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sanspoof

Something Wonnnderful

Mar 05, 2006 14:09

Yesterday Travis & Kelli were over for a little while, and at one point we hit a Barnes & Noble. There, I came upon a really great thing: a book about autistic famous people, intended for autistic kids ( Read more... )

complaining, bookfaced, autism

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diaryarena March 5 2006, 19:40:22 UTC

Man, the art looks like watered down Rodney Alan Greenblatt. NOW WOULDN'T THAT MAKE IT A BETTER BOOK?!?!

sanspoof March 5 2006, 20:07:25 UTC

YES IT WOULD!
Power off, power on!

urbeatle March 5 2006, 20:31:39 UTC

well, the living heroes of autism (how's THAT for a superhero team concept?) would be Temple Grandin and Donna Williams, although the only thing Williams did was write books about her experiences. But now they get to add that autistic boy who was the waterboy for his highschool basketball team and scored 20 points in something like ten minutes the first time they put him on the court.

jwgh March 5 2006, 21:06:44 UTC

How about that kid who survived in the Florida Everglades for a bunch of days? I'd like to see Creepy Cow Artist illustrate that!

sanspoof March 5 2006, 21:24:54 UTC

He'd just have the same beatific-yet-dead expression and would maybe be touching a frog or something.
Man, why don't they call ME for these things?
...oh wait, I'm not an illustrator. Note to self: become illustrator and surpass the one who did this book. Profit.

sanspoof March 5 2006, 21:22:53 UTC

That was sweet because you could see him figuring out how to get the ball in the basket from that distance, and once he had, everything was fine.

Yeah, I wonder why Donna Williams wasn't in the book. Maybe she didn't agree or something. Or maybe for some reason the emphasis on dead famous people was more important.

ex_agentcoo March 5 2006, 22:43:02 UTC

Zusty, I can't find your email so I'm posting this here:

Knitted gastrointestinal tract.

Thought it might be your kind of thing.

sanspoof March 5 2006, 23:40:31 UTC

Yeah, 'scool, huh? I remember years and years ago seeing stuffed bodily organs in an installation in some museum, maybe the MOMA. I guess knitting is finally catching up.

madeofmeat March 5 2006, 23:23:26 UTC

The cow reminds me of Lyta Alexander when she went to Z'ha'dum. I imagine the cow being tormented by the evil it senses all around it, hoarsely whispering, "I can...feel them."

sanspoof March 5 2006, 23:43:16 UTC

Welp, had to look that one up. Sorry, I have seen exactly one episode of Babylon 5.

HOW ABOUT THAT TIME DEANNA TROI HAD THE MUSIC BOX PLAYING IN HER HEAD AND SHE ALMOST WENT INSANE? HUH? HUH?

diaryarena March 6 2006, 01:31:18 UTC

OR LIKE THAT TIME MY BRAIN NEARLY STOPPED WORKING WHEN THAT CHICK WAS LIKE "NICE TATTOO" TO WESLEY

optic_options March 6 2006, 05:19:03 UTC

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