Alternative Transportation

I hated taking the school bus to school. Maybe most kids didn’t (and still don’t) like riding the bus. They would rather drive to school as soon as they were old enough. I didn’t even want to be on the highway no matter what the motorized vehicle was back then in the 60′s and 70′s. [...]

 
Ant Riddle Explained

Once upon a time, I read this Germanic riddle: Zer are three ants walking through ze forest. Ze first ant says “Zer are two ants behind me”. Ze second ant says “Zer ist vun ant in front of me, und vun ant behind me”. Ze third ant says “Zer ist vun ant in front of [...]

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Kusti Mouru

Kusti William Mouru was born in Kauhava, Finland on January 24th, 1914. He died in High Falls, New York on January 18th, 1994 . . . six days short of his 80th birthday. He was born in a sauna and he died in a sauna. Kusti grew up on his parent’s farm in Finland. I [...]

 
Single versus Double-Talk

I once read this statement someone made online: …empathy which is lacking in people with Aspergers. Highly sensitive [neurotypical] people tend to show a great deal of empathy while Asperger Syndrome people do not, but I would say that empathy eventually becomes such an overwhelming emotion that they learn to shut it off. Here’s my [...]

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