by lepton | Oct 12, 2015 | Personal
I went to Europe for two weeks to visit my brother. There were so much fewer obese people there and public transportation was so much better. As someone who cannot drive because of poor vision I appreciated that there wasn’t this stigma attached to not having...
by lepton | Sep 18, 2015 | Economy, Semantics
Great tool for sizing someone up. Breaks social class down to components. I’m high on the education level for having a B.S. but that’s about it. This tool is great for those of us on the spectrum who may not be privy to social cues (I wasn’t in...
by lepton | Sep 10, 2015 | Economy, Personal
Article on millennials and boomers and the pressure on our generation: The boomer mentality goes like this: get a good education. Get a well-paying full-time job. Find a stable partner. Buy a house and a car. Preferably, have a child. Failing any stage of this process...
by lepton | Sep 9, 2015 | Faith, Matters of the Heart, Mental Illness
To me, God is indistinguishable from mania. People generally don’t find God through reading arguments, they find God because they have a feeling of peace and warmth wash over them. I have definitely had that when I’m manic. I know it’s all...
by lepton | Aug 29, 2015 | Autism Specific, Mental Illness
Pretend you are a creating a character for some kind of RPG video game. You have a fixed amount to spend on a set of character attributes (for example, speed, attack, shields). At this first level you don’t have too much to spend so you have to make...
