Category: Family
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2016
I didn’t do a best of 2015 post because it wasn’t a great year (though I actually did accomplish a bunch). I’m not doing a best of 2016 post either because fuck 2016. My mother died unexpectedly in September and it was a bit of a bummer, and I’ve not forgiven the year. Let’s see…
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Spider: A Horror in Three Parts, or The True Story of Spider
I don’t like spiders. Well, what does that mean, really? I should paraphrase and say that I don’t like things larger than about an inch across, that are brown or dark brown, and that move rapidly from point to point, out of the corner of my eye. The visuals are of primary importance, and although…
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My buddy rants about paranoia and children
My friend Nick (@galercristo) ranted at me this morning about the way society was treating children, and I encouraged him to rantify it a little more. It’s on google+ but I have no idea how to link to a post in there, so instead it’s coming to you old skool style, via this blog. Read…
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Autism: an Observation
My son Marcus is turning 5 the day after Valentine’s day, and was diagnosed as autistic a few months ago, in late 2010. That diagnosis isn’t something he’s noticed, but it helps me focus my attention onto behaviours that otherwise might have slipped notice. Autistic kids have difficulty with social interaction, being generally more literally…
Dark Sylvan Ungulate 