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Holy crap, I do that, too. :/

It's aspie cool to edit your post over and over and over until it's perfect, then edit it again...wait, nevermind, it's fine.

Actually, you have two run-on sentences in there...

It's aspie cool to obsess on your posts to the point where you wonder if this post is correct, or afflicted with a grammatical error called a comma splice.

It is aspie cool to know and use words such as 'gumplefoistered' and 'crapulent'. And to be aware that these are real words.

It's aspie cool to realise you have trouble with directions and travel - and subsequently develop a obsessive fixation on Google maps.

Definitive aspie cool-
Aspie had a computer teacher who didn't properly teach anything aspie needed to know, and so in desperation aspie memorised an entire program of meaningless code before an exam. And aspie walked out of that exam with a B+ from nothing but rote memory.

Oh yeah. True story. Rainman and his phonebook just got pwned by activebutodd

It's aspie cool to write a post, question the spelling of a word, try to say "does it really matter," stress out about the spelling of that one word, open a new tab, go to Webster's online dictionary, and search the correct spelling of the word...only to have a fellow Aspie correct your spelling for a different word.

Obsess over shows with an average viewer aged 7.

Watch TV idents for hours and hours.

Laugh at the most minor thing.

Be goth-style and still listen to 70s pop music.

...to impress your friends with your knowledge of gaming or Doctor Who trivia. Or going off on tangents on things when you're on one subject and lose track of what it was you were saying.
Or to watch your favorite episodes over and over and over and over, and knowing every line. I remember watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure a bunch of times, and being able to say what they're saying at the same time. Or when you're in every day conversation, someone says something that reminds you of your favorite program, and you can't help quoting from it.

... love your aspie kid

I definitely relate to the Doctor Who thing.

Here's me as The 9th Doctor! http://www.sentient-photo.com/images/dr_who_landon.jpg

The embroidered Lab Coat with fishnet stockings. Plus the requisite home-made robot (V8 can) with rhinestone leash.

^ Assume you've seen my video, yes?

Part Deux: Have the 1st 78 prime numbers written on the chalkboard in the hallway, matrix format, just because.


Currently, for this upcoming weekend, I have frozen neural tissue here at my apartment (really) - ready to mount. Aspie cool that my cat, Tesla, won't EAT THOSE BRAINS!! !

And have burnt dinner for this evening already...sigh. Tomato soup on Fridays.
Mental Note: Remove 9Volt battery from smoke alarm in anticipation of preparing canned soup.

By association, the Lab Pet has MELTED batteries, inadvertently, my storing them neatly in wrapped Aluminum foil - oh no.
Cations + Anions = melty

Real-time Aspie here. Feral Aspergian.

idiocratik: Eeek! Having deja vu about our avatars

Oh, Aspie thingy: Having awesome avatars that match our personalities. And not knowing another being EXCEPT by their avatar.

Oooo, must add: What I did this evening, by the Lab Pet

Googled the African Welwitchia mirabilis tree and printed these pages, with photos, from Wikipedia. Have been always enthralled with the Welwitchia tree since it lacks a trunk; just 2 leaves from the ground but a tree nevertheless. Carbon dating indicates welwitchias are ~ 550 years old but larger specimens may be X < 2000 yrs old.

Wrote/drew more, at lab, about my Stoke's shift with respect to 5-HT.

Aspie cool

To the Max (where the speed of light is 3 X 10^8 m/s2). So there.

I did it too. I eventually found the phone in my tennis racket case.

It is aspie cool to be able to write out almost all of the periodic table from memery

The way to do it is this, forget element songs these is a easy way.

Make sure that you know the details of the first transition block metal carbonyls

V(CO)6 (paramagnetic)
Cr(CO)6
(OC)5Mn-Mn(CO)5
Fe(CO)5
Co2(CO)9
Ni(CO)4

This gives you

V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni

Know that Cu Zn come after Ni, and that Sc Ti come before V Cr

or use the following facts

To do this use ligand field theory, Cu(II) has one unpaired electron as it is d9
Zn(II) is always diamagnetic (d10). Cr(III) is kinetically inert becuase it has a half filled set of d orbitals (d5). So Cr has to be in group 6.

Ti(IV) is the highest oxidation state which Ti can reach so Ti. Also bear in bind that Sc(III) is diamagnetic (d0)

Now you have

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn

Next add the Cr group metals which form carbonyls Mo and W

Now you have

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Mo
W

Now as Mo-99 decays by beta emision into Tc-99m which decays by IC to Tc-99, now beta into Ru-99

Now we have

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Mo Tc Ru
W

Next add Re which has a diagnal relationship with Mo (both do alkene oxidation chemistry)

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Mo Tc Ru
W Re

Now use the fact that Os and Ru have very similar organometallic chemistry to add Os. Also as Pd and Pt are in the Ni group. Use as a reminder the fact that the Ni, Pd and Pt series has increaing C-M bond strength.

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Mo Tc Ru Pd
W Re Os Pt

Next use the fact that Rh does hydroformulation just like Co to remind you that Rh comes below Co. Add the last platinum group metal Ir in the hole which is left behind

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd
W Re Os Ir Pt

Add Ag and Au, use as a reminder that Ag(I) is like Cu(I), and that Au is more heavy than silver. Also add Cd and Hg use the fact that these elements form +2 d10 ions.

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Next add Zr and Hf, use the fact that these are in the same group as Ti. As Zr is a major fission product it is a second row transition block element (not a third row TM)

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Zr Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
Hf W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Next add Y, use the fact that Sr-90 decays to Y-90 which decays to Zr-90. Also add La as Y is so much like a lanthanide

Now we can expand the table a little

Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Sr Y Zr Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
La Hf W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Add the Ca and Ba, these are easy as they are in the same group as Sr

Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Sr Y Zr Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
Ba La Hf W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Add Nb, as Nb is a fission product of U it comes in the 2nd row, then add Ta which is the last TM

Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Next add the group I metals, these are easy to recall as plenty of films exist of their increasing violence when added to water

Li
Na
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Add Mg this is easy as it has a diagonal relationship to Li, Be comes in easy as it is the lightest group II metal

Li Be
Na Mg
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg

Now here is the left hand side of the table. I might post another day the way to get the right hand end of it.

...to be 22 years old and still like Batman: The Animated Series

...to be a Disney and Disneyland lover

...to pursue things that are of your interest

...to know all the classic rock songs of artists such as Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Beatles by memory as well as obscure one-hit wonder artists (but not in other territories) such as A-ha

...to realize that sometimes you don't need friends, you need to fulfill yourself with the interests that make you happy

...to post a YouTube video of yourself and not care what others may think about you

...to quote movies that you like to watch over and over again (such as The Dark Knight for me).

...to laugh at corny jokes sometimes by older people

...to connect better with people who have your interests

It's aspie cool to interpret statements directed at you by NT's that are obviously intended as an insult as a compliment.

It's aspie cool to routinely correct your mothers english usage at the age of seven.

I told my rugby team-mates that I was aspie, and one of them asked "isn't that where you have a supercharged part of your brain that gives you special talents" and I had to explain that it wasn't all good.