Reasons to Love Reasons to Love: Doctor Who Confession time: I have been watching this show since the early 1970's, so I'm more than a little biased.
Reasons to Love Reasons to Love: Terry Pratchett (GNU) I've read his books since the first Discworld titles, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Yes, I was a 1980's teenager.
Reasons to Love Reasons to Love: Dungeon Meshi D&D has been increasing in popularity [thanks, CritRole] and having a series with the same initials can get in on that vector.
Save the World Rona, Mismanaged The entire population of the planet just spontaneously decided to collectively ignore [COVID] and hope that it actually did go away.
Dear Diary... Simple Solutions The bougie fancy whatnot from the fancy-ass bougie bakeware shops was as useful to me as a meringue umbrella.
Actually Autistic IMNSHO: Autism Representation done right I can clearly imagine the neurotypical rage that would happen if... one of the heroes... was introduced while he was stimming as pictured above.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Whoopsy Doopsy I'm feeling like a slacker despite getting lots of stuff done. The grindset has got to me, my dear readers. I feel like I'm failing you if I miss just one thing that I should have done. Never mind playing catch-up the next day, as I
Anxiety The Anxiety is Real I've been procrastinating on a lot of things. Today, I had some real good excuses. In-person time with MeMum, who did need me for an extended Leyland's tour of errands. And tech support. And a good gasbag, because who doesn't need a good gasbag?
Or You're a Terrorist! Quit Smoking – OR YOU’RE A TERRORIST! Every single time I talk about someone quitting smoking, or even mention the possibility that smoking might be -youknow- even slightly bad, my inbox or replies absolutely explode with advocates.
Or You're a Terrorist! Vaccinate – OR YOU’RE A TERRORIST! Pictured with this particular entry is an iron lung. They used to use these for patients who were so paralysed that they couldn’t breathe.
Or You're a Terrorist! Pay Your Taxes – OR YOU’RE A TERRORIST! As you might guess, this particular blog post is aimed loosely at the rich and powerful. You know, the very rich and powerful.
Personal Illogic But Does it Though? The chief objection I always hear about disaster prevention, especially large stuff that’s generally the government’s responsibility, is that it “does nothing”.
Personal Illogic Look Out! I’m Going Off! The Australian Government, in its infinite alleged wisdom are setting up a committee to look into Autism and enquire about it, why it’s there, what needs must be done, and all that other balderdash.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Action Needed If you’ve been following my daily diary entries on my hub site, or paying attention to my Tumblr feed, you may already know that I’m more than a little miffed with the Department of Status Quo of late.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities Adventures in Meal Prep I have not been looking after myself that great. I know this. I recognise this. I would much rather be writing something because that’s the fun bit.
Personal Illogic Riddle Me This: What the actual fuck is wrong with Conservatives all over the world? What the actual fuck is wrong with the people who keep insisting on voting for them?
Actually Autistic On the Care and Maintenance of Larval Autistes I know I’ve had some mean things to say about how Autism is treated. This time, it’s all about how to raise your Autiste…
Personal Illogic These Humans Are Crazy – It Ain’t That Bad Statistically speaking, a mentally disabled person is more likely to be attacked or harmed by a sane person than the other way around.
Actually Autistic What is Time? There’s probably a lot of you who flinch every time that Autism word cloud pops up, so I should warn you now.
Actually Autistic Follow, Follow-up Let me tell you about this cock-up of epic proportions called “diagnosis”.
Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities The Unobservant Effect I would like to make this clear that I have absolutely, positively no idea whether or not this is a co-morbidity of my ASD, if it’s a Writer Thing(tm)…
Save the World One Nutter Saves the World: Defending the Income Ceiling We all know that there are some people in the world who have too much money.
Save the World One Nutter Saves the World: Adequate Medical Care Let’s actually care about other people again. I know, I know, that’s such a controversial statement in this day and age.
Save the World One Nutter Saves the World: Disarm the Poverty Trap I’ve been on the underside of the economy and slipped briefly between the cracks. I’ve been in a place where the next meal depended on what we could extract from the couch cushions, that day.
