This was one of my strangest “obsessions,” courtesy of my autistic-functioning mind. I even wanted to BE schizophrenic. — At the time I became fascinated with schizophrenia, I knew it was a devastating illness. But my autistry makes me very prone to hyperfixation on topics that intrigue me. I actually thought it was so cool, so rad, to believe that the Soviets were sending electromagnetic signals at you that…

Stop saying “You shouldn’t have!” when given a gift. Just say “Thank you” for Pete’s sake! — It’s always bugged me when people say, “You shouldn’t have,” upon being given a gift. What are they trying to prove? Do they say this because they learned that it’s a very proper thing to do? Did they get the idea that this shows some form of humility or even…

And if the fat-liberator is so proud, why is she against using the imagery for “lifestyle changes”? — This article was spawned by a spam I found in my email. I don’t know how the heck she got ahold of my email, but when someone spams me, they have an article of mine coming. And here it is. Her email didn’t even address me by name. This tells…

Many people read about the latest wood chipper death, but I took my interest to a whole new level: an autistic-grade special interest! — What I had always believed to be a morbid curiosity was actually driven by my autistic brain: an intense interest in wood chipper deaths. And no, this wasn’t sparked by the movie “Fargo.” Besides, that guy was already dead by the time he was fed into the machine. My hyperfixation…

When you read that someone has two autistic kids, do you think, “Oh how terrible?” — My mother had six kids. Two are autistic. One has an official diagnosis (me), but the other? Come ON, he HAS to be autistic! My sister began suspecting I had the then-called Asperger’s syndrome many years ago and brought this up to our father, who quickly shut her down. I…

Right down to “show your toes and heels are a must.” Yet the bride preaches body acceptance! — My niece’s wedding is coming up. The rehearsal dinner instructions for attire are for “California cocktail casual.” Yes, I initially had thought, What in devil’s name is THAT? So I put another niece to work at sending me links to clothes, per my parameters (e.g., NO sundresses), that would fulfill…

Like HELL someone ELSE is going to provide my structure and routine! No thank you! — I just finished reading an article here touting the 9-5 life, including a ton of comments (yes, it’s a popular article by a popular author). The author talks of how the structure of a 9-5 lifestyle provides her balance and increased productivity for her side hustle of writing. …

STOP IT ALREADY: wanting models, actresses and singers to “look like” you. — I just read another article with that dumb phrase, “looks like them.” It was about how singer Adele’s weight loss shouldn’t be hailed as an inspiration, and how, when she first burst on the scene, many fat women were thrilled that a celebrated recording artist “looked like them.” Oh stop…

Spend just a few minutes viewing “caught on tape” pedestrian vehicular collision compilations and you’ll agree it’s nearly always the pedestrian’s fault. — This isn’t an issue of human factors expertise, accident reconstruction expertise or anything else technical. It’s a matter of seeing it with one’s plain eyes. YouTube is loaded with compilations of “caught on tape” footage of pedestrians getting hit by every kind of motor vehicle: motorcycles, sedans, SUVs, vans, pickup…