Rusty
I am an 86 year old, retired, Veterans Administration clinical psychologist. Retired in 1980. Once divorced, once widowed, 2 children in the 50's. Reasonable health, but function slowly and deliberately and tire easily.
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Discussion of Happiness PracticesThis article looks at Shin Buddhism, mantra practices, and cultural differences between the United States and Japan.
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1% of the Keys to HappinessLesson 4 of a how to workbook on happiness
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1% of the Keys to HappinessPage 1 of a happiness workbook
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HOW I MAKE MYSELF HAPPYThis happiness workbook requires a small bit of record keeping to be maximally useful.
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HOW I MAKE MYSELF HAPPYA workbook on how to make yourself happy.
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Did I Make Anyone's Life Better Today? by A. R. "Rusty" RustebakkeAs many no answers as yes answers to the question.
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Did I Make Anyone's Life Better Today? by A. R. "Rusty" RustebakkeSeveral day's logs on and off the subject of the title.
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Book Review: Kaboom by Darrell Hammond (Copyright 2011)This is both a review of Hammond's book and a critique of the organization he founded.
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What to Buy a Scotch Lover for ChristmasExamines numerous options answering the question
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The Honest ReviewerThis review compares the author's presentation with the reviewers own experience.
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Did I Make Anyone's Life Better Today?Some usual ways of making my life better, plus making at least 10, perhaps 20 others.
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Did I Make Anyone's Life Better Today?My estimate of the results of talking with 4 strangers during breakfast at Village Inn Pancake House.
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Did I Make Anyone's Life Better Today?A almost daily log of how I might be making my own and others' lives better.
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THE HONEST REVIEWERA quite negative review of this book.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER---12/1/11 by A.R. "Rusty" RustebakkeA book review of a self help insomnia workbook.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 11/28/11A book review with some suggestions as to how to read it.
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HOW to PUT the SPRING BACK into YOUR STEP by A. R. RustebakkeA description of how to get the right amount of exercise, decrease pain and eliminate pain medication, by foxwalking.
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POPULAR MUSIC and ITS EFFECTS by A. R. RustebakkeA look at how music of different eras made people feel.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 11/25/11A review of a suspense novel that is part historical fact and part fiction
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GURU 11/24/11One day's efforts to try to teach people I meet something that might be helpful or useful for them.
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GURU 11/23/11My idea of guruhood, and notes on how it goes.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 11/24/11A review of a 2008 novel.
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THE HONEST REVIEWERA review of BLOOD ALONE by James R. Benn
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A Two Hour Middle of the Night MeditationA description of my thoughts and what I enjoyed during 2 hours of wakefulness
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 7Reviews of 3 books, one positive, 2 negative.
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Talking with StrangersDescriptions of my talking with strangers, all from Silver City, NM. Suggestions on how to talk with strangers enjoyably and successfully.
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Games I Play with Myself 8My musings, breathing, and silent mind during a thoroughly enjoyable 2 hours of wakefulness. Death, doing good, narrow viewpoints truth, responsibility and its avoidance were all themes.
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Games I Play with Myself 7My experience of being a widower and some suggestions for people to use. Probably more for men than women, or perhaps not.
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Games I Play with Myself 6A written meditation on slowing myself down and recommendations for readers to try.
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TALKING with STRANGERSMy talk with Victoria and my suggestions to her re slowing down.
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GAMES I PLAY with MYSELF 9Clarifying a Buddha quote, criticizing some standard Zen procedures, raising questions, and making suggestions.
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GAMES I PLAY with MYSELF 5Meditation, timing, self examination, Buddhism avoiding mistakes.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 6Reviews of 3 authors and 4 books, one Gilchrist, one Banville, and 2 Hemmingways
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Smiling and Role ChangingMy experience checking my smile in the mirror and a suggestiyhon that some (many?) men might try it.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 4Reviews of 5 books, 3 by the same author. I liked the 3, panned,the 2, and identified partially with the author of the 3.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 5Books by Jane Yolen, Philip Kapleau, and A. J. Zerries are reviewed.
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GAMES I PLAY with MYSELF 4How time passes for me. A hope you will take a look at, pay attention to, become aware of how time passes for you. All in the context of my Buddhism.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 3Reviews of 3 authors. .Also a critique of the money and profit is the whole point fo publishing, writing, etc.
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DREAMs 2My analysis of 2 of my dreams, one of which may be a plot another writer might use.
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THE HONEST REVIEWER 2Reviews of mysteries by 4 authors.
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GAMES I PLAY with MYSELF 3Two days journals of my dealing with tachycardia and sleep problems
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GAMES I PLAY with MYSELF 1Some of my Buddhist or Yoga practices and the results I get. A suggestion for readers to try
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GAMES I PLAY with MYSELF 2Habit change, breathing, enjoyment How I am working on changing my breathing habits, and suggestions for others to also. The benefits of healthy breathing.
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DREAM 1A pleasant dream and what i made of it. Or what Freud would have.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Writer, Alcoholic, Unhappy ManA look at Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, their lives and publications. A number of my personal evaluations.
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Book Reviews 1Three reviews of mysteries by authors whose last name begins with an A. I didn't finish reading two, I found the third a page turner
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My Conversion from Lutheranism to ScienceDescribes my slow and gradual loss of Lutheran beliefs, along with an increasing belief in the usefulness of science and scientific method.