Aug 052011
I need blog material, Dear Readers. There’s only so much I can write about health care reform or fishnets before everyone’s eyes glaze over, including my own. So I’m asking readers to submit questions and I’ll devote next week to answering them. Questions can be on any topic of your choosing. Yes, even those questions. In fact, especially those questions. The more provocative, the better. I’ll also put out the word on Facebook and Twitter.
This could be really interesting or really awkward. Either way, it’s a win for you, the reader.
Even those questions?
Okay. What did you do that got you past the assorted prejudices and horse-hockey assumptions about people with disabilities … especially to get into law school and to get hired by a big outfit? What should a new kid in that kind of situation be doing?
And how often has the state government laid off its workers because of political grandstanding and eleventh-hour budgeting? What’s the longest layoff your department has had? Does the state offer any assistance with living on suddenly-no-salary during that period? or are state workers just at the mercy of the politicians at that point?
And the big question: Who do you think will make it to the World Series? and which team would you like to have win?
I love reading your blog, by the way, and have been your reader for several months now.
My question is: what is the explanation, according to you, for the fact that people with sma appear to have an IQ above average? This strange fact intrigued me very much for some time, and it still intrigues me today. So please answer my question, and… answer it seriously if you can.
2 questions…for whatever it’s worth, just a thought…
First question: do you think role playing games/SCA/Larping attracts the same sort of “geeks” as puzzle/strategy games? I mean, those doing any/all of these activities are called “geeks” but are they really in the same group? I wonder if puzzles/strategy games attract more people into math/science/computer science whereas fantasy/sci fi might attract more people into history/theater. Do role players and strategy
gamers look fondly upon one another? Thoughts?
Second question: Do you think there is any relationship between your geeky interests and your disability, or are these two things unrelated?