1.The Blank Slate  
2.Modern Denial of Human Nature
3 Experiments with People
4.Phantoms in the Brain
5.The Lucifer effect

Ladies despise men when they leave the seat up.I have been researching for years, why many men don't lift it up before pissing, when away from home. Is it childish rebellion,some sort of genetic coding that leads them to primitive behavior when away from their mate, or do they merely  possess a hidden  anger or contempt towards  me, and a  desire to make my job harder?
Consider yourself fortunate to have someone on staff, that makes piss disappear.
You should greet them with a smile and  conversation sometime. They will  understand why you don't skake their hand, or invite them to dinner.
I can plainly see, how some look away from me.
  That Hurts more than you can imagine.

Coming from a  ninth grader ,I don't see johngaltnh proclaiming he has superior metacognition than the rest of  us, although I will admit he's got me beat, as well as  my clone brother Pri. If that was his intent he certainly wouldn't have admitted he read The Dresden Files..
One of my favorite Fiction books along the lines of good, evil, and magic is Swan Song by Robert McCammon.

the unusual source materials John cites in his posts and was rather curious as to what he reads. About a month ago, I suggested it might be interesting if he posted his reading list. Several posters have done so in the past, including the late Fast Eddie. You can learn a lot about someone from what he reads.

        So John is not being pretentious, or trying to impress anyone but was merely gracious enough to respond to my request.

       I'm just guessing, but may be the Aw Crap and the Aw Shit posts on the GD Board made John realize this might be time to do it.
       Thanks John.

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Hold on a minute

John doesn't need defended but what is the diff. between him sharing his literary accomplishments and Priapus taking over the board with MOVIE lists?

I guess i won't share my reading of Dante,Freud,Adam Smith,Byron....etc

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there are people as erudite as Johnny boy. lol. A trait I liked about Fast Eddie is how he always shared something he read, that would open up conversations.

He is still basking in the glory of having figured out how to turn the caps lock off. lmao

"Something to think about before posting in the future."


Unlike you Pri I see no Self aggrandizement in Johns posts, When reading his  posts it is easy to tell he never struggles to use words that he doesn't  understand their meaning,and there is a natural flow to his writings even when I have to look up many of his words. Just like using wiki, if you rely on the Urban Dictionary, the words you use don't always have the meaning you intended or their true definition..
Now go look in the mirror and pronounce sesquipedalian  until it is part of your vocabulary..
 Your study lesson below and perhaps you should read the comics for enlightenment.
http://www.wordsources.info/words-mod-sesquipedalian-1-16.html

He reaffirmed my position on avoiding Korean Airlines - the ethnic theory of plane crashes in Outliers. I flew on Korean Air years ago, and then my brother who is a pilot, told me about their cockpit issues. Hence, always sit in the back of the plane, because planes rarely back into mountains (lol).

Check out Carnage and Culture -- fantastic read!

Certainly the Buchanan titles are right wing.

On the other hand, Beyond Capitalism and Socialism and Who Owns America are both serious indictments of capitalism generally, and finance capitalism particularly. One expounds distributism, the other agrarianism; neither of which would be welcome on Wall St.

Critical theory is a distinctly Marxist invention; though it is useful outside that realm.

Books on bacteriology have no "wing," but the hypnotherapy book was a bit left as most psychology stuff is.

Gladwell's is a tad left but not much. Goodkind is pretty right wing, but I don't see Butcher as either.

Sorry, there's a smattering of all sorts of stuff there.

What I believe evolves over time to accommodate new information.

Yes, I have distinct views. But you have their evolution backwards. After all, I worked in the Carter campaign when I was 9-10, and voted Democrat strictly until I was almost 30.

You're just jealous ...

... that you don't have as much experience using an outhouse or shoveling manure as I do!

As you'll likely surmise from my reading list, there is someone in my life suffering from serious PTSD. I got the EMDR book because EMDR is specifically targeted to helping people with PTSD.

Target Audience: This book is for mental health clinicians with a basic knowledge of EMDR and an extremely solid knowledge of psychology generally, PTSD and trauma particularly and solid experience with counseling.

What is EMDR? It stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. But this name is deceptive, as although eye movement is an aspect of EMDR, it fits within a much larger treatment context. IMO, EMDR is better defined procedurally. A good description of a session is here: http://www.emdrnetwork.org/description.html

What this book covers: This book is an extremely thorough treatment, using actual examples, of the practical application of EMDR in clinical practice for dealing with a variety of issues, not just PTSD.

But along with examples, it gives specific background and worthwhile theory behind things such as "Safe Space Imagery" and how to go about setting it up with a client.

This book is a compilation of the work of several authors.

My assessment of the book: I think this book is excellent. It is thorough, covers both theory and practice, and has a lot of worthwhile references as well.

Recommended Adjunct Material: Trauma and the Body

EMDR is one subset of a broader set of ideas of kinesthetic linkage to the internal states of the mind. There is important background on that linkage and the research that is not included in EMDR Solutions. For this background, I recommend Trauma and the Body.

Trauma and the Body is NOT a light read. Basically, it is postdoctoral material; but very thorough and very good.