Obsession

An Innocent Affair: My Love Of The [Baseball] Glove

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: New York Yankees, c.c. Sabathia, Obsession, Andy Pettitte, Baseball, Lower Frequencies, Relationships, CC Sabathia, Baseball Widower, Addiction, Affairs, Passion, Fifty Shades of Grey, Marriage, Sports Center, World Series, Bronx Bombers, Love, Spring Training, Josh Beckett, Art of Fielding, Women News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Our date nights are worked around game nights; dinner out means a local sports bar, my eyes glued to the big screen. Vacationing during the postseason doesn't even come up for discussion.

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Obsession With Tobacco Turns Into Art

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Winston Churchill, Obsession, Video, Cultura, Cohiba Cigars, Obsessed, Slidepollajax, Hispanic Heritage, Janio Nunez, Tobacco, Cuba, Latino Voices News

Janio Núñez worked as a "torcedor" or cigar-roller in Cuba for many years until one day his craft became a little more than just a job. "I saw m...

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Why Everyone Is A Bit OCD

Fletcher Wortmann | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Obsession, Obsessive, Triggered, Obsessive Compulsive, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, Books News
Fletcher Wortmann

I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). But I want you to consider your own obsessions before we talk about my clinical ones, because the line between the two is not as clean and distinct as you might think.

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Log Off And Live Life

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Addiction, Mind, Addicted to Facebook, Obsession, Social Media, Addicted to Social Media, Log Off, Live Life, Log Off and Live Life, Religion News
Fahad Faruqui

What's the point of social media when you don't actually interact, exchange ideas and learn from others.

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OMG You Were a Nun and You're Black?

Deborah Plummer | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Political, Cozy Mystery, Atlanta, Obsession, Patient, Transgender, Psychologist, Drug Abuse, Nun, Murder Mystery, Cleveland, African American, Sexual Orientation, Ohio, Georgia, Therapist, Homosexuality, Catholic, Black Voices Life, Black Voices News
Deborah Plummer

I spent over four years researching friendship patterns of people from all ages in order to write Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations th...

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Pots And Pans

Patrizia Chen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Obsession, Cleaning, Kitchen Tools, Cooking, Greece, Kitchen, Patmos, Inspiration, Healthy Living News
Patrizia Chen

I'm ridiculously fanatical about my kitchen stuff: pots and pans, skillets and Mokas, kettles and ladles, all that is metal and can be made to shine.

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First Nighter: Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine "Passion" Gives Passion a Bad Name

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Little Night Music, David Thaxton, Terry Jardine, Stephen Sondheim, Barbara Cook, Neil Austin, Sweeney Todd, Christopher Oram, Nick Lidster, James Lapine, Passione D'Amore, Donmar Warehouse, Jonathan Tunick, Passion, Scarlett Strallen, Scott Ambler, Roundabout, Obsession, Film Review, Relationships, Broadway, Film, Soundtracks, Love, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Passion is a depiction of romantic obsession and the subtly destructive ends to which romantic obsession can lead -- all of it outfitted with somber, totally humorless Sondheim songs.

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Worry Less: 10 Lessons From Cognitive Therapy

Susan Orlins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Obsession, Expectations, High Expectations, Cognitive Therapy, Worrywart, Are-You-Addicted-to-Worry, Priorities, Anxiety, Gratitude, Worry, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Susan Orlins

Ruminate less and it will help you de-stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers lessons anyone can apply. Prioritize your values. If you cut someth...

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The Art of Obsessing Compulsively

Eric Maisel, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Creativity, Obsession, Anxiety, Motivation, Therapists, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Problem Solving, Healthy Living News
Eric Maisel, Ph.D.

By focusing all of its attention on illness and on what's not working, psychology has missed the fact that the brain's ability to obsess can also amount to a real treasure.

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Dog Fog

Laura Munson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Obsession, Pets, Apartment Living, Dog Walking, Open Space, City Life, Central Park, Nature, Animals, Country Living, Dogs, New York City, Human Nature, Healthy Living News
Laura Munson

When you travel across the country city-to-city, in my case on a recent book tour, you notice trends. Menus boasting beet/goat cheese/ citrus salad f...

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Diagnosis: iPad Compulsive Disorder

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obsession, Ipad, Technology News
Craig Newmark

Having an iPad on your nightstand, not such a good idea, if you think about customer service at four AM.

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The Difference Between Love and Obsession

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Games, Obsession, Relationships, Abandonment, Needy, Passion, Love, Brazil, Healthy Living News
Deborah Calla

I had learned that when we need someone in order to exist and our body aches when that person is not around, it is not love, it is obsession.

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An iPhone Obsession At Three Years Old

Dan Gould | Posted 01.20.2010

Read More: Child Development, Iphone, Obsession, MacBook Air, Technology News
Dan Gould

Writing on the Apple Blog, Patrick Hunt talks about his 3-year-old daughter's obsession with her iPhone.

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Sabermetric Blogging and the Oinoanda Inscription

Carson Cistulli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sabermetrics, Oinoanda Inscription, Fangraphs, Epicurus, Obsession, Baseball, Mlb, Diogenes, Sports News
Carson Cistulli

Were I stripped of my fantasy teams, were I to possess nothing in the way of team allegiance, were I, in fact, to wake up in a roadside ditch, I would probably wake up thinking about baseball.

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Positively Stinking Thinking

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Denial, Newsweek, Obsession, Serene Ambition, Creative Thinking, Positive Thinking, The Secret, Julia Baird, Reality, Jim Selman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Truth, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Jim Selman

Positive thinking tends to tranquilize us into a 'good feeling' about the future and blinds us to the facts of a given situation. We think our points-of-view are true -- that our 'will' can determine what happens.

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Addiction: Defriending Facebook

nytimes.com | KATIE HAFNER | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Internet, Obsession, College, Internet Addiction, Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Facebook, Teenagers, Addiction & Recovery, Social Networking, Healthy Living News

Facebook will not reveal how many users have deactivated service, but Kimberly Young, a psychologist who is the director of the Center for Internet Ad...

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Obsessions: Small and Monstrous

Thomas Scheff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Obsession, Anger, Wwi, Compulsion, War, Delusion, Humiliation, Healthy Living News
Thomas Scheff

Humiliation can spiral to the point that it haunts us. Emotions, at their core, are bodily states of arousal. It is bodily arousal over which one has no direct control that makes the obsession painful and compulsive.

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What Makes Us Fall In Love?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Obsession, Marriage, Hardly Bear Films, Unrequited Love, Addiction, Wedding Season, Power of Attraction, Love, Relationships, Romance, Couples, Video, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."--Mother Teresa Summer, and it is the wedding season. I have the pleasu...

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Texting Gets Reasons for a Thumbs Down

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexting, Preoccupation, Obsession, Text Messages, Twitter, Nytimes, Teens, The New York Times, Addiction, New York Times, Text Message, Text Messaging, Teenagers, Texting, Cell Phones, Technology, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Unplugging, Media News
Danny Groner

As a society, we tend to accept that texting has gone overboard with the even larger technological craze. As tough as it is to scale back, it's even tougher to convince others to.

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Twitter: More Addicting Than Facebook?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eric Fromm, Obsession, Fear, Britney Spears, Compulsion, Twitter, Addiction, Aversion, Tweets, Facebook, Love, Control, Superyou, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

Twitter has me hooked - up to a certain point. This reminds me of the famous, good-looking Antiguan cricketer who, when asked if he was married, told me: up to a point.

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In Tough Economic Times Go Easy on the Skin Care Obsession

Lennard Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Obsession, Economic Stimulus Package, Skin Care, Healthy Lifestyle, Economic Crisis, Healthy Living News
Lennard Davis

If you need an economic stimulus, you could well give yourself a sizable rebate by forswearing skin care products.

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MTV Decides Not to Release New Show Model Maker

Darryl Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obsession, Women, Model, Mtv, Dieting, Health, Supermodel, America the Beautiful, Fashion, Beauty, Makeup, Diet, Darryl Roberts, Eating Disorders, Teenage Girls, Anorexia, Body Image, Self Esteem Teenage Girls, Cancelled Tv Program, Entertainment News
Darryl Roberts

The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?

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Portland Paper Distributes Controversial 'Muslim Terror' DVD--Even After Mayor Asks It to Refrain

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim, Obsession, Anti-Muslim Bias, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The Oregonian today distributed to its Portland area subscribers, as paid advertising, the controversial DVD titled Obsession that raises alarms about...

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Finally: One Brave Newspaper Refuses to Distribute 'Islam Terror' DVD

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Obsession, Islam Dvd, Fear Watch 2008, Obsession Suppplement, Radical Islam, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina's longtime editor, John Robinson, explained his reasoning in a column yesterday.

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Pro-McCain Group Dumping 28 Million Terror Scare DVDs in Swing States

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obsession Horowitz, New York Times Obsession Swing State Insert, Mccain, Right-Wing, Obama, New York Times Obsession Dvd, General Election, Presidential Campaign, Politics News, Fear Watch 2008, 2008, Obama 2008, Obsession New York Times, Swing State Dvd Obsession, Fear Watch, John McCain, Karl Rove, Dvd, Obsession Insert, Radical Islamic Terror Obsession, Right-Wing Establishment, Obsession Suppplement, Obama Biden Ticket, Propaganda, Right Wing, Obsession, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Obsession the Movie, David Horowitz, Mccain Palin Ticket, Obsession Terror, Right Wing Media, 9/11, Iraq, War on Terrorism, Fox News, Media Criticism, Terrorism, Breaking Media News, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Politics News
Erik Ose

Funding is coming from a New York-based group called the Clarion Fund, a supposed 501 c(3) non-profit that this week featured an article supporting John McCain on its website.

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