Fred Rogers

Here is a link about how to talk to children when tragic events happen. http://fci.org/new-site/par-tragic-events.html

My heart is broken over what happened in Connecticut. I hugged my children, and cried when I saw the President cry. We need to overhaul our mental health infrastructure in this country, and we need to do it now.

Helen Hunt

I am torn between "Twister" and "As Good As It Gets", as far as my favorite movies of her.

So, my morning post. I do like that I have gotten into a rhythm as far as content creation. I don't know if any of my regular readers have noticed, but I am trying to go for a couple of paragraphs of thoughts in the morning, a discussion point on my Facebook page around noon Eastern Daylight Time, and a funny picture at five o'clock on Facebook.

It seems to be working out well. Of course, like last night, I sometimes post here more than once a day when the fancy strikes me. Now... I just need to figure out what kind of content creation I ought to focus on. Kim thinks I should focus on my spectrum experience... well, I suppose I can pass information about the spectrum in general along.

For instance, Asperger's Syndrome is being retired on January 1, 2013 for the more general "Autism Spectrum Disorder". I think that's a little sad. Dr. Asperger's work will no longer hold distinction.

So... does anyone have any opinions? I would love to hear them!

David P. Holveck

He is the CEO of Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings, manufacturers of Percocet.

So, as I am relaxing in bed, allowing the oxycodone to have its way with me... I am suddenly struck with the fact that Giraffes that Americans know from zoos and nature shows are actually a subspecies known as reticulated giraffes. They are reticulated because their spots form a network about their bodies.

When thinking about this, I am reminded of the other famous reticulated animal, the reticulated python.

Then I imagined a cross between the two. It was terrifying.

I really can't tell you how much I want to heal enough to not need to take the percocet any more. Because a pythongiraffe is frickin' demonic.

Mark Zuckerberg

He is not terrible.

Well, if anyone has been reading this over the past few days, it would have become obvious that I am trying something new. Facebook created a service called "Pages" which allows people to link outside properties, like this blog, to their site. Over a year ago, I created a page for my house, and Kim and I have played with the page on and off.

Well, I decided to do the same thing for this blog, but to actually be serious about it. What does "serious" mean, a hypothetical reader may ask. Well, Facebook requires a minimum of 30 "likes" before all of the tools associated with its page service unlock.

I got my 30th "like" today. I get there with the help of Kim and my friends. It may seem silly, or trite, but I really do appreciate it.

I just hope I can create content that will engage people and motivate myself. One foot in front of the other.

Kevin A. Ford

He is currently the only American representative on our species' only permanent outpost in space. So... content. All right, well, let's start with the space station, all right? Did you know that you can see the space station without a telescope? In fact, NASA runs a service at http://spotthestation.nasa.gov Where they send you an e-mail or text message when it will be in your area. It was over my part of America at 6:24 AM this morning. I was busy dragging my daughter's carcass out of bed for school. Still, that's pretty cool, right?

Stacie Lee, a brand new blogger.

So, I have infected another with the blogging bug.

Click this sentence to go to Stacie's brand spanking new blog. Stacie is a good friend that I don't get to see often enough, and hopefully we can stop, collaborate and listen to each other with our blogs.

Stacie, since blogger is a Google company, you should probably download Picasa, Google's photo reader. That way, you can seamlessly upload any and all photos that you would like to post. Just a suggestion, yo.

Richard Jeni

He was my first blog title, and the inspiration for the name of my blog.

Richard Jeni is dead. He apparently killed himself, by shooting his face. This... is an unmitigated tragedy. Jeni was a comedy genius. Watch any of his material, and witness the definition of funny.

I am in mourning.