As someone with Asperger’s syndrome, I am frequently baffled when facts are contested by denial ( “I don’t believe that” instead of “I want to see if the methodology is flawed”) rather than potentially countering facts and even more confused when facts are greeted with an angry response. Why do facts, things that are theoretically… Read more Cognitive Dissonance versus Cognitive Flexibility
Phyllis Schlafly was the spearhead for killing the Equal Rights Amendment back in the 70s and remains a very outspoken anti-feminist still today. She has thoughtfully proffered her solution to stopping rapes at colleges and universities: women ought not be trying to get masculine educations. If women would stay home in their natural place and… Read more Phyllis Schlafly Has the Answer to Campus Rapes
The idea that what you eat can affect your mental health and emotional responses has been widely accepted among parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder for years. Many of us have made modifications of our children’s diets (and sometimes our diets) accordingly. Some of the things ASD parents have restricted include gluten, GMO foods,… Read more A Gut Feeling
How familiar are you all with the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas? Well, we are on the sixth day and I have no geese a-layin. I pointed this out to my husband, my Sweet Babou. He told me point blank that geese were evil buggers that hissed and could break your wrist with… Read more On the Sixth Day of Christmas
I’ve never made it a secret I have Asperger’s syndrome. To the contrary, I have been quite up front about it. As an Aspy, one of my biggest bugbears is inaccurate book reviews. I would never try to censor someone’s opinion of any book, but the facts they list as the reason they dislike the… Read more Keeping the Accurate in Accuracy
*Okay, this turns out to have been a hoax on a satirical website. I swallowed the bait, hook, line, and sinker. Mea Culpa. Many of you may have already seen reports on this, but a team of archaeologists affiliated with the University College Dublin have discovered a trio of skeletons from a previously unknown humanoid… Read more The Wee Folk *updated*
Edward II was a deeply flawed king. In her book Edward II: The Unconventional King, Kathryn Warner doesn’t attempt to hide that fact. However, she also uses meticulous research to debunk myriad myths about Edward II, including the malarkey that he was killed via a hot poker in the rectum. Edward II had a rough… Read more Review of Edward II: The Unconventional King
(I’d like to give a warm welcome to Kathryn Warner and thank her for the post. I’ll have a review of her excellent book up on Friday!) King Edward II is rightly remembered as one of the most disastrous kings England has ever produced. His reign of nineteen and a half years, July 1307… Read more Guest Post About Edward II from author Kathryn Warner
When Andrea Constand filed a civil suit in March 2005 her “lawyers said they found 13 Jane Doe witnesses with similar stories.” Because Constand’s suit was settled in November 2006 the Jane Does didn’t have a chance to speak in court. That is more than a dozen women who said Bill Cosby raped them, too.… Read more Bill Cosby’s Many Victims
As many of you have already read on my webpage, I take something called Plexus for my fibromyalgia pain. I talked my friend Laura, who has been plagued by some health issues, into trying it too. Not only has she had the health issues clear up, she is very happy about the “melting” effect Plexus… Read more Yay Lora!