http://www.daveenjoys.com Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Introduction: Against Depressionby Peter D. Kramer is an astonishing volume. It is not your standard work on a mental disorder - in fact, the title is both misleading and exactly on point. Against Depression is not so much about explaining and treating depression as it is a polemic literally against depression. ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/01/03/book-review-against-depression-peter-d-kramer/ Ted Dekker Generally: The first book I read by Ted Dekker was Thr3e, which I enjoyed thoroughly from start to end. But then it felt like Dekker hit a dry spell. I read House which he had co-authored with Frank Peretti[1. Peretti is probably my favorite fiction writer, especially in the ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/30/fiction-adam-ted-dekker/ Today I'm not going to talk about a product or service in a specific sense, but rather a more underlying philosophical approach to the mind. My hope in this post, in conjunction with the series of posts on books relevant to the major mental disorders, is to raise awareness of ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/29/the-case-for-psychological-medications-treatment/ Per my introductory post, in several upcoming posts I want to discuss briefly different mental disorders and recommend a book or two that I've found informative. This list isn't just for sufferers, as I mention in my early post it is my opinion that anyone who wants to be a ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/17/mental-health-reading-list-part-ii-ocd-and-adhd/ I am fascinated by mental illness. Part of this comes from an interest in just about everything that is abnormal or unusual. Part of it comes from the constant battle to understand and improve myself. I have childhood onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as struggling with depressive episodes. I ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/15/mental-health-reading-list-part-i-introduction/ Introduction: Sometimes the problem with accomplishing a charitable objective is not convincing people to support an endeavor but simply making them aware of the need and how they can be a part of the solution[1. I do believe in the sickness of mankind - corporately and individually. In other words, I ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/11/world-community-grid/ What defines beauty? How do we find things that touch over very souls? Today I want to look at several films that bring me to the brink of tears and stir my heart into a frenzy of passion and humility. These films cross genres and are beautiful for the agony ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/08/seven-movies-to-touch-the-heart/ Its November, soon it will be December and "Christmas" - the time of gift giving. In this post and several others to follow it is my intent to offer brief recommendations on some of the best products I have experienced - especially in the books/movies/software arena - the sort of ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/06/eleven-must-read-christian-non-fiction-books/ Background: On July 8th, 2008 I wrote a post raving about Verizon FiOS, a high-speed fiber-to-home internet solution that has clearly kicked the butt of all the competition on a performance/cost basis. I'd been using the service for around two years at that juncture. On October 20th, 2008 I wrote another ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/11/05/verizon-fios-incompetence/ I've talked about how great Verizon Fios is previously. And at that time I noted a few downsides that hurt the service quality but still noted the ISP was the best I'd used. Today I'm going to rant a little longer about the ugly side of FiOS, mainly because I ... http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/10/20/verizon-fios-the-ugly-side/