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Sven Squad Movie: Rosemary’s Baby
We watched Rosemary’s Baby last night on the MeTV channel and this was the first time we’ve seen this 1968 film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse and John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse. I’m not sure what the business was with Flip Wilson playing Geraldine Jones who jumped into several…
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So Long Big Mo from Jim the Shrink
It was John Heim aka Big Mo’s last show last night. Dennis Green was there to shake his hand. Big Mo got a box of memorabilia. And he got a ton of posts and calls. He talked to Dennis about starting a new show at KCCK and he sounded more than half-serious. Retirement is hard.…
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Talk About Talk Therapy
I saw this great blog post about psychotherapy by Dr. George Dawson a couple of days ago and it reminded me of an academic research rounds presentation made about 15 years ago by University of Iowa Health Care Dept of Psychiatry faculty member, Dr. Bruce Pfohl, MD Professor Emeritus. The title of his talk was…
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Get Up & Move!
On the calendar for Mental Health Month today is “Movement matters” so it’s all about getting off your duff and doing something physically active. It doesn’t have to be that strenuous and you can make it fun. For example, around 3 years or so ago, I picked up a set of juggling balls and taught…
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May is Mental Health Month & Today is Food Appreciation Day!
We need to cover food appreciation during this month because this Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s on the calendar for today. One of the really important subjects connected to this is to also raise awareness about frailty in older adults A recently published Australian study about frailty in seniors found that we need to…
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Red-Tailed Hawk Chick in the Nest!
Today, Sena raced in from the garden in the back yard and alerted me that she could see something in the Red-tailed Hawk nest, maybe a chick! We haven’t been able to see much for days now. It was spitting rain and windy so the video is pretty shaky. But the adult hawk is standing…
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Today is National Hospital Day and National Limerick Day!
Today, in view of this being Mental Health Awareness Month, I’m calling attention to other national special days. One of them is National Hospital Day (and there’s also a National Hospital Week, which runs from May 10-16 this year). And I learned that this is also National Limerick Day, in honor of the English author…
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New York City Memories
The recent New York Post story about the man who shoved a 76-year-old retired schoolteacher down a flight of subway stairs caught my attention. The assailant had been sent to Bellevue for a court-ordered psychiatric assessment for similar agitated behavior not long before this assault. My understanding from news stories is that he was held…
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Getting Enough Sleep for the Most Important Person in the World: You
So, what’s on the menu for Mental Health Awareness today? It’s what some experts call sleep hygiene and there are all kinds of lists on the internet telling you how to get enough sleep. I think you’re OK with focusing on helpful tips that seem right for your age, your temperament, and your life and…
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Svengoolie Show Movie: “First Men in the Moon”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” I thought the 1964 film, “First Men in the Mood” was a hoot, mostly because of the antics of Joseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries), who could yell incessantly “Briggs!” more than a dozen times, at the guy who was…
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