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Mystery, Mars, Matriarchy, and Magpies

The Kingdom of Why, by Stuart Basham Stone – I learned about this book from Anil Tambwekar’s blog about books inspired by Oz. This one, published in 1913, uses the same basic structure of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christianity, Families, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged anil tambwekar, autism, birds, goats, jesus, magpies, mars, martian time-slip, matlida joslyn gage, matriarchy, mental health, mental illness, merlin, patriarchy, philip k. dick, rick riordan presents, schizophrenia, st. paul, stacey lee, stuart basham stone, t.h. white, the kingdom of why, the once and future king, the wonderful wizard of oz, time travel, winston chu, winston chu vs. the whimsies, witches, wizard of oz, woman church and state |

Got My Mind Set on Mindsets

I saw a billboard this past weekend saying something like, “Paying too much for health care? Vote Republican!” Aren’t the Republicans the ones who are constantly pushing to make health care more expensive, constantly trying to repeal the Affordable Care … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Food, Health, Holidays, Introspection, Judaism, Language, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Television | Tagged affordable care act, atheism, autism, classism, donald trump, fear, foghorn leghorn, grammar, guns, health care, looney tunes, president barack obama, republicans, smoking |

Don’t Mind the Maker

Not long ago, I came across a reference to a possible link between autism and atheism, which was interesting to me as I’m an atheist and on the autistic spectrum. While the idea can be misused, as this Turkish jerk … Continue reading →

Posted in Introspection, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged atheism, authority, autism, individualism, libertarianism, psychology today, razib khan, social interaction, theory of mind |

When Humor and Anti-Humor Collide

I found this post by Amy to be interesting, as I think we have similar senses of humor in many respects, and I’m somewhat fascinated by the concept of anti-humor. I’ve never come across the “No soap, radio!” joke in … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Discworld, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors, Television, Terry Pratchett, The Simpsons | Tagged absurdism, alice's adventures in wonderland, anti-humor, autism, feghoots, granny weatherwax, inside jokes, jokes, mari ness, no soap radio, pogo, practical jokes, puns, reginald bretnor, shaggy dog stories, the aristocrats, the marvelous land of oz, walt kelly, witches abroad, wordplay |

Every Disability Conceals a Vocation, Except the Ones That Don’t

While reading Ana Mardoll’s deconstruction of the Chronicles of Narnia, I came across this quote by a moderator who goes by Chris the Cynic, which I felt was worth sharing: During my insomnia last night I watched the movie Wreck … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Comics, Health, Prejudice, Religion, Sexuality | Tagged ana mardoll, autism, bible, daredevil, deconstruction, disability, healing, homophobia, homosexuality, jane foster, jesus, marvel comics, professor xavier, signs, sin, thor, touch, vanellope von schweetz, wreck-it ralph, x-men |

Meat, Mazes, and Math

Just a few miscellaneous movie reviews this time: Leonard Part 6 – We all know by now that Bill Cosby is not just a rapist but also a major hypocrite, telling everyone else how they should act when he’s being … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Health, Humor, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged autism, bill cosby, cube, dustin hoffman, leonard part 6, rain man, savant syndrome, tom cruise |

Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man

In addition to trying to get people’s attention with scantily clad women and comparisons to Nazis, PETA has also tried to link autism to milk. The campaign is apparently from 2008, but has recently resurfaced. Strange, because I’ve been diagnosed … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Food, Health, Prejudice, Video Games | Tagged albert einstein, asperger's syndrome, autism, autistic spectrum, bill gates, debra lafave, elliot rodger, jenny mccarthy, men's rights movement, mental health, milk, misogyny, peta |