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J. Paul Lanier's Blog – August 2010 Archive (5)

Recovery Cat 8.28.2010

Thanks for Sharing: an example of the rhetorical trope of litotes (understatement), this is the delicate response one gives to someone who, in a group setting, suddenly blurts out information which is… Continue

Added by J. Paul Lanier on August 28, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Recovery Cat 8.21.2010

"Panhandler" is said to derive from the Spanish "pan", meaning both bread and money (just as the American slang "bread" does today). But though it is supposed to have been first recorded in 1890, the earliest quotation I am able to find for it is in the humorist George Ade's 'Doc Horne'(1899): " He had 'sized' the hustler for a 'panhandler' from the very start". Robert Hendrickson,… Continue

Added by J. Paul Lanier on August 21, 2010 at 6:00am — 3 Comments

Recovery Cat 8.14.2010

When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers. The doctors weren't trying to find out how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common. They finally came up with a conclusion that shocked the A.A. members of that time. These distinguished men had the nerve to… Continue

Added by J. Paul Lanier on August 14, 2010 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Gene Grant on Albuquerque Home Foreclosure at PBS News Hour

Last night New Mexico in Focus host Gene Grant gave an expert summary of Albuquerque home foreclosure on PBS News Hour. The segment, hosted by Jeffrey Brown, featured four local PBS newscasters. In my opinion Gene's discussion was the most professional.

Steady and confident, Gene presented the current Albuquerque foreclosure situation: 3800 homes statewide in foreclosure, or one filing per 675 homes. Placing local home… Continue

Added by J. Paul Lanier on August 13, 2010 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Recovery Cat 8.7.2010

The more consciousness is influenced by prejudices, errors, fantasies, and infantile wishes, the more the already existing gap will widen into a neurotic dissociation and lead to a more or less artificial life, far removed from healthy instincts, nature, and truth. C.J. Jung et. al., Man and His Symbols (1964), p. 49.