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Desperately seeking CZB

Posted by centaur on July 2, 2007 at 6:34 am

Willy Wonka! What a sexy video and single Fergalicious is! Features Fergie and Will.I.Am from Black Eyed Peas. Of course, most of you probably know that already. But did you know that it holds the record for the most downloaded song in a single week, certified 10x platinum in the U.S. Fergie is a multi-platinum, three-time Grammy award winner. [...]

More on Narcissism

Posted by centaur on February 25, 2007 at 8:57 am

Here are several links to some good books on narcissism.

The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family
In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
Why Is It Always About You? : Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life

Think I’ll be buying the books. Became very interested in [...]

Ostracism

Posted by centaur on February 24, 2007 at 9:16 am

The Science Show – Ostracism http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s241161.htm
Immediately people react quite negatively to it, their feelings are hurt, they’re physiologically aroused even in five minutes of ostracism. They then attempt to regain their threatened or their lost needs, so if they’ve been deprived of belonging they will seek out another group to belong to or conform more [...]

Synchronicity and the 49th Grammy Awards

Posted by centaur on February 12, 2007 at 5:45 am

Synchronicity
With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity
A sleep trance, a dream dance,
A shared romance,
Synchronicity
A connecting principle,
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible.
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectible
Yet nothing is invincible.
If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi.
If you act, as you think,
The missing link,
Synchronicity. We know you, they know me
Extrasensory
Synchronicity.
A star fall, [...]

True believer syndrome and Nigerian scam

Posted by centaur on January 28, 2007 at 8:43 am

Wanted to write a post about magical thinking and found such wonderful info about it on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking
Will get back to it later.
But it led me to a link on True Believer Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True-believer_syndrome and from there, a link to John W. Worley, renowned psychiatrist, and victim of a 419 scam.
Along with the scam and [...]