Today is the one hundred and eleventh anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. And many films and mini serieses (what’s the plural of series anyway? You know I never thought about that until right this moment) have been made about it over the years, most with about as much accuracy as eh, come on, … Continue reading Which Titanic Film Is Most Accurate?
In Defence of “Simple Jack”, Why I Love Tropic Thunder
In 2008 a film called Tropic Thunder came out, and it is one of my favourite films. It was such a brilliant satire of so many things that are wrong with Hollywood. However, the film was very contraversial at the time, and still so today. There were many controversies with the film, but the one … Continue reading In Defence of “Simple Jack”, Why I Love Tropic Thunder
Two Years On the Spectrum, A Retrospective
Today is Autism Acceptance Day, and being the day that it is, I thought it might be appropriate to write a post reflecting on the fact that I have known that I am autistic for in or around two years. I was actually diagnosed with autism over a decade ago, but I went into extreme … Continue reading Two Years On the Spectrum, A Retrospective
My Favourite Hellscape
Not Safe For Humans Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a furious deathworld of extremely deathy death! So, I’ve explained that this sketch is associated with extreme hellishness, so what do you think it is? It’s the planet Venus. I realized Venus was out last night, and also it’s … Continue reading My Favourite Hellscape
I Can’t Let Anything Go, Repeating My Failed Cycle In the Hope of Succeeding This Time
So if you’ve read my previous cycling blogpost: https://autismneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/my-only-unsuccessful-cycling-trip/ You’ll know that I could not let the fact that there was one cycle I didn’t complete go. It was like my white whale, except, you know considerably safer than chasing a white whale. I was going to repeat the cycle, taking a lot more rests … Continue reading I Can’t Let Anything Go, Repeating My Failed Cycle In the Hope of Succeeding This Time
Why I Believe In Labels
So, labels are bad apparently. So how does one go about describing themselves? Well, I’m tall, no, can’t use that, that’s a label. I don’t want to define myself by being tall. I’m bald. No, that’s a label, can’t say that either. I have a beard, no. Four hours later............ So, I would describe myself … Continue reading Why I Believe In Labels
Why Do Our Differences Require An Explanation?
There is a certain rapper who the young kids may not remember called 50 Cent. He had such songs as, eh, I don’t know, because I don’t remember his music either. In 2016, he started ridiculing an airport worker who was just doing his job, and at the revelation that the worker was autistic, 50 … Continue reading Why Do Our Differences Require An Explanation?
Charles Lightoller, The Unsung Villian Of The Titanic
The Titanic sank 111 years ago, but while the ship was considered unsinkable, what unfortunately don’t seem to be unsinkable are the various myths and over-simplifications surrounding it. There’s the idea that so many died because there weren’t enough lifeboats (an oversimplification). The idea that First Officer Murdoch shot and killed a passenger and and … Continue reading Charles Lightoller, The Unsung Villian Of The Titanic
Flying Microtonal Banana, The Album That Started Me On the Road To Microtonal Music
Flying Microtonal Banana gets off to a strange and exhilarating start. The first track, “Rattlesnake”, opens with this very intense wind noise, and then the guitar intro comes in. There is nothing unusual about the tone of the guitar, an electric through overdrive, not too unusual, but the actual notes the guitar is playing are … Continue reading Flying Microtonal Banana, The Album That Started Me On the Road To Microtonal Music
My Only Unsuccessful Cycling Trip
Before I start I hear you saying, (Yes, I can hear you, but that’s not the subject I want to talk about today.) “How do you even define an unsuccessful cycling trip? If you grew as a person during the trip, wasn’t that a successful trip? If you made some friends alone the way....” I’m … Continue reading My Only Unsuccessful Cycling Trip
Ponderings Of An Autist 