Category: collaboration
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Campy
Danny and I were arguing about what makes good fiction. I want it to be fictional. I like stuff that’s campy. I also like fantasy. Wizards, and magic, and out of this world creatures. He’s been trying to sell me on the Keith Ledger Joker for years. The character is gritty, realistic, and certifiably insane…
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The Poverty of Language
The map is not the territory. Words are a poor excuse for reality. Language is finite and arbitrary and yet the fact that I am communicating at all is a mystery. Each word means something a little different to me and each of you my faithful readers. You probably have a good idea what’s in…
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Noticeably Autistic
I was taking out the garbage and recycling, and Ben was pacing on the porch. A stranger walked by with his dog and he stopped. Ben has been reciting lines from the movie Cars. The gentleman said Ben had mouthed something to him. He then asked if Ben was autistic. I told the guy that…
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Alex is Functional
Alex had an assessment recently. He is doing more things on his own so he needs less help from me. It is good for him that he is becoming more functional. On the other hand my hours have been cut again. That is the nature of the beast. Ben is a much more difficult adult…
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William’s Laundry
William prefers to do his laundry at our house instead of spending quarters to do it at his apartment building, and Stephanie facilitates that. He’s over and he and I have had some good conversations. We have been talking about personalities. All three of the cats have different personalities and Stephanie and I paralleled that…
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God and my Wife
I gave a piece of advice to my oldest son Brandon today. His girlfriend wants him to be more holy. I agreed with her. But more importantly I think God agrees with her, so I told him if God and his girlfriend agree that he’d better pay attention. This theology has created a stable marriage…
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The Right Screwdriver
The boy next door asked for help removing a screw. He’s maybe eight so hasn’t developed a lot of muscle mass or spatial reasoning to get the torq right. He also had a screwdriver that looked like someone drove a tank over it. So I got a couple of appropriate screwdrivers and followed him to…
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Bottlecaps
I just started a beer. I had an insignificant amount of trouble opening the bottle cap. It got me thinking of the video game Fallout. It’s a post-apocalyptic world where bottlecaps have become the primary currency. I don’t know how hard they are to make in this world but in the world of Fallout they…
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The Ritual
Ben and I have a ritual that comes with bedtime. He says “Diaper, Clothes, Pills, and Light Off,” and I put him to bed. Today he said “Diaper, Soda, Pills and Light Off” instead. I just won’t give him soda and pills at the same time. I gave him a choice between the two in…
