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Met one of the admin staff coming out the door as I was going in and noticed she had a supportive boot on one foot - she told me she'd been wearing high heels, stepped in a sprinkler hole and broken her ankle. Ow. But it went well with her other black sneaker with florescent pink laces.

She also warned me there was a skunk around the building that had already sprayed one person; the maintenance guys had already shooed it around the other side of the building where there aren't any doors, though. That's a brave guy; although she originally used the word "chased," she amended it to "ambled." In other wildlife news, there is a mother mallard raising about eight ducklings in the building's atrium. They paddle around in the fountain and must be eating whatever bugs and things are in among the plantings, which they hide in whenever anyone goes out there; the maintenance staff had been giving them a little extra but one of our biologists got after them about the prohibition on feeding wildlife. Mom can fly in and out, but I wonder if the babies going to be there until they learn to fly, too? I'll have to see if I can get some pictures of them before they leave.

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Met one of the admin staff coming out the door as I was going in and noticed she had a supportive boot on one foot - she told me she'd been wearing high heels, stepped in a sprinkler hole and broken her ankle. Ow. But it went well with her other black sneaker with florescent pink laces.

She also warned me there was a skunk around the building that had already sprayed one person; the maintenance guys had already shooed it around the other side of the building where there aren't any doors, though. That's a brave guy; although she originally used the word "chased," she amended it to "ambled." In other wildlife news, there is a mother mallard raising about eight ducklings in the building's atrium. They paddle around in the fountain and must be eating whatever bugs and things are in among the plantings, which they hide in whenever anyone goes out there; the maintenance staff had been giving them a little extra but one of our biologists got after them about the prohibition on feeding wildlife. Mom can fly in and out, but I wonder if the babies going to be there until they learn to fly, too? I'll have to see if I can get some pictures of them before they leave.

NO H8!!!!

THANK YOU CA COURT SYSTEM FOR FINALLY DOING SOMETHING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE!!!

http://firedoglake.com/2010/08/04/breaking-prop-8-overturned/

Now, get busy on that furlough appeal and throw it out, please? Never mind - it was Federal court. Got too excited.

NO H8!!!!

THANK YOU CA COURT SYSTEM FOR FINALLY DOING SOMETHING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE!!!

http://firedoglake.com/2010/08/04/breaking-prop-8-overturned/

Now, get busy on that furlough appeal and throw it out, please? Never mind - it was Federal court. Got too excited.

"Arbitrary Normality"

Yes, Yes, Yes! I think I've been saying for years, at least since high school, normal is overrated!

Normal is overrated. Normal is arbitrary and evasive. Nobody is normal; we all bring our own uniqueness to this world that should be appreciated for what it is. A very large portion of the “normal” people I see are anxious and unhappy...

So, to all of you “normal” people out there I say: get over it. Don’t be afraid, and please lose the pity. After you involve yourself with these and other kids with disabilities your life won’t be “normal,” but who needs “normal” anyway? We all need to lose a little “normal.”

http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/2010/08/arbitrary-normality.html

(I would also add to this author - why is normal so highly aspired to? And those of you who think you're normal, and look down on those who you consider "abnormal" or raise eyebrows at those who act or dress a little "wierd"? You're not.)

By the way, this entire blog, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, consisting of guests posts by a number of different bloggers on autism (parents, teachers, health care professionals, and especially, autistic people themselves) and eventually to be published as a book, is excellent. I want to send a number of the posts here to everyone I know (well, who doesn't see this here).

(I note the original post of this essay is being jumped all over by Jenny McCarthy's disciples, who don't seem to have actually read the thing.)

( Others I Like on this topic (but there are tons more): )

"Arbitrary Normality"

Yes, Yes, Yes! I think I've been saying for years, at least since high school, normal is overrated!

Normal is overrated. Normal is arbitrary and evasive. Nobody is normal; we all bring our own uniqueness to this world that should be appreciated for what it is. A very large portion of the “normal” people I see are anxious and unhappy...

So, to all of you “normal” people out there I say: get over it. Don’t be afraid, and please lose the pity. After you involve yourself with these and other kids with disabilities your life won’t be “normal,” but who needs “normal” anyway? We all need to lose a little “normal.”

http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/2010/08/arbitrary-normality.html

(I would also add to this author - why is normal so highly aspired to? And those of you who think you're normal, and look down on those who you consider "abnormal" or raise eyebrows at those who act or dress a little "wierd"? You're not.)

By the way, this entire blog, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, consisting of guests posts by a number of different bloggers on autism (parents, teachers, health care professionals, and especially, autistic people themselves) and eventually to be published as a book, is excellent. I want to send a number of the posts here to everyone I know (well, who doesn't see this here).

(I note the original post of this essay is being jumped all over by Jenny McCarthy's disciples, who don't seem to have actually read the thing.)

( Others I Like on this topic (but there are tons more): )