A Rose By Any Other Name…

Originally published at Absentminded Author, v2.




iPad sketch in Bamboo Paper.

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ADHD Distractions: Try Mahjong for a Quick Break

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Did you think I had blogfaded because I had stopped posting? Well, here's my second post in one day. Ha! That'll teach ya! Well, I'm not sure what lesson you can learn from that other than I'm suffering from chronic absentmindedism, and that I didn't post last Monday's ADHD Distraction because I was distracted, but let's change the subject. Having AD/HD means getting bored really quickly. Faster than a speeding bullet quick. Speed of light quick. In fact, I get bored so fast that I'm already bored with tomorrow's distractions before I even discover them. So webcams are passé, Sudoku causes yawns, and I'm desperate to find another constructive distraction that won't suck up my time like a cool raspberry Slurpee on a hot summer day. That's why I'm pleased to introduce today's distraction to you: Mahjong . Mahjong is a great brain teaser. I fell in love with a version of the game called Shanhai on my Sega Master System back in 1990....
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Fashion FAIL?

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Fashion FAIL? Originally uploaded by Darkstream . …or time FAIL? I actually took time to create my own construction paper Twitter fail whale , then string it around my neck with yarn as a photo response to @ijustine . These are the whimsical ways that ADHD leads me through life. In the meantime, I am writing an article about Twitter & AD/HD. I hope to polish it up for publication later today.
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ADHD: Upsides to Thrill Seeking

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The number six symptom in Hallowell and Ratey's Diagnostic Criteria for Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults is a need for high stimulation. 6. A frequent search for high stimulation. The Adult with ADD is always on the lookout for something novel, something engaging, something in the outside world that can catch up with the whirlwind that's rushing inside. My mother tells of a story where my late brother, Ryan, created a new sport one day. It involved BMX bikes and trampolines. Now, one thing you have to understand about Utah is that a family is not a real family unless there is a trampoline in their backyard. It is that important. When a neighbor moved away and left their trampoline behind, my children could finally hold their heads up high in school even though the trampoline wasn't large enough to bounce two hyperactive chinchillas on. You would think with access to a full olympic sized trampoline my brother and his friend would have been content. B...
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