Two only tangentially related links...

One on the ever-popular "would you prevent your disability(s) from ever happening ever again?" question, which I'm not answering because I'm still slightly fuzzy.

And another one on left-handedness.

This woman wrote into a company that makes products for lefties (knives, scissors, can openers, novelty clocks that run backwards, that sort of thing) to... as near as I can tell, rant that by making products designed to be used with the left-hand dominant (instead of the right hand dominant) you're somehow forcing children to view being left-handed as a disability, and making them perform badly. Something like that....

Because she's never had problems.

Before we move on, let us take a minute to laugh at her self-righteous naivete. *laughs* Thank you.

The two links are connecting in my mind. In one, we've got the normal discussion of "what makes a disability" and "what's positive about whatever-it-is" and all that. And in the other, we've got somebody saying that having some simple, inexpensive accomodations to make your life easier, instead of going through a lot of effort to assimilate, is bad for you, because it's making you look and feel different.

*laughs* It just seems so strange to me, the two discussions. And they seem so... connected, even though they're talking about completely different things.

I have two questions....

1. About the fuzzyheadedness. I always connect that to sinus problems - I get a sinus headache, or a stuffed up nose, and I can't think properly (or pop my ears, or hear right).

*frowns*

This is absurd, but I'm thinking... is it possible that it could be somehow connected to, say, low pressure systems? I didn't start to feel out of it until it got heavy and rainy here last night.... And they always have some things in common with my sinus infections, including the hearing.

That doesn't even make sense! Not even to me, and I'm the one who thought of it! But... I need to keep notes on this or something. Bet it turns out to be something mundane like "Oh, gee, it's just the phase of the moon!"

2. In another edition of "Connie has no idea what's normal or what's not anymore...."

We all know that if you look at something centered in your face, a half a foot away, with first your left eye and then your right (but not both at the same time), it'll look like it's "jumped". It's got to do with how we get our binocular vision.

Is it normal for the vision from one eye to be (compared to the vision from the other eye) noticeably green-tinged, while the other eye is red-tinged compared to the first eye (and neither of them looks *that* different from both eyes unless I think about it)? I can think of *why* this would be, but... is it normal? I have no idea. I tried to explain it to my sister years ago (we were still at 18th Avenue), but I don't think she understood what I meant.

Random fact...

If this site is to be trusted, Draco is the same constellation in Arabic, but it's called (transliterated) "At-Tinneen".

*considers that*

I like it!

Hey, it makes a nice change from all those fanfic writers I've seen scrambling to justify calling the boy "My Little Dragon". Does he get to have a pretty pink comb, too, and a tattoo of some ice cream on his butt?

Ugh, I don't know why I've not been getting out the door more these past few weeks.

I mean, I do know why, it's because of the baby, but it's stupid. Life is easier once we're all outside. MUCH easier.

Cute Ana anecdote of the day: So, my mom got her a locker mirror to put on the fridge so that Ana could look in the mirror without being hoisted up (and just today we learned that now Ana can see herself in the bathroom mirror by standing on the toilet, all by herself). The other day, Ana and I are cuddling in the kitchen right after her mom left. Suddenly, she goes "OH NO!" and picks herself up to turn the mirror - it had been vertical instead of horizontal. This kinda sucked, because she turned it crookedly, so now it was irritating *me* instead of her. Not to fear - as soon as she sat down again, she sees the problem, goes "OH NO!" and goes and fixes it :) I'd feel bad about this, warping her little mind and all, but I haven't straightened *anything* around her. Ever. So it's Not My Fault (or problem)!

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Oh, nevermind. The details are unimportant.

Point is, mom = on the spectrum, kid = diagnosed, passed her my journal address because I never check my email, and would like links to relevant autistic-related sites (she's new to this she says) if she shows up (unlike the person I met at the zoo, who could've benefited from them....), because I never know if my links are the best. Nice person. Not curebie. I could give her a big ol' hug, except I don't really know her. And I had a baby on my chest who might've objected....

*jawdrop*

In the Times, there's an article-et about the Newberry and Caldecott awards for this year. I'm bored, so I check them out. This one, I think I have to get for Ana. This is her life - windows, dinosaurs, naps - it's perfect!

I'll agree, what I can see of the artwork isn't exactly my style, but I can overlook that for a good enough book.

Yes, this is going to be another edition of Stupid Amazon Reviews.

Congratulations to the author on a wonderful story.The story in this book about the window, the little girl and her grandparents is beautiful. It did not deserve to be part of a mess of scribbles or an inter-racial propaganda. I have done numerous programs with preschool children who would have easily made better pictures for that story.

Okay. Fair complaint: Picking on the artwork. Even if it were Mona Lisa style artwork, you're perfectly allowed to dislike it.

Unfair complaint: OMG! The kid is mixed race! And so are the relatives! OH NOES!!!! It's an agenda, and it RUINS THE BOOK (along with the artwork).

You? Need to shut the fuck up. Say it with me now: Showing people isn't promoting an agenda. There's nothing wrong with being biracial, and saying that isn't promoting an agenda. There's nothing wrong in having a book featuring a mixed-race family that doesn't actively, uh... promote an agenda (which tends to be "There's nothing wrong with us" anyway, which is a fairly innocuous agenda, as agendas go).

Fucking idiot.

So, on BSG. Our Friend Boomer. She's SPOILER (apparently)

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