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Unbar is back!  Whoopee!

I need you to pick 2 or three you might think appropriate.

AAARGHHHH!  More spreadsheets!  (Hey, can I see?)

No.  It looks interesting.  I've read Look Me In The Eye by John Elder Robison.  That book has given me a lot of perception about sensory issues and how to help Collin with the world around him. 

I'm afraid a true organ would be painful to him.  He hears everything around him.  (I've softly asked him questions from the other side of the room while he was concentrating on something else.  He always answers.  Realize a crowded room is very uncomfortable for him.  I took him to a hockey game once and the buzzer was misery.   He sat in his seat, curled in a fetal position and played my ipod as a distraction since I wouldn't let him leave the seat.  Only once we put sound dampening headphones on him could he relax enough to look around the stadium.

I recognize that I'm a hypocrite.  Truth.

A

(Over to amy, I'm still clueless!  LOL  At least I've only read one chapter, so I believe I have a solid excuse for my ignorance)

Nah.  New Jersey hoards his clues.  I pick on him all the time for this.  Doesn't mean that I won't keep trying to figure it out because I like him.  It's just when he complains about having to 'dumb it down' for the average reader, he doesn't seem to realize he's talking about me.  (sticks out tongue, blows raspberry into the ether.) 

To give him credit, I have learned a lot about outline chapters because of reading his material.  He is building the foundation of a great story.  Once these chapters are in place, he has the ability to flesh them out and add the pieces that are missing.

Norelco doesn't buzz?  It's the vibration that gets him.  One of my goals is getting him to tolerate showers because that it is a similar sensory issue to him.  I figure if I can get him to tolerate water humming out of the showerhead, that this will be a stepping stone to razors. 

You should have seen me cutting his hair when he was young.  I used to wait until he was sleeping and shear him like a sheep.  Then he started getting suspicious and waking up as I was working.  Once, he walked around with half of his head shaved (for two days) because he woke up as I tried to flip him onto the other side. 

Oh, Janet.  I realize you won't have any problem with the math, but Fairenheit is easy for the conversion.  90-100 degrees is hell on earth.  I think even you'll notice the difference because the US is notoriously humid.  Seattle has a lovely even temperature though.  You can have three environments in the summer because the mountains are so close.

Advice: When the winter comes, invest in REALLY GOOD cold weather clothing.  You'll use it for the rest of your life.  If you have kids, then buy snowsuits at a local thrift store and hoard them until the bad weather appears.  In the winter, those can be pricey and the average person doesn't want to buy these items because they'll only be used 2-3 times before the kid grows.  If you have a selection of sizes, you just pull them out of the closet and your kids are ready to play.  I follow the same rule for boots.  Otherwise, kids only last about 20 minutes in the snow until they have to be dragged inside.

Oh, look up Stevens Pass.  In the winter, the mountain can be snowed in enough to block trains.  It's one of the few ways to get over the mountains and head east, so this is an important travel landmark you should know.

I never thought of sledding on sand.  Huh.

OK.  7 and 8.  I'll get to those next.

A

Hey folks,

I posted another short story...this time about work.  It's low effort and only a page.  Let me know if there is a way to make this better or increase the punch.

Owe you!

A

Sorry. Sometimes I just can't help myself.  That was the evil Amy.  (Tosses flaming prologue between hands like hot potato)

I suggest reading kHippolite first because he needs the most help. (Ducks to avoid flaming prologues) hey! Cut it out ya worm!