Dr Wingnut

Day: April 25, 2007

  • What are the wim-wams?

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    …when Toby is bored or complaining, [his father] announces as if to an unseen audience, “The kid has the wim-wams.”Kinderscenen by John Updike in Harpers, December 2006, Page 82I always wondered what that was, but only since I read this short story, as I’d never heard this term before…

  • Names

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    Watching a child acquire language, I realize, again, that naming things demystifies them.Mary Casey

  • A simple approach to the 12 Steps

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    Step 1: There’s a power that will kill me.Step 2: There’s a Power that wants me to live.Step 3: Which do I want? (If you want to die, stop here./  If you want to live, go on.)Step 4: Using examples from your own life, understand that selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear control your actions.Step 5:…