A Damn Shame

This morning I had to run a few errands — take the trash left over from the yard sale to the local landfill, return some Redbox movies, and deliver a small case of C-fold towels to TCAW. While I was loading the truck, Dad plodded out of the house and began to help.    There [...]

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Stupid Men

Johan C. Karremans, Thijs Verwijmeren, Tila M. Pronk, and Meyke Reitsma, after grueling study, say, “Interacting with women can impair men’s cognitive functioning” From thelondonpaper.com, “Researchers: Talking to women makes men thick” Or as The Telegraph says. “Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women.” We needed this study. A group of heterosexual men (others [...]

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Autism: the Musical

See this movie.

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Not Enough to Do ….

I caught Dr. Helen’s blog on Autism yesterday, which led me to read the article she referenced.  From there, I read about Dr. Simon Baron Cohen, and I was led, ultimately, to the Autism Quotient test. From the AQ test site: Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre have created the [...]

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In Addition to Stupid Flakes….

Back in May, a a judge in Cali (the U.S. District Court for California’a Eastern District) dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries  ’cause she believed that Crunchberries were real fruit. That lady probably saw those commercials where the Cap’n and the Crunchberry monster were vying [...]

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Circles

We people on earth are like little droplets hitting the surface of a great body of water. Plop we go, and immediately start sending out waves of sounds, motions, EMOTIONS, and, well, influences. These influences emit from me to you, and from me to everyone else within my circle of influence. Your influences travel out [...]

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Chasing After the Wind

I thought in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless.  “Laughter,” I said, “is foolish.  And what does pleasure accomplish?” I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom.  I wanted to see [...]

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Having a Gentle Giant Day…

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Hello’s

Back in September, I started a facebook account.  I don’t know why, but I think it had something to do with monitoring the offspring’s activities and associations.  I saw no value in this online friend thing.  I had (and probably still have) a basic Myspace page, but found the format confusing and gave up trying [...]

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There’s another Santa Clause!!

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