Strange dream last night. An old high school buddy of mine sat me down to tell me some bad news: This girl I had a huge crush on all throughout my teenage years — and whom I haven’t seen in a decade — was dying. Dying of a rare combination of Asperger’s syndrome and Dutch elm disease.
I hope her root structure is still strong.
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27 January | 22:38 | doris
i took an emotional quotient test recently, and came up with the same amount of empathy one might expect in an high-functioning autistic person, i.e. someone with asperger's! hmm.
28 January | 14:54 | Jason
The funny thing is, if you say "Asperger" fast enough, it sounds like a new type of burger from Jack-in-the-Box.
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