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When you combine high curiosity and low impulse control you pretty much have my son. Thomas has high-functioning autism, which in his case means the words “perspective” and “consequence” are nonsensical noises like the teachers’ voices in Peanuts videos: mwhah, mwhah, … [Read more...]
Having literally blown into North Alabama from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, my life became surreal as I searched for distractions in any way I could find it. Having owned four addresses in four months, I lived like a gypsy and remained in a baffled and confused state … [Read more...]
Ever since the movie The Bucket List came out it seems that everyone and their grandma feels the need to have one. I don’t have anything on my bucket list. Maybe it’s just pure cynicism. I mean, how many of these bucket list people are really jumping out of planes, crashing … [Read more...]
Anyone who watches crime shows knows police are willing to use virtually any means to crack a case, including psychics. What might’ve seemed foreign mere decades ago now seems no more foreign than Arizona as psychics come forth with detailed information, sometimes even about the … [Read more...]
I learned the meaning of humility a few years back when I took our hamster to the vet. We sat between the owners of a Persian and a poodle, and I thought the cat, the dog, and their people were all eying me and my shoebox a little smugly. Especially the cat. Maybe it was just … [Read more...]