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Squirrel!

Here's today's public service announcement. If you have ADHD, beware of operating any heavy machinery or working near windows.

National Squirrel Appreciation Day

 

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AD/HD: Speaking without Thinking

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I would like to thank Blogger for selecting my column as a Blog of Note . I am thrilled to find so many like minded individuals making the comments section an intellectual treat. Curse you! I haven't been able to get anything done for a whole week. One of the comments from last week's column was a terse reprimand by a woman (I assume) who urged me to not think so much and do instead. Ignoring the fact that her short comment judged my life by only the words of a humorous column I write each week, she also showed a lack of understanding of the AD/HD mind. Not think so much? If there is any one defining aspect of AD/HD it is the lack of contemplative thought before action is taken. We are masters of the instantaneous impulse. Take today's subject matter for an example. There you are, grieving family members around you, the organ plays in the background, and you've got this really funny joke to tell. Happen to you? No, me neither, but I do know a guy who appa...
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I Couldn't Be On Time Even If I Sat on a Clock

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Hear this article read to you: Tonight was going to be glorious. Everything was lined up. I had decided that with so many local children's book authors having launch parties at the King's English Bookshop I should hobnob at a few of them. It would be much cheaper than attending a writer's conference and, if I bought a book and had it signed, I might endear myself to the authors. You know, get them to open up to me. Share their secrets with me. Invite me over for dinner. Alas, all my clever plans were foiled. There I was, chatting up author James Dashner on Twitter , helpfully letting him know his countdown clock was wrong, and using my trademarked and incredibly clever repartee to show him that I was somebody he could not only share his secrets with but also could borrow his laptop. I told him I'd see him later tonight, then hurried off to get the girls from their high school. I had them all booked for babysitting. I would hit the launch party, graciously dec...
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Never Too Old To Tackle Something New

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As a way of keeping low self-esteem and depression at bay, I decided to do some landscape painting and drawing. Don't be afraid to pick up new things to keep your mind fresh and your perspective positive. Wordless Wensday Links to other Wordless Wensdays! tags technorati : Wordless Wednesday #2 Like reading The Splintered Mind ? Share articles with your friends, link from your blog, or subscribe !
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