tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61068928742650787422024-02-20T12:22:29.072-08:00Bibliographic ScrapRemembering with fondness printed words lost to the scrap heap...often times books left for the taking on the last day of a library booksale.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-79910906956501199962012-10-24T14:27:00.001-07:002012-10-24T14:28:01.890-07:00Addiction"What addiction is, whether addiction is a disease--and if so, what kind of disease--cannot be determined purely from a medical or behavioral angle, but rather from more basic considerations of language, given the surrounding instabilities of meaning and logic." (p.63)<br />
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Gori, Gio B. <i>Virtually Safe Cigarettes: Reviving an Opportunity Once Tragically Rejected</i>. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2000. Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-70383092910053580682009-04-10T06:28:00.000-07:002009-04-10T06:34:09.223-07:00Moths"Although moths as a class are defenseless and can seek safety only in flight, and although they have hordes of enemies in the sparrows, the spotted flycatchers, nightjars (local name, "moth hunters"), and owls, although they are sucked under by fish, snapped up by bats, devoured by the omnivorous hedgehog, and captured in the webs of spiders, still they continue to do colossal damage." (p. 15)<br /><br />Moncrieff, R. W. <span style="font-style:italic;">Mothproofing</span>. London: L. Hill, 1950.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-56610498789483743362009-02-06T13:34:00.000-08:002009-02-06T13:41:34.192-08:00Freedom of Choice"Individuals seldom realize to what extent their behaviors are determined by conformity-producing agencies. Many of these agencies are institutional, controlled by leaders of such institutions as the state, church or business organization. Others, although not under the direct control of institutional leaders, become effective through suggestion by prestige, the impression of universality or the desire of ego-enhancement, as in the growth of fads and fashions. An individual has surprisingly little opportunity in a modern culture to experience freedom of choice in the manner of expression of his personality." (p.41)<br /><br />Boring, Edwin Garrigues. <i>Introduction to Psychology</i>. New York: J. Wiley, 1944.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-18631537985299829582009-02-06T13:09:00.000-08:002009-02-06T13:14:58.598-08:00Testamentary Arrangements"The testamentary arrangements of eccentric people must, from time to time, have put their legatees in possession of some very queer property. I call to mind an old gentleman who bequeathed to a distant relative the products of a lifetime of indiscrimate [sic] collecting; which products included an obsolete field gun, a stuffed camel, a collection of bottled tapeworms, a fire engine, a church pulpit and the internal fittings of a public-house bar. And other instances could be quoted." (p.115)<br /><br />Freeman, R. Austin. <i>The Uttermost Farthing: A Savant's Vendetta</i>. New York: Bookfinger, 1974.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-68064398790592867652009-01-19T15:02:00.000-08:002009-01-19T15:08:25.687-08:00Maladjustments"Indeed, it is a never-ending source of astonishment, even to many experienced clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, that the maladjustments from which most people suffer are in the main trivial almost beyond belief, when viewed impersonally. The experiences that most children and adults evaluate as tragedies certainly lack the Cecil B. DeMille touch." (p. 216)<br /><br />Johnson, Wendell. <i>People in Quandaries; The Semantics of Personal Adjustment</i>. New York: Harper & Row, 1946.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-8792100578702370032009-01-17T22:55:00.000-08:002009-01-17T23:03:01.122-08:00Fear"In one home where simple and direct explanations were to be had for the asking, a boy of three watched in silence as his baby sister was being bathed. It was evident from his expression that he was troubled by what he saw, now that he was face to face with the fact that there was a human creature who lacked what he had and prized. He did not comment on what he saw, but he became more and more restless and finally, looking up with a troubled face, said merely, 'Mommie, I'm afraid.' "<br /><br />Wolf, Anna W. M. <i>The Parents' Manual: A Guide to the Emotional Development of Young Children</i>. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. (p.163)Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-72793635019070297452008-12-12T15:09:00.000-08:002009-01-17T22:49:34.320-08:00Attitude Toward the Body"Having gotten some hints as to the freedom with which the patient can contemplate the fact that he or she has genitals, without ever having mentioned them, you may then take up a somewhat related topic: namely, does the patient's attitude toward his genitals apply also to the rest of his body? A gentle way to approach this, if you have learned nothing from the discussion of games and sports, is to ask if the patient is a member of the YMCA, an athletic club, or something of that kind, and to ask what he does in such a place. If the patient turns out to be a member of the swimming team, for example, the chances are that he is willing to have some of his skin seen in public, and you don't need to ask foolish questions about that."<br /><br />Sullivan, Harry Stack. <i>The Psychiatric Interview</i>. New York: W.W. Norton, 1954. (p. 162)Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-1188620756495413272008-09-21T18:55:00.000-07:002008-09-21T19:01:23.586-07:00Superiority"A common need in a highly competitive society is the need to be or to feel superior to others, but it may be satisfied in very different ways. A person skilful [sic] in athletics may gain his superiority by excelling in sports; a man of puny body but keen intellect may gain his feeling of superiority by scholastic excellence." (p.149)<br /><br />Boring, Edwin Garrigues, Herbert Sidney Langfeld, and Harry Porter Weld. <i>Introduction to Psychology</i>. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1939.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-78751580665869836212008-08-24T17:07:00.000-07:002008-08-24T17:11:04.557-07:00Nonessentials"Industrial developments have removed from the home most of the clothing and much of the food industry. Mechanical inventions and neighborhood transportation facilities simplify housekeeping at every point. In an age of specialization a woman is no longer a household jack-of-all-trades. With essential work removed from her hands, she is all too likely to become overwhelmingly busy with nonessentials." (p. 302)<br /><br />Wolf, Anna W. M. <i>The Parents' Manual: A Guide to the Emotional Development of Young Children</i>. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-27414775931528816182008-08-21T22:24:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:40:55.244-07:00Ideal Bodily Functioning"Another possible consequence of too much talk about health, diet, hygiene, germs, and regular elimination is that the child may become too preoccupied with the subject of disease symptoms. The emotional effect may be an almost morbid anxiety about every trivial departure from parental standards of ideal bodily functioning. The clinical thermometer and the enema bag may be put to work at the slightest provocation." (p. 258)<br /><br />Klein, David Ballin. <i>Mental Hygiene; The Psychology of Personal Adjustment</i>. New York: H. Holt and Company, 1944.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-62936432777170192872008-08-12T18:54:00.000-07:002008-08-12T19:03:50.167-07:00Language"When it is believed that there is some mystical power in language, then we are up against problems of misevaluation. To respond to a word as if it were more than a form of representation opens us to confusion and infantile behavior. It is the fur coat that is important for warmth, not the label. It is necessary to understand the social diseases, the sexual and digestive functions and their uses and abuses, for effective living, and a secondary matter how we choose to name them. The 'magic' of the word is not an essential part of the non-verbal business of our actual direct experience of these 'things.' To respond to the word <span style="font-style: italic;">as if </span>it were part of the unspeakable, first-order life facts is to pave the way to delusion." (p.170)<br /><br />Lee, Irving J. <i>Language Habits in Human Affairs; An Introduction to General Semantics</i>. New York: Harper & brothers, 1941.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-50664464076980141092008-08-10T21:26:00.000-07:002008-08-10T21:33:26.325-07:00Television"There is not the slightest doubt that light taken through the eyes affects the cells; there is no doubt that variations in light spectra cause variations in cellular activity; there is no doubt that sitting and looking at television light affects our cells in some way. But no one can say how, and not many are asking." (p. 191)<br /><br />Mander, Jerry. <i>Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television</i>. New York: Morrow, 1978.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-8361806118582503902008-08-06T15:24:00.000-07:002008-08-12T18:54:45.439-07:00Leftovers"The skinny blonde came over to the window and opened it wide enough to introduce herself and her roommate. The blonde was Ann and the other girl standing in the rear of the room was Ruth. They had just finished eating dinner. Ann asked me if I would like to come in and have some leftovers. Naturally, I said "No." Naturally, she asked again. Naturally, I said "Yes, I'd hate to see the food go to waste." (p.3)<br /><br />Caulfield, Thomas Burke. <i>The Story of a Cancer Cure. Book One</i>. Cutchogue, N.Y.: Center for Advanced Psychic Research and Development, 1983.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-53070185690555096002008-06-19T21:13:00.000-07:002008-06-19T21:17:56.874-07:00Fleas"The sticktight poultry flea can be a serious pest on chicken farms. Instead of biting a chicken and leaving, as most kinds of fleas would, the female sticktight attaches herself permanently on its comb or wattles. There she has a constant supply of food and lays her lifetime supply of eggs in peace." (p.16)<br /><br />Cole, Joanna, and Elsie Wrigley. <i>Fleas</i>. New York: Morrow, 1973.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-49315384163319748482008-06-19T15:20:00.000-07:002008-06-19T18:15:55.289-07:00Words"...we are not a race of clairvoyants, and therefore, when others speak to you, their thoughts must be encoded into a message, using a commonly agreed-upon symbology, words. Words must have agreed-upon meanings, and establishing these meanings becomes a problem of sizeable proportions. The message must then be placed in a channel, such as soundwaves in the air, and transmitted to you, the receiver. You then decode the message into words, analyze their meanings, understand what has been said, and comprehend what is meant by it. Along the way, the message is vulnerable to enemies such as noise, body language, expectation, degree of attention, and other distractions, which tend to cloud, rob, or distort meaning. Additionally, our diverse backgrounds and life experiences tend to give each of us different interpretations of words themselves." (p. 3)<br /><br />Shuman, Bruce A., Carole J. McCollough, and Joseph J. Mika. <i>Foundations and Issues in Library and Information Science</i>. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 1992.Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-40237350130737703322008-06-09T14:44:00.000-07:002008-06-19T18:14:57.559-07:00Smoking"Ignorance can be overcome with a modicum of effort. A more open understanding of cigarettes and of the human dimensions of smoking may help to move the public discourse beyond a persisting and illiberal abolitionist crusade. Looking back, so many disappointments in American history have been caused by a militant intolerance that still resonates in certain intrusive fringes of American society. As we stand at the threshold of a third millennium, it may be high time to grow up." (p. 91)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Gori, Gio B. <i>Virtually Safe Cigarettes: Reviving an Opportunity Once Tragically Rejected</i>. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2000.</span>Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106892874265078742.post-68126052869313921472008-06-05T13:30:00.000-07:002008-06-19T18:15:23.765-07:00Liver FireA random entry from a dictionary of Chinese medicine...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">liver fire flaming upward </span>[Chinese characters and transliteration deleted]<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Synonym: upflaming liver fire </span>LIVER FIRE characterized by pronounced upper body signs. Liver fire flaming upward is attributed to liver qi depression transforming into fire, to depressed internal damp-heat evils, or to excessive consumption of sweet and fatty foods or warming and supplementing medicinals. Liver fire flaming upward is characterized by qi and fire rising to the head, and by pronounced heat signs. The main signs are red face, red eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth, as well as vexation, agitation, and irascibility. Other signs include scorching pain in the rib-side, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, insomnia and profuse dreaming, reddish urine, and constipation. In some cases, there is blood ejection or spontaneous external bleeding. The tongue is red with yellow fur. The pulse is stringlike and rapid.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Wiseman, Nigel, and Ye Feng. <i>A practical dictionary of Chinese medicine</i>. Brookline, Mass: Paradigm Publications, 1998.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Michael Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08618908123892761698noreply@blogger.com0