The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Tree Hugger



Just popping in to wish you all a wonderful Friday. I won't see you tonight. Off to visit my folks, then boyfriend's folks. Play nicely while I'm away.

It was done with humourous intent. You see, the joke was supposed to play off my tendency to be a smartass, which, if you haven't noticed it here, I may have gotten under some degree of control, which is good, but rather spoiled my joke, which is unfortunate, and [takes deep breath, but is not even thinking of a full stop, oh no, you'll have to wait for that, and wait you will, you just wait and see, where was I, oh, right, yes] partly it was supposed to play off Pratchett's joke about education, so if I pass something on that makes others unsuitable for lots of jobs, I ought to apologize, don't you think?


IRL I have met only one guy nerdier than me, so my standards of what is fun to read are not always everyone else's standards. Being a sophisticated nerd, it took me only, oh, about 10 years to understand this. so I try to recommend things which are informative but can still serve as bedtime reading. That would not apply to everything I could recommend. Not unless it's your special interest.

This being WP, I don't dare offer a nerdier-than-thou challenge. If I offer you the most technical reading matter on the subject that I can find, you might treat it as light bedtime reading, come back for more, and in the process make me look like a mere subnerd.

By the way, I saw on another thread that you recommended "Guns, Germs and Steel". Will you marry me? I thought not. But you can still read the book.

*sigh* I've been excelling in loss of humour recently, haven't I? But when it returns, it is very lively, I promise *blush*.

Steven Pinker, Jared Diamond. Two of my heroes. I love scientists concerned with our relationship with the planet and each other. So, I guess special interest. But I am equally absorbed with female poets. Schizo, you think? *wink*

I'll look out for the book you recommended at my library, thank you.

It's not a hard read at all. And I'm only a subnerd!

Wooden Face



I couldn't leave for the weekend without first sharing this photo. Was sitting on a bench and looked down to see this face looking back up at me. Quality of photo isn't great (cellphone camera) but the irony of the AS "wooden face" was too wonderful to miss.

Happy trails, 'til later.

Have a lovely evening, Sapphix.

Yes.

But for Halloween I'm shooting for this:

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Oh my! ((swoon))

As you can see Gromit, women are into old bald men with knobby knees. Especially on skinny legs adorning shorts belted just below the armpits, and black socks held up by garters. I wouldn't lead you astray. I recommend you adhere to a lifestyle of double workshifts, forgetful eating habits, and nothing-but-aerobic-exercise. Soon you'll have to beat the women off with your cane. And your broadsword (if you can lift it after the extensive fasting).

(All the better id you can manage to retain a potbelly in the process).

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Whoa!! ! Postie? Zatchoo? I toldja to be a cautious nibbler of eucalyptus, and here you bought a 1/4 pound bag from Nan to smoke? Man, you gotta be able to trust your supplier. She's been dealin' in khat and sh**. Don't be buyin' from Nan.

It's pedantic, I know, but for the sake of completeness I feel obliged to mention the possibility, remote though it may be, that perhaps I wasn't funny.

Or else, did you leave your humour lying around during one of your recent visits? Nan always tidies it away, because if we don't, Postie will smoke it, along with the Eucalyptus. Or Ike eats it. But with Nan preoccupied by ultimately spiritually trivial, yet nevertheless strangely urgent matters of survival, she may not have reminded you to pick it up before you left. Yes, that must have been it. It couldn't have been a sense of humour failure on my part. Phew. I'm glad that's sorted out. You had me worried for a moment.

What does your sense of humour look like? If you tell us shape and size, we might be able to work out where Nan put it. She doesn't normally sort by colour, so I don't expect you to comment. Wouldn't like to ask personal questions, after all.

Oh, bother, I mislaid mine. Anyone seen it? It's the little blobby one, sort of amoeboid, remember? Lavender shading into green, going black under strain?

He was sweet at one point in time.

See post on next page or so.

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I was told I resemble this most honourable gentleman, back when I had more hair. Mentally take away some hair (all right, a lot of hair), does that look good?

I get the point.

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No, no, not a point, a question. I have no point.

Seriously, though, I wasn't trying to get a point across. Do all my jokes fall flat today? I really have mislaid my sense of humour. Oh well, back on Monday, if anyone finds my sense of humour, please put it some place where I can find it.