what exactly would "giving up my authority" entail

truly surprised that my "stern" suggestion was taken as commandment rather than play, but
was it truly surprising
or was my surprise an artifact of my habitual obliviousness

trying to divest since '75 or so

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Diane, your attempts to hold everything together may be futile today, for it becomes more challenging each time you succeed. It's like playing a video game; you complete one level and are then given a more complex one to solve. It may be time for a radical new strategy. Instead of wasting all your energy on maintaining the illusion of control, just stop playing for a while. Giving up your authority may be the easiest thing you'll ever do.

()

change or die
goes the old slogan

who wrote such stark copy
technical ignorant
brilliant manipulative

the operator implies
chimeric choice
change and die

would never sell the goods
spin is our one consolation









[(advert)]
[(Only Boole Knows)]
[change and death, neither remotely evitable]
[it's all spin: religion, politics; vision quest, walkabout/dreamtime; we all tell our stories; watch out when "I have no story" becomes the story of a significant portion of a population]
[Cory Doctorow in Little Brother: Nothing gets done if you do nothing.]

We're All in this Alone [RL softball team shirt]

Another Sort of Stranger [sentence fragment, "The Sky-green Blues", Tanith Lee

Faker 'n Dad's

What She Said

What He Said, Not So Much

Aries Horoscope: Sunday, Dec 21, 2008
Diane, your role in the outer world becomes your main focus over the next month as the Sun visits your 10th House of Career. But you may not be eager to give up your freedom, even in a trade for success. Ultimately, you'll choose responsibility over independence, yet you might not be happy with your decision. Holding on to your annoyance or anger can create problems. If you express your negativity and then let it go, you should be able to avoid resentment later on.

Steven's home. From an ordeal that began 9/8/08, an ordeal which is not over, but has switched gears from acute to chronic.

First storm of the winter, Friday afternoon and today.

Solstice.

Maybe I'll celebrate by making snowflake shortbreads.

MED--

To clarify: I tried to answer Diane's questions as directly and as factually as I could yesterday afternoon, but in reality, I had few facts at my disposal. The point I was unable to articulate was not my perennial confusion between Adolescent Partial (which Gail N has assured me is only ever ad hoc) and Adolescent Residential, East House programs and Academic Center programs, Pathways/CNS/Arlington School, etc. Even though we couldn't identify the precise program those kids and parents were attending, we knew for certain they were non-COP. Nor was the point that legitimate COP patients conveniently weren't faced with a hard choice between confusion and noise inside and sweltering/wet/frigid weather outside. My point was that no one had the courtesy (not to mention the logistical foresight) to tell Theresa that these strangers need not register on her newly trained, newly sensitized check-in radar. A heads up could have prevented much fraying of nerves up and down the line.

It also occurs the me that in response to my inquiry earlier this week about an outstanding request form, Rich Falzone mentioned that he believed he completed it and put it in my COP mailbox, but that he would double check because he had been moved out of his office and might have lost track of it. The displacement of Dominique and Rich came up in a conversation I had with Jessica Goldstein on Wednesday, and she immediately wondered if she'd have a space for her group that afternoon. Yesterday, when I asked her how it went, she said that Cynthia Kaplan allowed her use of the room, given that there "was no notice."

When you and I spoke about COP groups yesterday afternoon, it didn't occur to me to reiterate that groups comprise, like, 80% of COP activitys(since psychopharm is suppressed and indiv/family tx is limited). As I tried to express, the point is not that Rich colonized that office but that, for the bulk of our COP patients, that room represents a safe space for meeting and for healing. Carryl's (inactive) group on Monday, Rich and Amy and Boaz groups on Tuesday, Jessica group on Wednesday (I don't even know when/where they hold either of the parent support groups), and Rich and Amy groups again on Thursday constitute the heart of Child Outpatient. To have deduced by accident that last week was the last week it belonged to COP is appalling.

As for LEC, there is no way they can operate out of one office. The team would need a minimum of two, just to accommodate the separate parent interview during one of the child's testing blocks. The white building might have held LEC and administrative staff. It will not suffice for COP alone, much less COP plus LEC plus admin.

Thanks for listening...
--DMP

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Friday, Aug 8th, 2008 -- Your key planet Mars can trick you into feeling lost today, for it is receiving broadcasts from other dimensions as it aspects fuzzy Neptune. You may still be on edge from a strange relationship twist that occurred yesterday, but you may not be as anxious now. Focusing your attention on specific activities at work is a great idea, but putting this into practice could be quite a challenge. Don't fake confidence if you aren't feeling it.

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Friday, Jul 25th, 2008 -- You are able to take a step back from the action today, so you can actually see where you are and what you have. The Moon's entry into your 2nd House of Money can quickly change the focus of your day from fulfilling your own psychological needs to taking care of more practical matters. Dealing with the simplest things now can be the most rewarding.

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Thursday, Jul 17th, 2008 -- You can improve your chances of reaching your goals by being patient now. However, this doesn't mean that you can sit around doing nothing. Laziness is not the same as finding a pace that works and giving yourself more time to accomplish what you've set out to do. Remember, obstacles aren't meant to prevent your success; they only slow you down and show you where you must work harder.

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Tuesday, Jul 15th, 2008 -- Your actions can speak clearly today and your words speak louder than usual as your key planet, forceful Mars, pushes your thoughts out into the open. You may be self-conscious, for you might not have intended to say so much so fast. Even if you are uncertain about what to do next, don't look back and try to change what has already happened.