The Disappearing Elephant

The Amazing Retardo's Disappearing Elephant

Rain, Rain, Rain...!!!

1. It's been raining, pretty much, non-stop here along the Hawai'ian islands for some 3 weeks...
   Torrentially so in many places...
   We're supposed to get around 1 1/2 inches this month, and have gotten nearly 12...!
   Amazingly; we are only up by 200% for the year so far...
   Usually; Torrential rain around here will come on very quickly, dump a huge amount of rain, and then go away...
   When i was here several years ago, a huge tropical rain storm tore out a bunch of streets in the hills and then when i first came here last year, there was a big storm that flooded the library's basement at the local university... destroying a few billion dollars worth of rare documents...!!!
   But this last storm has lasted for such a long time that these sorts of things just keep happening and happening... A damn has broken, sewage has been overflowing, roads are being torn up, the ground everywhere has turned to mush... and i can't get my socks to dry out.
   It is making me very crazy.
2. i added a bunch of new pictures to the Picoans section, and although they're not 'sized' very well...
   ( this stupid blogger-editor is not accepting the sizes that it used to...??? )
   ... they are still reliably awful.
   i really need to go through them and edit them down to the best 5% or so...
3. My left foot hurts. It looks OK, but it feels like i may have stepped on a big nut or something...???
4. There is this weird effect that has befallen me several times...
   ( how can i not learn from the first few times...!!! ??? )
   ...and that is that when i get my shorts wet, and then sit for a few hours, my butt develops a huge Owie...!!!
   This latest one has finally drained, but it still hurts when i sit on it.
5. i have another owie on my right hand that may or may not be getting better...???
6. Although it may not look like i've been very active with my blog lately, i've been adding things, and reorganizing page in the 'Alternative Contents' sections...
   Look around in them for new stuff...
7. i keep forgetting to mention that my old Church back in Spokane Washington,
   Saint Paul Lutheran Church
   2159 North Hamilton St. Spokane, WA. 99207
   Has gone out of Business...!!! And been sold...!!!
   ( This was a few months ago...! )
   Have you ever heard of a church going out of business...???!!!
   [ Naturally-- i can't find any new about this on the Internet...!!! ]
   i have seen 3 McDonald's go out of business and each has struck me as a sure sign of the coming Apocalypse...???

Cleaning Out My SubJournal

My Subjournal is full...
and i've already gotten a new one...
But i need to 'Save' some dregs from the old one before i transfer it to... ( ??? )

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Why Not?
( i'm sure !!! ??? i already did a blogpage on this, but i can't find it...??? )

1. Full Character Access on Computers
2. Instant Start Up
3. Robot Bank Robberies
4. Call in Bank Robberies
5. Heretical T.V.
6. More Sensible Assassinations
7. AI
8. Really viable robot pets
9. Commercial Submarines
10. Custom Cars
11. Freedom of Fashion
12. Ugly People revolt.
13. Animals with Infered Vision
14. Why do Smart People let the dumb people run the world.
15. Super Crimminals ( Artists as Crimminals )
16. Jedi-Knight / Templar / Samuri's...
17. Teaching of Stupid Science
18. Recognition of heretical Science
19. Colonize the moon
20. Bad Space program / looking for life on Mars
21. Homelessness
22. War on Terror
23. Lack of a Free Press
24. Obvious Untruths
25. Masturbating in Public...
    Sure it might be rude, like spitting... But why is it Illegal...?

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Psychological Test
THERAPIST
THEME
TOGETHER
THEOCRAT
THEREAFTER
THEREFROM
THEREINAFTER
THERE'D
ATHEIST
ATONE
ATTIRED
ATISSUE
BEACON
BEARING
BEAROUT
NOTABLE
NOTATE
NOTICE
ANTHEM
REDACT
SHEARED
SHEATHING
BATHER
FATHER
FATALLY
FATTIER
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ScreenSaver Universe

1. SaberToothed Animals
2. Giantism is various animals
3. Gratuitious evolution of unnecessary features
4. Best Proof- All the things that should be happening, but aren't
5. Golden Ratio Variance...
   And other significant proportions...
6. Just So Falacy explanations for 'x'
7. Magick as violations of 'Natural Law'
8. Along with The Other 'Just So' attributes that contribute to life being possible, what is the allowed variance of 'Water to Land'...?
   If a planet had too much water, fire using animals couldn't evolve, but too little would mean that life might never get started...?

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How do they Know that...?

1. E=MC^2
   Where did the C come from...?
   That's always looked very suspicous to me...!
2. How far away is the Sun?
3. How big is Jupiter?
4. What is Entanglement?
   It seems to me that if, under the conditions usually attributed to Entangled particles... Everything would be Entangled with Everything else...???
5. What is a Magnetic Field?
6. What are the chances of a photon dropping INTO the Zero point background energy reserve...?
7. That the calculations for pi, are really pi?
8. Cobe results were the result of the 3 degrees of background radiation...?
   It always looked to me that the pictures looked just like what i would have expected from a steady state universe...?!

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What if someone visited the future
and it contained innumerable 'Things' ( transport devices, off path zones, devices... ) that were made up of 'Forms' that the visitor could not see...! His brain, as an infant, was never exposed to these 'shapes' and thus, as an adult, could not see them...!
( tests with kittens seem to bear this out...! )
In the visitors brain, these unusual shapes are processed as 'Regular' forms up to the point where the brain tries to find an example, or previous reference to the 'regular, Non-amorphous, structured form... So that it's not classified as a previously known form, nor does it qualify as a unclassified shape, such as a puddle or cloud... These shapes pass all the tests for 'real shapes' but there just aren't any examples of them for the brain to 'See'...
These shapes would 'fall between' the cracks of things like Cirlces and Squares... Not one, not the other, and not exactly an amalgum of both either...!!!
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Experiment to Prove Reincarnation

1. Select a large number of city birds ( people would most likely choose to reincarnate into a bird that is going to live in a familiar environment, IF they chose to reincarnate into a bird at all...!!! ( Some may chose Romatic Birds... But this sampling may prove sufficient ) -- Presumably )
2. Assume that only a small number of these birds are from Humanimal Reincarnations, and that furthermore, the humanimals that they previously came from, were from a 'Western' Civilization.
3. Fabricate a gizmo that will display or present combinations of 2 sets of 2 objects ( 4 objects in all - per trial run ) such that one set is obviously related to one another, such as butter and toast, But in a way that a non-human would not immediately 'see'...
   And the other set would not be obviously related...
   ( Someone very clever may be able to find a link between them, but it would not be 'Obvious' ) -- Such as a Ring of Keys and a Tampon.
4. Assume that only a human mind can discern that the related pair of objects are related.
5. And that the bird can then choose that set, and recieve a small, encouraging reward.
6. If a statistically large number of birds-- OR one or two birds can consistently chose the related pairs, then the simplest explanation is that they are humanimal minds currently inhabiting bird forms.

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Archytypes

1. War
2. Menstual Blood
3. Sun
4. Moon
5. Jealousy
6. Litter Free Neighborhoods
7. Ruined Cars
8. Mail Boxes
9. Ugly Women
10. Smokers
11. Buckets
12. Genitial Mutilation
13. Shopping Malls
14. Important Hat
15. Things Painted with Flags, Eagles, Political Animals
16. Arrows
17. Lines on Roads
18. Wallet
19. Large Marked Bags
20. Masturbating on a Bus, in a closet...
21. Closets full of broken toys
22. Shorts
23. Genitals showing through
24. Filthy hands / face / neck
25. sores
26. rolls of fat
27. patchy grass
28. gaurd rails
29. laws
30. lies
31. riding animals
32. private spots
33. swimsuit area
34. mice
35. neon green signs
36. pets for children, drunks, lonely housewives
37. difficult puzzles
38. windows
39. polygons
40. foreign facial features
41. flow charts
42. street lights
43. street signs
44. yard sale
45. buildings as churches
46. bleeding
47. ink
48. the differenc shapes of leafs, clouds
49. mathematical variations
50. underwear as a
51. set theory
52. Suzies tangerine eyebrow pencil
53. The Picture of Everyone
    This idea is that you can make a picture that is so ambiguous that it looks like anyone
54. Confusion...
55. and so on...

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The Gullible Skeptic
The gullible skeptic is someone, that for whatever reasons, chooses ( if this is the right word ) to agree with whatever the broken scientists ( pathalogical skeptics / current orthodoxy ) says is true.

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And lots more...
to boring to transcribe

SubJournal....

My SubJournal is pretty much filled up, and i need to get a new one...
Would you like ( this one ) my old one...
What is it exactly...???
It's just a notebook of ideas and some doodles, and scratch pad things, and reminders and whatever i needed to write down, so i wouldn't forget... unless i forgot to write it down...???
Contains genuine Aspergerian Rants...!!!
( Not quite as crazy & insightful as Schzophrenic Rants...! ??? )
Send me your Addie...!!!
[ Will be sent by First Class Postage : Poste Haste } ( !!! )
If you like it; You can send me something fun...
( Like a Tabloid Subscription...!!!
i wish i could afford to subscribe to all of them...!!! )

Recent Biddles...

1. i have a new owie, that is pretty much like my old owie, except that it's smaller, and on my right hand, near my thumb. It had been a even older owie that was slowly making a recovery, but i had to pick at the scab and calloused skin there, and i managed to pull off some fresh skin, and that became infected...!!! Even though i took great pains to smear some 3 in 1 antibacterial salve over it immediately...!!! And now it Hurts way more than my old knee owie and it is spreading along my arm...!!! It has a bandage over it now, and under that, some liquid skin, and i'm not going to even look at it for at least 3 days...!!!
   
2. i was on the bus about a week ago, on my way to Kapolei, and i took my calculator out to fool around with... This Calculator is an HP48gx, the last really nice Calculator that HP made... They have since remade the 48 and come out with a 49, but everyone that has either of these newer versions agree that they are really lame... Especially in production quality...!!! HP used to make calculators that wore like bricks, and now they are turning out the same cheap crap as Texas Instruments and Casio... Gawd Bless their twisted souls, everyone one of them.
   So anyways... i made an amendment to a directory ( file of programs ) and in order to save it to a protected memory card ( that would remain intact if the calculator proper, crashed for some reason, which is rare, but not unheard of... ) i would have to take the card slot cover off, then turn the memory card to read/write... rather than just read... which is safer for the data...! So i opened the card to the calculator, then saved the amended directory, and then the bus turned the corner to Kapolei, and i jumped up and got off, and i forgot to put the card slot cover back on...!!! And it was Lost...!!!
   But i didn't discover this for several days...!!!
   And i had a coniption fit... ( ??? )
   BECAUSE-- Without the cover, the cards might slip out, and if the merged card slipped out ( i have two, one is merged and one is for archives ) and the calculator was turned on, memory would be corrupted...!!! And everything in memory would be lost... which is about 200K or 200 pages of data...!!!
   So i Purged alot of it, in order to Free that card, and convert it to an archive formated card, like the other one... So i lost alot of data, in order to save some of it...!!!
   i cried and cried...!!!
   Then; after i posted my dilemma on the HP newsgroup, someone wrote and told me that Calcpro still offers these -Obsolete- parts...!!!
   So i ordered one, which was 3$ and spent another 6$ for postage...!!!
   But this guy that told me about Calcpro, said that some people think that they're disreputable...!!!
   So stayed tuned to see how that works out...
   
3. It's been raining ALOT over here in Hawai'i lately... for like about 10 days or more...
   Torential Rains...!!! 5_inches in One Hour...!!! ( in some places...!!! )
   It rained really hard where i sleep, last night, but only for about an hour and a half, and i only got slightly damp.
   
4. Have you heard about The Puzzle that involves an airplane and a conveyer belt runway...???
   See my commentary and leave a response...!!!
   
5. March 10th ( Friday )
   i opened my HP48 and saw that my Equilibrium Calibrator was just about off scale for AN EVIL DAY...!!! The graphic displays how good or Evil the day will be by colouring in a portion of a Circle, like a pie slice, and today it was all black except for a tiny sliver on the right side. Left side is Bad, Right Side is Good... So that The Left side was entire filled in, and nearly all of the right side, by way of around the bottom and back towards the top...!!!
   Plus: The Equilibrium Calibrator ( Not it's real name... What would be a good name for this program...??? ) also allows dead people to talk through it, and todays message was:
   "SHITBOOKINDING MIGRA"
   The dead are often very cryptic with their messages, but along with the severe Equilibrium index, this didn't sound good...!!!
   Then: Fortunately ( ??? ) after looking up the Fragments File, which records the numerical amount of the Equilibrium Index, As opposed to the imprecise graphical representation... i saw that it only recorded a value of -6...!!! ...Which for me, is nominal...??? Then i saw that the Calculator was in Radians Mode, which it should not have been, because i don't think in Radians, i think in Degrees...!!! But i do have a program that i downloaded the other day, that draws Spirographical Designs ( Sort of ) and it Changes the Angular Mode to Radians... So that seems to explain that...!!!
   Case Solved.
   
6. i Sewed up some loose spots on my backpack...
   The left shoulder strap was coming loose, so i sewed and over sewed that down with orange and green thread... i like to use contrasting thread ( over black ) so i'll have a better idea of what i tried 'before'... so when that fails, i'll try sewing someplace different...
   This approach worked with the bad zipper, that i tried fixing twice before i finally took a moment to carefully examine my old sewing patterns that were next to the original sewing patterns, and i discovered that the original sewing was way off....!!! So i pulled the zipper back into it's more or less correct alignment, and sewed that down, and it's been working for 5 months...!!!
   Then i was going to sew some 'Patches' over two holes in the bottom, but i decided that that would be too difficult, considering that they were right next to the waist band, and i would have to sew through that, and it was designed so that it could conceivably come apart, which it would no longer do, if i sewed it all shut...!!! Plus; it would be a real cow to try to sew through that...!!! i already broke one needle sewing the shoulder strap down...!!!
   So instead, i just pulled the edges over one another, pushing the holes into dimples, then sewed the far rims together...
   We'll see how that holds up.
   
7. i've been looking for several months now for a novelty pencil that is like "an ordinary pencil with a lead in it..." ( NOT a Mechanical Pencil...!!! ) ...Except that this Pencil has 4 or 6! different coloured leads combined in the slot normally reserved for just one...!!!
   i've seen these in a couple of different forms... But i've never bought them for myself...!!!
   i think someone sent me some, then i found one, then found another...!!!
   And Now-- i've lost all the ones that i used to have, so i've been trying to find someplace to buy another...
   And i Can Not...!!!
   Actually: i did find a place on the Internet that sells 'Chartpak Magic Fx - Crazy Chromatic Coloring Pencil' But all the recommended stores Do Not Carry them...!!! So i may have to order ONE Pencil from this place...!!!
   If you know where to find them, Buy me one or two and send them to me:
   My { Mailing }Address is Now in my Resumé...!!!
   
8. i found a new pacifer the other day, but it doesn't have the perfered handling ring that i would like...???
   Why are the gawds providing me with new pacifers, but not the kind i like...???
   
9. i was over at Foodland the other day, and i bought a can of Beefaroni Spaghetti, a pastry and a can of soda... And they charged me $3.59 for JUST THE SODA...!!!
   So i says to the checkout girl... "Is that right...?"
   ...and she gets this really scary zombie look on her face, and then stares of into space for the longest time, and finally regains conscousness, to say; "Yes."
   So then i went over to the soda counter area, but it is such a harum-scarum mass of clutter that i quickly give up and walk over to The Service Counter, where the manager just Completely Ignores me for like 2 hours...!!! But finally i get his attention and he carefully explains to me that what happened was that this particular brand of soda is not sold individually, only by the 6 pack, which is $3.59...!!!
   ( i found it by itself, so i speculated that 'someone else' broke up a 6 pack...!!! )
   But all during this time, he doesn't seem even remotely interested in 'Straightening It Out...!!!'
   So i just left. Highly Disgruntled.
   And Then...???...!!!...he runs out of the store and calls after me, and suggests that i come back and Straighten it out...??? But i was so frazzled already that i just left.
   And i fully intended to NEVER GO THERE AGAIN...!!!
   But the very next day, i went there again.
   The thing is-- They OFTEN UNDERCHARGE me for pastries...
   and sometimes i don't notice it until i've left the store,
   and sometimes i kind of notice it right away...
   But they Do It ALOT...!!!
   So i don't know what to make of that...!!!
   [ This is the same store that once Short Changed me $8...!!! ]
   { i thought that i'd documented that story on my blog, but i can't find it now...??? }
   
10. Note from my cousin Michelle...
    Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006
    20:06:04 -0800
    From: "Michelle Guthrie"
    Subject: re: showing in Portland
    
    Hi Chrs,
    Mom and Dad, via Aunt Bev, told me about your showing in Portland.
    Unfortunately, they told me that is was today, March 2nd.
    I went down and met the gallery owner, (who is a great guy), and he told me that it was last month.
    He said that is was very successful, and that everyone really liked your work.
    I was able to get a few of the booklets that were there.
    Let me know when you show again in Portland.
    Best Wishes,
    Your cousin, Michelle
    
    Commentary:
    Did anyone else in the family buy any of the books...???
    NO!
    And why would Auntie Barebelly wait until after the show was over, before telling anyone about it...???
    Is it any wonder why i'm so disfunctional...???
    NO! It is Not...!!!
    

Things i don't like about...

Things i don't like about:
The Franklin SCD-1870
Dictionary & Thesaurus

1. Although it has all Seven of George Carlin's Forbidden words:
   It doesn't have 'Golden Ratio' or 'Comeuppance'...
   And many other commonly used words...!!!
2. Although it actually pronounces some words, it doesn't pronounce all of them,
   And the ones most frequently excluded are the foreign ones that i really need help with...!!!
3. It has a special section, that it way too small, for Symbols, but there are not only too few of them listed, the graphical representation of them is too small...
   Absurdly so.
4. Although i have a Duacell Ultra Battery in it,
   and it's apparently a long way from actually being dead,
   The Dictionary keeps 'Resetting' itself...
5. And when it does reset;
   The Font is reduced to Its smallest size,
   And The Word of The Day is turned off...!!!
6. And When The Word of The Day is Reset--
   It starts over again with a Prearranged List...!!!
7. The Scoring Method for Letris & Letter Poker is really Stupid...!!!
   All words are assigned points on how long they are;
   So that a one letter word gives each of it's one letters One Point,
   While a five letter word is allowed Five Points per Letter ( 25_pts. )
8. Hangman often uses Obscure &/or Foreign Words...!!!
9. Athough you can Highlight -most- Words and then look up their definitions...
   This doesn't work with all the words,
   Nor does it even work with the Abbreviations that it uses,
   And it doesn't list those Abbreviations anywhere...!!!
10. The Thesaurus is really lame.
    It does have 'Class' words occasionally, but not as a general rule.
11. Given the amount of memory that mp4 players, and other 'modern' devices have now,
    This Dictionary should have all the words from The Complete Encyclopedic Set of The Oxford English Dictionary... ( Plus Illustrations; In Colour...!!! )
    But it squeezes by on the nearly same set as they were using 20 years ago, with their first Electronic Dictionaries...!!!
12. The Protecting Cover is really lame.
13. [ add more here ]

Other than that though...
It's ok.

Normalacy & Deviant Sexuality...

If you've ever fished through a Strangers Garbage Can,
Or gone 'Dumpster Diving'...
Or perhaps you've heard First Hand Accounts of people that have...
{ No Second Hand accounts are acceptable...
You just can't sustain the same level of 'Believing' with a Magazine Article
or a Careless Anecdote thrown around at work...! }
Then you'll no doubt have some appreciation for all the weird, wonderful and amazing things that people will throw away.
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Everything happens in threes.
Have you heard that expression...???
i think that there may be some truth to it...!!!
Weird things DO seem to happen in sets...???
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So the other day, i happened to find BOTH a Dildo and a Penis Pump...!!!
In Different Locations...!!!
How often have i EVER found a Dildo or a Penis Pump...???
NEVER...!!!
Then One Day after that, i found four Porno DVD's
Along with an envelope with Pictures, Apparently from these DVD's,
Printed on extremely expensive Photographic Paper,
and carefully inserted into Clear Plastic Display Pages for a 3 Ring Binder...
The most curious thing about that was that although every effort was made to make their presentation professional looking, The images themselves were of the crassest, unimaginative, unartistic poses imaginable... Plus; The simple quality of the images made them appear as if their were photographed off an old 12_inch Television set with a cheap Polaroid camera...???
The other very curious thing about those DVD's
Is that this is the SECOND Time i've found Porno DVD's in that particular garbage can,
which in located on the top parking lot level of The Ala Moana Shopping Center...???
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That's very mysterious.

The Pointy Haired Guy

This is how i feel about things...
as soon as i write something down,
i will invariably forget it.

Recent Phenomena...

It's been ages since i've done a Recent Events entry...!!!
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i was listening to NPR the other day, and they had a 'Commenary' on by Daniel Shore--
i haven't trusted him since the Clinton Impeach hearings when he said... Something- i forget what now...
But i think it was mean-spirited towards the Republicans, and so mean-spirited and disingenuous that i decided that he must be senile or somesuch whatnot...!!! ( he is REALLY OLD now...!!! )
So the other day; he was ranting about Free Speech or something like that...??? And the topic of Tiananmen Square came up... ( out of the blue ) ...and he was saying how Google was CENSORING it's content, because when he did a search for Tiananmen Square-- All he got was a polite Tourist Information spread of pictures... And nothing about The Massacre that took place in 1989...!!!
( at first i thought that he 'meant' Yahoo... But they have nice coverage of it too...??? )
[ Apparently -- ( Note from the future ) --He meant that it's been Censored IN CHINA...
But he didn't say that, or even Imply it...???!!! ]
Needless to say; No Such Self Censorship is taking place... He just made that up...!!!
How can i Not Trust NPR anymore...!!!
Plus; They did that to me a few days ago, when they suggested that The October Surprise never took place...!!! ( They never even mentioned it when talking about the Release of the Iranian Hostages...! )
Everyone is THEM...!!!
There is NOWHERE to turn for a trusted view of World Events...
Except maybe; TheStranger.

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i was on the bus the other day, on my way to bed, and this 'kid' sits down beside me and starts pushing this book... Which he hasn't even read yet...!!! ...called; The Celestine Prophecy
And he's going on and on about this, and he so frazzles me that when it's time for me to get up, he won't move out of the way...!!! He's being Really Slow about it...!!!
i just about started screaming...!!!
So he finally get up and moves aside, and i jump up and dash off the bus, and almost immediately realize that i've forgotten my HAT...!!!
How can i live for more than 20 seconds without my HAT...!!!
i am more attached to my hat ( which wasn't even a very good hat...!!! ) than Dipsy...!!!
So i am thinking... Well-- the bus is on a loop up the hill, and will be back down in about 15 minutes, so i'll just cross the street, ( actually; i was already sitting at the correct bus stop when i was thinking this...!!! ) and wait for it to come back down...
But i was so tired, and still frazzled... that i just went to bed, and coughed all night; because i also have this weird cough that doesn't seem to be evolving into a real cold...!!!
So the next day, i had to go without a hat for about 5 hours, before i found a replacement along Waikiki.
It is not a Ball Cap-- as i had been getting... But a Gilligan type hat...
It is Army Green, but with Maui in Gold, and some Hawaiian Pictoglyphics, so it looks kind of spicy,
i like it-- even though it is just a tiny bit too small for me...

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All these weird things are always happening to me, and i think-- i'll remember them...
But i never do while i'm sitting here...!!!
[ i still remember them- But not right now...??? ]

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So a few days ago; i hd this TERRIFIC idea for how to find a place to live...!!!
i will put an ad in various newspapers on the coast ( via the internet...??? ) that will say:
"Middle aged male artist, with Asperger's, needs a sparse, very cheap, living space.
The Translucent Amoebae Consortium"
And that's all it will say; and anyone that thinks that they may be interested in renting out their basement or attic to me, will look up The TAC on the internet, and find out everything important and interesting about me...
And most of all; i won't have to go looking for someplace...!!!

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Book Reviews:
i FINALLY got around to reading Philip Dick's; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
This was the book that spawned the movie; Blade Runner, that i read somewhere, is Harrison Fords least favorite movie...!!!
At first i thought that the movie had followed the book about as carefully as a Harry Potter adventure; but after a few chapters, it strayed farther and farther into more familiar Dickian religious philosophy and oddness... which they left out of the movie.
Like many movies, if you read the book that it was based on, many things that you saw in the movie, suddenly make alot more sense...!!!
Like the Bleakness of Blade Runner... It's never explained in the movie, but this Replicant stuff ( called simply Androids / and Decker is merely a Bounty Hunter in the book ) happened after a devastating war that killed off virtually the entire animal population on Earth...!!! So that people; that desparately need the companionship of animals, resort to having 'Electric' imitations...! These Electric Animals are simple machines, while the Androids/Replicants are Biological Imitations... And the only way you can tell ( be certain ) that a Replicant isn't human... is to seek it's cooperation in taking a Voight-Kampff test which determines if the subject has the same emphatic responses as you would expect from an emotionally healthy human...???
The book also covers another Dick Theme; Mercerism... Which is a Religion, of sorts, where the participants are allows to mentally bond with a mysterious TV character called Mercer, who is forever trying to climb to the top of a hill, but his enemies keep throwing rocks at him...???
When a rock hits Mercer, everyone that is 'Connected' to him is injured too...!!!
Both the movie and book are actually not terribly concerned with 'Retiring' the escaped Replicants...
But the movie, in this regard, doesn't seem to be concerned with anything, except layering us with eye-candy...!
The book is all about having, or wondering if you have; 'Empathy' for your fellow creatures...???
What is it that defines a human-being as being human?
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After that book i checked out another Dick book, called: The Divine Invasion which is pure religious gibberish... Dick is a fine, fine short story writer, and his novels are occasionally brilliant, but when he turns out a pot-boiler, the chickens that should be making up the stock, are nowhere to be tasted...!!!
This book was either taken apart, or put back together, from several short stories, because i kept running across entire chapters that sounded awfully dang familiar...!!!
The story; as such, is sort of about the second comming of christ... Or it may all be a hallucination of the principle protagonist that is frozen solid, awaiting a new spleen...???
It doesn't really make as much sense as you'd like, either way...???

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i checked my mail this morning, and found a home-made Valentines Day Card from my Mother...
It's signed, but there is no note or letter accompanying it...
As i look back at my childhood, and wonder why noone was able to see that i had Asperger's...
Or; that something was seriously wrong with me...???
i only have to reflect that the principle symptom of Asperger's ( which wasn't 'Cataloged' until 2 years after i finished highschool...! ) is a lack of empathy, and incommunicativeness ( See : Replicants ( above ) ) --
And then realize... Everyone in my whole Family is like that...!!!
oh well...

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Maybe i'll add some more here...
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Baby Jesus...!!!

i saw this in a parade along Waikiki...

It's Catholic ( i think ) and the baby is derived from The Polish Version seen in...

[ The Internet is Driving me Completely Crazy...!!! ]

...some church, a very famous church,

the name of which i can't seem to recall at this moment,

but it's very fancy, and filled with all sorts of conspiritorial symbolism

and it alledged to contain an unlimited source of wealth,

and it also has this elaborate baby Jesus that has more costume changes

than a Barbie Doll...!!!

What is the name of that Church...???

i can't seem to find any references to it on the internet...!!!

( ??? )

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BONUS: Something Fun: Apparitions

Seven Eleven

Just about every morning
i go and get a fancy coffee and a cinnamon roll
at The 7-11 in Wahiawa.

This is Joshua.

( Is that a GANG Sign he's doing...!!! ) ( ??? )

He is very smart.

i don't think he's ever said anything to me to make me believe that he's smart...

Except that he just radiates smartness...!!!

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Joshua came by to visit this blog & he wants me to take down his picture...!!!
He wouldn't say, but i think he might be Islamic...!!!

Muslums hate to have their picture taken...

i bet that's it.

This is Margarita.

She usually calls me 'Cinnamon' because i get a Cinnamon Roll
EVERY STINKING DAY...!!! ( almost! )

So i asked what her pet name was,
( i was showing an unusual amount of curiosity that day...!!! )

So she said it is; "Spam-moo-sha-pee"

[ That's a rice cake with a slab of Spam in the middle,
wrapped with a strip of fish skin...???

( it looks like fish skin...??? ) ]

She is usually working with Minda,
But after i took these pictures of Margarita & Joshua,
They told me that i wasn't supposed to take any pictures inside the store...!!!

And Minda wasn't there that day,
So i would have had to come back the next day,

and Take some more pictures,

after they told that it would be deeply immoral...!!!

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This kind of reminds me of the time when i was living in Bremertowne,
And i took some pictures of the kids that lived upstairs,
And i was converting them into Ascii Art pictures...

And i showed Dan & Mel a couple of them,

But i still needed to make a good one of Christina and Victoria...

But Dan called me up

And said that Mel didn't want me to have any pictures of the kids,

Bbecause she was afraid that i might 'doctor' them

And post them on the internet...!!!

So i had to give my word that i would delete them...!!!

This; by the way,

Is the same Mel that later ( or was- at that time )

Screwing ( Sexual Intercourse )
All the young boys in the neighborhood

And had several ( dozen ) Internet lovers...!!!

When they got Divorced...
It was Mel that Divorced Dan,

Because--
'He couldn't deal with her cheating on him,
and she found that intorerable.'

( ??? )

.

!!!

Eep from 'The Gallery'...!!!

i sent The Gallery in Portland a note a few days ago;
Requesting that a Link be established to my Blog
from their Notification Page on their Web Site...
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:18:46 -0800
From: "paul f"
To: transamoebae@seanet.com
Subject: Hi from Zeitgeist

Hello,

Everybody liked your work at the art show!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations.
What is the best way for me to pay you?

I can’t do a link at this time because I have to really watch what I am linked to.
It has to be 100% kid friendly.
I will set it up though so people will be able to easily find you with a search.

Take care and keep up the good work!

paul

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Additional Commentary:

What is especially annoying about this 'Thing' is that the 'Sketch book' that i sent Marc Calvary was filled with 'experimental' drawings that i'd been fooling around with...
The Experimental part was that i was using a Brush for the Line Ink work...
Which i'd never done before...
Previously; i'd always used Technical Pens or such...
These Drawings were so 'Ill Considered' that i worked both sides of each page...!!!
Plus: i didn't even put 'Boarders' around them...!!!
( i worked right to the edge of each sheet...! )
--
So that: For all those years that i was doing 'The Good Stuff'...
i received absolutely no recognition at all, and plenty of derision...!!!
And then; i throw something together that is full of CRAP...!!!
And i finally get some attention.
--
Things like this can only be explained in terms of
Mischievious Angels
&/or Weird Karma.
--
Ack.

War on Tear Or...

Is that Tear as in Rip or Tear as in Salty Dribble...???
Is that Rip as in Lacerate or Rip as in Resting Peacefully...???

The Twelve Danish Cartoons

The Muslim's have a curious sort of religion,
It's derived from Judeo/Christianity in that Mohammed is thought to be Validated as 'Just another Prophet, as was Jesus & Siddhartha Gautama...'
But Islam differs from Main Stream Protestantism, or Even our so called 'Fundimentalism';
In that most quotidian Muslim's take many of their catechisms seriuosly...!!!

The 10 Commandments reveal in no uncertain terms that it's forbidden to represent [such] [ gods ] by any carved statue or picture of anything in the heaven above, on the earth below, or in the water below the land... But this is perhaps the most universally ignored commandment of them all... Even more so than the incomprehensible ones regarding coveting... Or; Baring False Witness...
Christians love to split hairs when it comes to 'What is Really Wrong with This...?'

( Baring False Witness for example: Only applies to Testimony given in a Court of Law, and then; Only if you've been Sworn In... and then; Only if you agree with how the prosecution uses various pronouns or adverbs... It Certainly Does NOT apply to gossiping about your neighbors-- who are undoubtly going to hell anyways... seeing as how they go to a different church than you do... and they have the audacity to drive a foreign made car...! )

Any Painting or Statue of Jesus, The Virgin Mary or any of The Saints is So Amazingly in Violation of this Precept that it's genuinely AMAZING that No One 'Gets It'...???
[ The Idea being that you're missing the point when you worship 'A Thing', rather than the idealization of The Thing's Conceptual Basis... -- That is probably too subtle for you too, wasn't it...??? ]

Muslim's on the other hand have taken this stuff very seriously...!
Particularly the one about engravened images...
They think it's wrong, ( Presidents of Islamic States excepted ) to make any image of any organic entity...
So perhaps that's what they're argument is against these Danish Cartoons...
Many of which are Staggeringly Bland... and Incomprehensible...???
The Fault lies in that they are depicting Mohammed,
Not that they are depicting him in an untowards manner...???

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Speaking of Politicibbles...

i've been thinking for a-long time that it would be 'cute' to run some 'ads' against an incumbent president that were Ostensibly 'For' him or her...
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The best way...
( in case you didn't already know this )
...To win an argument...
( and this goes hand in hand... ( so to speak ) ...with it's conceptual corollary of:
If you make someone think that they're thinking, Then they will love you--
But if you actually make them think, Then they'll hate you! )
...Is to Argue for a Particular Point: Badly.
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So this series of Ad's would be of Ne'er-do-wells, Delinquents, Ruffians & Middle Easterns to promote the sitting President...!
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Hell's Angels could do a spot saying that they've recently all registared to vote, just so that they could help reelect the president that had done more for their cause that any before him...
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Or -- For W.; You could have an Osama Bin L- Look alike say that he's encouraging all the members of his sleeper cells in America to Vote for George W. Bush ( or the coming Election, his heir apparent ) because he's given them everything that Alq'da had ever dreamt of in terms of destroying our economy, our global prestige and all of Our Constitutional Values that they had sought to bring down...
( Give several examples... )
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just a thought...

My Agent Is Keeping Busy...!!!

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006
18:46:14 -0800
From: marc calvary
To: Chrs- transamoebae@seanet.com
Subject: A new show

You are having
Another Gallery Show
tomorrow in Portland...!!!

Yeah!

A gallery owner saw your stuff a few days ago and asked my sister about you,
I fed-ex'd some books and the prints I made for the last gallery show to him
and BOOM,
there you go!

Congratulations!

Here's his website:
http://www.calsk8.com/zeitgeist/zeitgeist.htm
He's already got a sample of your work online...

I'm moving to New York in May,
maybe I can get you some shows there too!

- marc calvary
http://www.thecarbonbasedmistake.com
http://www.cherrypepper.com
http://www.artexchangeprogram.com

publish and be damned.

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Suplement:
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Clap clap for us!
They sold 80 dollars worth of prints and books,
and he expects to sell more in the next week.
See?
I told you someone would finally catch on that you're
a freaking genius!

Beads Program

HP48 Program

Let's say you have a bunch of beads...
Not real beads; Because that would be too simple.
We are talking here about Imaginary Beads...!!!
So you have a bunch of Imaginary Beads,
And they're all Different Sizes...
And you want to know how long an Imaginary String
Will be necessary to Thread them all Together...???
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This Program will Answer that for you...!!!

Drawing Collections from Journal

A Pretty Good Septagon

How To Square a Circle:

Introductory Examination...???

i have recently learned that although
teachers have been telling students
for years
That Squaring a Circle is Impossible...!!!
That is:
Drawing or Defining a Square
So that it has the Same Area
As the Source Circle...
- -
It IS POSSIBLE
And quite easy
With only a Straight Edge
And a Compass
And a Drawing Utensil
If--
YOU CHEAT...!!!
The key to cheating is that you're allowed
to make a mark on the Straight Edge
and Move it along the surface of the Paper...!!!
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The Method that i was thinking of here though...
Was to find a Line Segment or -???-
That equaled the Appropriate Amount
Necessary to Make a Square in a More
Honorable Manner...???

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Another possibly Impossible Figure...
Is A Perfect Septagon...

This method doesn't work
But it does provide a pretty good approximation...!!!
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i've often wondered why
If Seven is Gawds ( Jehovah's ) Number
Then why does The Star of David
The Jewish Logo
Have 6 Stellations...!!! ( ??? )
Why didn't Gawd ever Reveal to The Jews
How to Draw a Perfect Septagon...???

Polygon's Secrets...!!!

Various Polygons
With Measured Intersections and Such...

i left out The Hexagon and The Octagon
Because they're Too Dang Booorrriiinnnggg...!!!
- - -
The Object here is to take each of these measured numbers
and then find something SPECIAL about them...!!!
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Such as how to combine them to Square a Circle
Or some such...
- - -
These measurments for The Fewer Sided Figures
are pretty well Documented...
So i was thinking that there are Certainly...
CERTAINLY...!!!
Clever Associations for
ALL THE OTHER POLYGONS TOO...!!!
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Regretfully:
i have yet to find any...!!!
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Things that Apply to me; In Gold

http://web.syr.edu/~rjkopp/data/cryptose.html
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CRYPTO SENSITIVITY SYNDROME
is a renaming or realigning of a group of persons who have been labelled in the recent past as
Aspergers Syndrome (AS)
or High Functioning Autistic (HFA)
or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
or who have otherwise gone undiagnosed.
Items is Green; Agree less so.
Items in Light Blue; Disagree.
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A check list of possible symptoms
or manifestations for persons in pre-diagnosis or persons already diagnosed with:
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Autistic Continuum Disorder Including High Functioning Autism (HFA)
Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD),
& Asperger's Syndrome (AS)
Pervasive Developmental Disorder -- not otherwise specified (PDD - NOS)
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This is a partial list of observable behaviors and conditions exhibited by Autistic continuum persons.
It can be used for assessing elementary school aged youth up through adults.
Not every comment is applicable to every crypto-sensitive person.
It is assumed that perhaps 1/4 or more of these symptoms could be noticed by a concerned,
long time, casual observer who has seen the crypto-sensitive person in a variety of circumstances.
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The statements have been selected with persons in mind who are somewhat sociable
and somewhat educable.
This list is not intended to describe low functioning,
non-communicable autistics who may have other multiple handicaps
and hence may be mute as well as extremely withdrawn or ego-centric.
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Crypto Sensitivity Syndrome
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Social Interaction
Limited integration into any social group at any time
Limited success in naming the emotions involved in facial expressions be they demonstrated, in a photo, or hand drawn, even with sound effects included
May resist looking at photos of self or family or aquaintances
May become completely engrossed and physically excited (well beyond the typical reaction) in the exciting (to them) part of a movie, TV program, or cartoon
May, during a film or TV show, leave the room, keep the head and eyes averted, or hide own face with paper or hands during the emotional or sex related parts
Finds social taboos hard to understand
Behavior in public tends to stay exactly the same as behavior in private
Retains some behaviors easily overlooked in someone younger
Ritually learned politeness may result in a faux pas or unintended insult to others
Not adept at deceiving, nor impressing, others
Innocent, honest, guileless, naive
Not manipulative, not gossipy (but may tell anecdotes)
No strong feelings for possessions and can give to others gladly (but will have strong feelings for specialty collections of a favorite obsession)
Though not empathizing in the regular sense of the word, they do not gloat over others' misfortune
Can be profoundly upset by others' suffering
Can show righteous indignation
Cannot "read between the lines" to know when they are not welcome
Often badly teased and tormented by their normal peers
When expressing joy, fear, anger, or other moods, it is often out of synchrony with social expectations
Can be made miserable by a petty reprimand ('your fingers are sticky'), yet ignore an important one ('get off the road')
Rather than gaze avoidance, their "gaze" is not used correctly in communication, either by looking away at the wrong time, or by failing to meet another's gaze at the right time
Exhibits little or no repertoire of "eye language", e.g. no attempt or else failed attempts or "mixed message" attempts at giving looks of scorn, surprise, pleading, triumph, glaring, seduction, mocking
Lacks turn-taking skills in conversations (an ability which usually is controlled by eye gestures)
Inability to form ordinary affective contact with people
Inability to relate in the ordinary way to people and situations
An aloneness that, whenever possible, shuts out, disregards, ignores anything that comes from the outside environment
Has good relationship with "objects" and is interested in them, even for long periods of time
Does not seek to be comforted when distressed, injured, sick
May not complain about being ill, thirsty, picked on
May be quite dependable about keeping appointments, paying bills, following a routine, etc. as long as complicating changes do not arise
May do adequate housework, but may be oblivious as to when it again needs to be done
May seldom, if ever, ask for food, drink, restroom, more heating, warmer clothing, other similar necessities, or even sweets
May take little part in deciding itineraries or other family plans
Will lead the conversation away from the important matters of the moment, e.g. graduation plans, and lead the conversation to the "favorite topic".
Will not "problem solve" or brain storm with peers for mutual help, sharing of expertise, insight, or knowledge, e.g. figuring out what classes to schedule for the next semester
Rarely shows violence of the kind where one person dominates another, though may defend self vigorously
Sexual offending is rare, though poor "mating" skills can embarrass the opposite sex
Property offenses are rare except when they are side-effects of pursuit of a special interest
Sits or stands on the periphery of a social group or even has back turned to the group
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Sameness
Physical and emotional resistance to change in daily routine or ritual routine
A small, seemingly insignificant change in orderliness can be disproportionately more disturbing than a much greater change (A lamp table moved one foot can elicit a more greatly agitated reaction than installing a new bookcase or painting the room.)
In those with stereotyped behaviors, personal noises and motions produced are as monotonous in tone and content or as repetitive as any verbal utterances
Marked limitation to the variety and number of spontaneous normal activities
Anxious, obsessive desire for the maintenance of sameness
Even though perhaps seeming to be untidy, will have "a place for everything and everything in its place"
Repetitiveness, single-mindedness, pedantry
Inability to judge the significance of subtle differences in another person's words or behavior, i.e. voice tone, facial expression, body English of others will be received with less accuracy, or no accuracy, of intended meaning. "Clean up that mess," whether said with disgust or glee or anger may be assessed as exactly the same message.
Performance of simple repetitive movements, repetitive utterances, and repetitive topics
Elaborate routines, without apparent purpose, demonstrated in action, language, or thought
Pursuit of narrower, usually obscure, topics of interest than members of the general public, and a preoccupation with that topic almost to the exclusion of everything else
Lack of, or lack of initiation of, imaginative play such as: pretending that a rock is a truck, a bucket is a garage; or pretend sailing on the sea with cardboard as the boat; flying with a cape like superman
Use of a toy will be very elementary such as merely spinning the wheel of a truck or merely lining up, over and over, a row of toys
A favorite topic may be "stage-center" for about two years; however, the transition to the new topic of interest may be so smooth, as well as being similar to the old topic, that one assumes the original topic is still active, e.g. the interest transfers from train schedules (when and where they run currently) to train schedule history (when and where they used to run).
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Abilities
Area-scores on an IQ test vary dramatically may excel at block design + pattern puzzles
Inconsistency of abilities: may, for instance, attain high scores and show excellent tactics in the game of "Scrabble", yet have a very poor level of spelling
Will show increased adaptability and compensation for "shortcomings" with increasing age
Astounding vocabulary at early age (of early speaking or reading children)
May have excellent memory for events of several years before
Short term moment-to-moment, hour-to-hour memory is usually poor.
May have poor recall for names, places, faces (except in the case of the favorite topic)
May have phenomenal rote memory for poems, names, product specifications, player statistics, etc.
May have precise recollection of complex patterns and sequences
Particular originality of thought and experience in narrow fields leading perhaps to exceptional achievement
Not at all geared to learning from adults or teachers -- self-taught in non-traditional personalized ways
Isolated, restricted, or circumscribed areas of interest
Possible excellent ability for logical, abstract thinking
May have good deductive reasoning
Poor inductive reasoning
Does not generalize well
Poor abductive reasoning
Original word and moniker creation (calling someone or some item by a movie character's name or by a made up name, etc.)
Intellectual prowess with large and deep knowledge in narrow areas (e.g., W.W.II tanks, Italian Opera, dog breeds of England)
Patchy patterns of intellectual achievement (e.g., Excellent reading and comprehension and vast factual knowledge and perhaps even a prolific writer, but, on the other hand, unaware of the difference between active and passive voice of verbs, or even unable to point out a verb in a sentence, or poor spelling and handwriting)
More interested in the factual, statistical aspects of an endeavor, or topic, or book
More interest in technology rather than people
May spend long periods of time on computer, preferring to delve into its inner workings and file organization rather than do work required for school
A lack of interest in typical fictional stories with real life characters, a plot, emotions, etc.
May not do well at sports requiring excellent gross motor coordination such as baseball or football, but may do adequately well or excel in individual endurance sports such as running or swimming
Prefers the computer, a book, or other inanimate learning tool over being with people and often is good at computer and reading
Although some may have unusual or specific math abilities, generally will not do well in standard math classes.
May have clumsy looking, large, and poorly formed handwriting and numerals
Some may be good readers, yet poor spellers
Four times as likely to be left handed as general population
Higher incidence of ambidexterity
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Communication
Somewhat naive, may be easily led astray or conned
May not like to be touched, hugged, or even stood near { i like tickling! }
May find bodily compression (prolonged bear hugs, lying down on them) to be soothing
Impairment of ordinary two-way communication is always present
Not on same "wave-length" as peers in any group activity
Although not alone physically, is alone mentally
May be quite takative to a captive audience..., such as a store clerk
...{ i am learning Not to do this...!!! }
Tends to accept the "literal" meaning of a communication rather than the figurative, e.g."Boy, did I have egg on my face yesterday," evokes a mental image of yellow yolk on the speaker's face. "He's a man of many hats," would be heard as meaning literally that the man must have dozens of hats when the true figurative intended meaning is that the man plays many roles in life: father, businessman, athlete, lay-preacher, and diplomat.
Lack of, or misuse of, adequate common gestures, body language, and facial expression
Will talk on a favorite subject, oblivious to the listener's lack of interest or waning interest
Will guide, or abruptly switch, a conversation to favorite topic and proceed to dominate
Gives matter-of-fact, honest, short answers with little or no elaboration
An elaborate answer often assumes far too much priorly acquired knowledge within the listener (assumes the listener has as much or more expertise and "insider knowledge" as himself)
Use of language may appear abnormal in context
May be already thoroughly trained to look at the eyes of whoever is talking to them, but it does not come naturally and the eye contact will seem a bit unnatural or blank
Some command over Instrumental Gestures, which are designed to get someone to do something immediately, e.g. 'Quiet' (finger to the lips), 'Look up' (point up with a finger), 'Come here' (swing bent arm toward one's chest or else index finger flexing motion)
Seldom makes nor understands genuine and appropriate Expressive Gestures, which always contain emotional components, e.g. an offer of friendship (an outreached hand and smile), a threat (a clenched fist and frown), embarrassment (head lowered with eyes straight ahead with a weak smile or eyes lowered)
Good comprehension of "Mechanical Stories" (balloon is let go, it floats toward tree, it bursts on a branch) and "Behavioral Stories" (child is given money, goes to store, buys candy, leaves store, eats candy) Poor comprehension of "Mentalistic Stories", where, to understand the real meaning of the story, it is important to comprehend the character's "state of mind", such as does an event or condition in the story make the character be happy, sad, surprised, melancoly, indignant, etc. and how would that emotional reaction effect the "texture" or the outcome of the story
Prefers to be alone, but can maintain a relationship with caregiver
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Odd usage of language
A more literal interpretation of questioning: e.g., if asked "Do you read? (for fun)" elicits a response of "Yes. (meaning, literally, the ability to read)" or "Do you read magazines?" elicits "No" even though hours per day may be spend "looking" at magazines (not actually literally "reading" them)
{ i'm tend more towards confusion with these sorts of questions...??? }
Lack of meaningful, two-way communication despite having adequate speech or even being talkative
May be aloof, or else have pestering or obnoxious talk, or else odd talk
May be verbally passive and compliant
Gives a "correct" and very literal, but not very relevant, answer to a question, e.g. 'Can you pass the salt?', 'Yes' (But with no concept of actually passing it)
Will seem to lack common sense Questions requiring precise information on a favorite topic are answered faultlessly with elaboration May use (or misuse) rare or pedantic words when listener expects or needs the simple version
May use the less common or British pronunciation of a word, or else purposefully shift the accentuation, or else a sound within a word, e.g. infatuation becomes inflatuation
May use the uncommon or British word choice, e.g. "W.C." for toilet, yet be repelled by the not so uncommon American (naval) usage of "head"
May casually and stubbornly use the less common Celsius, metric system, or 24 hour clock
In highly verbal persons, correct usage of pronouns does not guarantee adequate comprehension when they hear others speak using pronouns
May use pronouns without having established an antecedent; it sounds like logical English, but the listener has no idea what subject is being spoken about
Idiosyncratic language, e.g. women are "lassies", or saucepan is a "water boiling unit"
Delay in language development, late talker, or curious, atypical development of speech
May be so eloquently talkative as a toddler that it attracts widespread attention in public
Eloquent speech, fine use of language, excellent vocabulary, humor, etc. may on closer appraisal be seen to be pedantry or "little professor" lecturing and not true, person-to-person communication
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Appearance
Most often handsome to average in appearance
Usually quiet-spoken, polite, genteel
Adequate grooming may deteriorate when not monitored
Clothing choice may seem odd-ball, mismatched, shabby or inappropriate if not monitored
A characteristic peculiarity of gaze: somewhat blank stare, or looking-through-you
Sometimes a lack of eye contact or predominantly peripheral viewing
May have one eye noticeably weaker, perhaps even crossed
Seems to take in things with short peripheral glances
Body English may say to others that the person is being sneaky, or sly, or secretive or aloof.
Poverty of facial expression and gestures
More negative facial expressions than warranted, or blank, or odd mixtures of both negative and positive facial components
Stereotypic movements that don't express meaning
Fungus growth under fingernails or toenails, or unnoticeable fungus (yeast) on scalp, or in the intestines or vagina, etc.
Follows own impulses regardless of the demands of the environment or social situation
May exhibit clumsiness in gross motor skills, while seemingly dexterous with fine motor tasks like the ability to balance objects
Tends to express no attitude toward own accomplishments or own failures
May abruptly end a conversation by merely turning away, walking away, or saying "Work time", "Play time", "Good-bye", "Got to Go" etc. in a matter-of-fact way
Echolalia, which is the repeating back of another's words, be it from TV or a book or a friend, e.g. "How are you doing?" response: "How are you doing?" Echolalia may take the form of pedantry or "little professor" lectures on the favorite topic giving the impression in the very young of precociousness or genius
Mood may evolve with passage of years, for example, from attempts at socializing, especially during teen years, to a more aloof attitude when no longer forced into social settings
May become the "class clown" in an effort to socialize, being somewhat oblivious to the reactions or feelings of others
May dress, talk, or act in socially inappropriate ways in an effort to attract friends and attain "normal" socializing Idiosyncratic (not used by average people) body and hand gestures
May mimic the other persons facial expressions and body English during a conversation, but the mimicry is devoid of any real connection to his own side of the conversation both long and short lapses into silence
Possess few facial expressions with slightly more negative expressions on face as well as often incongruous mismatches of part negative and part positive facial expression
Sometimes monotone or contextually monotonous speech
Uses narrower range of speaking tones, as well as fewer tones (3), than normal (~5)
Stiff or wooden body posture
When young, the "feel" of the child sitting on your lap may be different from the "feel" of other children, i.e. somewhat listless, heavy, like a sack of potatoes, not cuddly
Seldom points out objects to others in order to share attention of that object with the other person
Does not necessarily avoid social stimuli and formal or informal invitations to participate
Does make attachments to parents and others
A tendency to assume that others know exactly what they themselves know
Good control of conventional logic
Tendency to avoid fiction reading in preference for non-fiction, especially lists and facts such as found in almanacs or perhaps technology, such as computers
Can be a good conversationalist, but inevitably hogs the conversation with little aptitude for conversational give and take
Cannot discuss complex associations, or social relationships, between two or more people
May exhibit tics, such as muscular jerks, verbal grunts, spontaneous utterance of a word or phrase
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The Five Senses
Either hyposensitivity or hypersensitivity may be present for any one specific sense and may reverse briefly or permanently
May prefer the roughness of wool clothing and blankets or, on the other hand, may insist on only smooth, wrinkle-free, seam-free, slick, smooth clothing and sheets
May prefer very spicy food, perhaps going heavy on mustard, catsup, vinegar, pepper, hot sauce, etc. or, on the other hand, may only be able to eat the blandest of food
May overdress or, on the other hand, underdress for the current temperature
Most will recoil from the touch of a person's hand, especially from behind or when unexpected
Most will be sensitive to glaring lights, bright sun, bright overcast sky
Most will be sensitive to loud noise, especially sudden, and certain tones may be more irritating than other tones
Some may appreciate certain varieties of music, yet consider other music mere noise
May be somewhat insensitive to the pain of injuries like cuts, scrapes, bruises, bumps
May withstand thirst and hunger and tiredness without complaint
May not complain when sick in general, be it a fever, upset stomach, etc.
May be very leary of carnival rides, playground equipment, balls
May have eyesight perception problems
May be resistive of getting haircuts from just anyone or may cut own hair
Difficulty intellectually and physically in knowing where their own body leaves off and the surrounding environment begins, especially when younger
Sensual perception such as eyesight difficulties and tactile difficulties may exacerbate gross motor clumsiness
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Visual / Spatial
Difficulty shifting attention between, as well as within, modalities
The beam of attention is reduced, thereby restricting what can be attended to at any one moment of time.
Problem in disengaging visual attention or shifting visual attention over short time intervals
Over-focused attention may be a behavioral manifestation of difficulties moving attention at will (Over-focused attention refers to where in space attention is located and the ease with which it can get there or away, and not simply to the magnitude of that attentional focus)
Abnormalities in moving attention through space
Responds faster to central, rather than lateral, stimuli
Probably not good at catching balls
Poor judgment of distances, curves, trajectories, etc.
May not drive a car well, or drives seldom, or not at all through own choice
{ i felft that i was Too Confident when driving...??? }
Difficulty recognizing people they should readily recognize
Difficulty picking out people they know well from a single photo or a group picture
Clumsiness, stiffness, or akwardness in body movements dependent on sight
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