leseditionsfelix.com/livrejaune.html

After those books we can read the Genesis in the bible.

A very creative art in France (and Belgium, like French fries) comics (sorry it’s not those I prefer) :
http://www.read-box.com/
Clic ENTRER, bibliothèque on top, chose a picture, clic “lancer la lecture”, suite, zoom, suite page suivante…
I prefer page 9 : ”La conjuration d’opale”, ”le combat ordinaire” (excellent, need to be french to understand ?), p13 ”Où le regard ne porte pas”, p16 ”Thorgal”, p1 ”Bételgeuse”, p19 ”XIII”…

Maybe you can find a US one which is a masterpiece :
Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History / Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman about the Shoah
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Favorite french classic novels :
“Count of Monte Cristo” Alexandre Dumas : really better than all films inspired by it.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...865737-2808743
“Michael Strogoff” Jules Vernes restless adventure without any boring description he’s used to.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...865737-2808743
“The Fortune of the Rougons” by Emile Zola
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

Good reading !

wolf · 08-12-2005, 10:48 AM

Probably not. There are very significant differences in how you deal with a mentally ill person vs. someone with Alzheimers ... things like sundowning, and constant complaints that "people are breaking in and stealing my things, and then breaking in to give them back" are not common to mental illness ... neither is truly random combativeness, and misidentifying people as folks from their pasts.

It's sad, and I've worked with some folks who are actually senile but come into the mental health system because there sometimes isn't anywhere else to go ...

I expect that there are some books on Alzheimers/Senility/Aging and coping with it, but I haven't run across any ... I probably should, as I've noticed some memory and attention problems in my mom, especially over the last two years or so.

I'd also recommend that your mom start looking into Alzehimer's Units in nursing homes near your uncle's house (there's one near here with the tagline "Specialty Living for the Memory Impaired"). Tell your mom to chat with other nurses, particularly pool or float nurses. They will absolutely know where the good and bad places are.

Bullitt · 08-22-2005, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Probably not. There are very significant differences in how you deal with a mentally ill person vs. someone with Alzheimers ... things like sundowning, and constant complaints that "people are breaking in and stealing my things, and then breaking in to give them back" are not common to mental illness ... neither is truly random combativeness, and misidentifying people as folks from their pasts.

It's sad, and I've worked with some folks who are actually senile but come into the mental health system because there sometimes isn't anywhere else to go ...

I expect that there are some books on Alzheimers/Senility/Aging and coping with it, but I haven't run across any ... I probably should, as I've noticed some memory and attention problems in my mom, especially over the last two years or so.

I'd also recommend that your mom start looking into Alzehimer's Units in nursing homes near your uncle's house (there's one near here with the tagline "Specialty Living for the Memory Impaired"). Tell your mom to chat with other nurses, particularly pool or float nurses. They will absolutely know where the good and bad places are.

Trilby · 08-12-2005, 11:11 AM

Just finished DANGEROUS MUSE a life of Lady Caroline Blackwood ( she was married to Lucian Freud, Isreal Citkowitz and Robert Lowell) and GREAT GRANNY WEBSTER, by Lady Caroline Blackwood. Good stuff. I love titled, crazy, alcoholic, bi-polar stories. They are sooooo interesting.

Mr.Anon.E.Mouse · 08-12-2005, 02:00 PM

Does 'Forum' count?

An excerpt: "I never thought this would happen to me and I dont know if anyone'll believe it, but it really did! My regular pool guy must have been sick because he sent two 6' Amazonian women to clean my pool, instead..."

BigV · 08-12-2005, 02:16 PM

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

I blazed through the new one and discovered that I had missed several background details. Turns out I skipped the previous book. So while I enjoyed the Half Blood Prince, it was also full of spoilers for the Order of the Phoenix. I'm reading and enjoying it anyway.

I'm a slow learner. The Order of the Phoenix is spoiler packed for those among us who haven't read The Goblet of Fire. *sigh*

Hobbs · 08-12-2005, 02:19 PM

"Forums for Dummies"

10-25-2004, 07:57 PM	#1
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Readin "The Screwtape Letters".. wow is that a messed up book. \ I love the part where the author says that he refuses to tell you how he came upon these letters..(insert Twilight Zone theme music) __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

10-25-2004, 11:55 PM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	So that's where Calvin's teacher's name came from! "Clever girl.." __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

11-09-2004, 01:26 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Helping Someone With Mental Illness by Rosalyn Carter. Yes, the former First Lady. I have an autographed copy. OK, I'll admit it, it was unintentional. You know those massive remaindered book sales ... the ones where hardbacks are $3 and paperbacks are $1? That's how I got mine, several years ago. It just percolated up to the top of the book pile. I didn't even know that there was an autograph in it, until I started reading it earlier this week. It's actually a pretty good guide to dealing with a mental illness, whether you're a family member or friend, professional, or the mentally ill person. Goes over diagnoses, medications, treatment, support groups ... pretty much the whole gamut, includes appropriate inspirational stories, but also makes the realities and difficulties faced by the chronically mentally ill quite clear. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-24-2005, 01:05 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Right now I'm trying to read A Gallant Company - The Men of The Great Escape by Jonathan Vance. Mental Patients keep interfering with my reading time. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-24-2005, 01:10 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	just finished JANE EYRE and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST. Going to dig into some more classic stuff, if the eyes hold out. Need reading glasses all of a sudden! So freaking hot out--can't do anything but stay indoors and read. Might as well be depths of winter. Another goodie--THE GOLDEN BOOK OF FAIRY TALES, ed. Jane Werner, illustrated by Garth Williams. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-25-2004, 10:07 PM	#2
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Ah my dear, dear Wormwood. Heheh -- I love that book.

07-24-2005, 01:15 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Just finished the second-to-last Dark Tower book; waiting for the last to come out in trade paperback. Started "Kushiel's Dart" based on a friend's recommendation--I don't normally like high fantasy at all, but my friend said this was palatable and so far she's been right.

08-12-2005, 05:08 AM	#9
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	I'm cheating : I don't read them currently but I enjoyed them. Do you forgive me ? “A People’s History of the United States. 1492 – Present” HarperCollins Publishers written by Howard Zinn, professor in Boston University the history of US seen by people who usually can’t tell their point of vue : Indians, slaves, trade unionists, soldiers, farmers, GIs in Vietnam… A 800 pages bible. Very, very interesting. I’m desperately looking for such a book about France. How US constitution was written, racism was enacted in law, Texas and California were add to US, wars were decided… To begin with new age : “The celestine prophecy” James Redfield “The Secret of Shambhala : In Search of the Eleventh Insight” James Redfield Very interesting but not always true : “Conversations with God, an uncommon dialogue” Neale Donald Walsch “Mutant message down under” Marlo Morgan. HarperCollins Publishers American doctor initiated to Australian aboriginal mysteries. Excellent, easy to read. “the biggest secret” : 1999 David Icke (As for me, I know that all that’s esoteric (energy, symbols…) in this book is possible) for people who enjoyed World history, UFO, Da Vinci Code, Illuminatis… Even if you think it’s impossible and crazy, everybody should read such a book once. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...08743?v=glance In the same kind of book “Le livre jaune n°5” and “Le livre jaune n°6” It’s a little less “crazy” than David Icke. I’ve just found it in French but it’s free on the web : http://chronos66.free.fr/pdf/jvh.pdf http://www.leseditionsfelix.com/livrejaune.html After those books we can read the Genesis in the bible. A very creative art in France (and Belgium, like French fries) comics (sorry it’s not those I prefer) : http://www.read-box.com/ Clic ENTRER, bibliothèque on top, chose a picture, clic “lancer la lecture”, suite, zoom, suite page suivante… I prefer page 9 : ”La conjuration d’opale”, ”le combat ordinaire” (excellent, need to be french to understand ?), p13 ”Où le regard ne porte pas”, p16 ”Thorgal”, p1 ”Bételgeuse”, p19 ”XIII”… Maybe you can find a US one which is a masterpiece : Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History / Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman about the Shoah http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846 Favorite french classic novels : “Count of Monte Cristo” Alexandre Dumas : really better than all films inspired by it. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...865737-2808743 “Michael Strogoff” Jules Vernes restless adventure without any boring description he’s used to. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...865737-2808743 “The Fortune of the Rougons” by Emile Zola http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books Good reading !

08-12-2005, 10:48 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Probably not. There are very significant differences in how you deal with a mentally ill person vs. someone with Alzheimers ... things like sundowning, and constant complaints that "people are breaking in and stealing my things, and then breaking in to give them back" are not common to mental illness ... neither is truly random combativeness, and misidentifying people as folks from their pasts. It's sad, and I've worked with some folks who are actually senile but come into the mental health system because there sometimes isn't anywhere else to go ... I expect that there are some books on Alzheimers/Senility/Aging and coping with it, but I haven't run across any ... I probably should, as I've noticed some memory and attention problems in my mom, especially over the last two years or so. I'd also recommend that your mom start looking into Alzehimer's Units in nursing homes near your uncle's house (there's one near here with the tagline "Specialty Living for the Memory Impaired"). Tell your mom to chat with other nurses, particularly pool or float nurses. They will absolutely know where the good and bad places are. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-12-2005, 11:11 AM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Just finished DANGEROUS MUSE a life of Lady Caroline Blackwood ( she was married to Lucian Freud, Isreal Citkowitz and Robert Lowell) and GREAT GRANNY WEBSTER, by Lady Caroline Blackwood. Good stuff. I love titled, crazy, alcoholic, bi-polar stories. They are sooooo interesting. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-12-2005, 02:00 PM	#13
Mr.Anon.E.Mouse Hiding behind a Belgian Chimay Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 92	Does 'Forum' count? An excerpt: "I never thought this would happen to me and I dont know if anyone'll believe it, but it really did! My regular pool guy must have been sick because he sent two 6' Amazonian women to clean my pool, instead..." __________________ "Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of this process at any point. Bigotry, ideologies etc. block the ability to receive; robotic reality-tunnels block the ability to decode or integrate new signals; censorship blocks transmission." -Robert Anton Wilson

08-12-2005, 02:16 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I blazed through the new one and discovered that I had missed several background details. Turns out I skipped the previous book. So while I enjoyed the Half Blood Prince, it was also full of spoilers for the Order of the Phoenix. I'm reading and enjoying it anyway. I'm a slow learner. The Order of the Phoenix is spoiler packed for those among us who haven't read The Goblet of Fire. sigh __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-12-2005, 02:19 PM	#15
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	"Forums for Dummies" __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

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