It feels like it's been Christmas forever Someone should write a Christmas carol with the title "It feels like it's been Christmas forever". It's still November, and I've already had enough of the festive season. Eaten an already stale-tasting fruit...

Today's forecast - more autism cure hype and early interference I've heard on the news that our government's latest big initiative might be a national disability insurance scheme, and this could cover people who are deemed to be disabled from birth,...

The theme on one's mind All of today I've had the same piece of music playing in my mind's jukebox over and over. There's a term for this phenomenon - it's called an earworm, a quaint word derived from a German word. I have a theory that the choice of...

The interesting case of Syd Barrett For a number of years I have had fun maintaining and adding to my list of famous people who are, or were, or perhaps were, or perhaps are, on the autistic spectrum. What an fascinating bunch of people! It is a list...

Carl Sagan Day 2009 Today the memorable scientist, astronomer, humanist and popularizer of science Carl Sagan would have turned 75. Carl Sagan is one of the 140 famous people who are currently listed in my massive referenced list of famous people who...