Another old academic book that I have read for a second time is entitled 'I'm Ok- You're Ok' A Practical Guide to Transactional Analysis' by Thomas A. Harris, MD. The general idea of this book is that we all have a Parent, Adult, and Child image in all of us and it is how we see ourselves in each of these scenarios of living life. Throughout this book even though it is somewhat outdated with some of the historical artifacts he mentions as Vietnam and the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and a few other political and social issues. It is still useful and gives a person a chance to work through who and how they feel personality wise. There are four of these:
I'm Ok- You're Not okay
I'm Not Okay- You're Not Okay
I'm Not Okay-You're Okay
I'm Okay-You're Okay (this is the one we are to be).
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Calling All Writers!!!!
Just finished reading Anne Lamott's book 'bird by bird' for the third time since I first read it back in college for an 'Advanced Composition' course. Anne wrote this book as if teaching her course and it reads as if she is teaching ideas for writing that novel or even just short little pieces poems to short stories. Writing is a lonely profession she says, but it is in how you see yourself as a writer one that just wants to write or one that sees only money for publication of their work. To be a writer one must want to write and be able to put aside some things such as a few chores that could wait for a while to sit down and write whatever. Anne says that using note cards and little pocket notebooks come in handy for various kinds of writing notes along with finding a writing community that could help you when feeling stuck. These are only two things but there are many more ideas to get from this book to make you write. Writers must be readers.
By Mark Graham14 days ago in Critique
Doctor Who: Fans Not Happy.
Doctor Who is either something you like or not. If you don't like it then you will never really understand the stories. If you like it in sci-fi terms its been the best thing since sliced bread (although some Trekkies might disagree). The Doctor with two hearts is a time-space travelling alien. His race is humanoid and their home world is the planet Gallifrey. The Time Lords the Doctor's people, are masters of space and time, hence their name. The Doctor though when it comes to his people has always been a bit of a maverick and loner. Much, to the displeasure of his people. His greatest enemy known as 'The Master' is also a renegade Time Lord who as opposed to the Doctor goes around the universe causing nothing but mayhem. Two of the Doctor's greatest enemies are the Cybermen and the Daleks.
By Nicholas Bishop4 days ago in Critique
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Wow, I think you read too many books.