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Tragedy!

On no! I’ve run out of coffee! Not actually a big deal except that I’m almost out of herbal tea too! I’ve cut my caffeine intake way down. I allow myself up to 3 cups of coffee per day. No sodas. I drink decaf tea with the exception on one or two herbal teas that have minor caffeine in them.

Yesterday I actually did something for myself. I worked on the database design for TN Lottery Results. As soon as the database design is in place I can lay a new look on the site. Right now it looks like such trash. I also put in some client hours programming. And had a very rewarding time working with my son on a school project.

In the evening I had the Asperger’s Support Group and arrived after several of the guests. They were setting chairs up around tables which I don’t think is conducive to a support group setting so after some room rearranging and confirming our dates out to August we were rolling. Fantastic discussions! What a wonderful group of people we had with caregivers for people of ages 5 to adult. Everyone contributed and we had interesting topics such as ‘will an aspie ever be able to write?’ and ‘is the messy eatting sensory or fine motor?’ and ‘do they have friends?’ (a resounding “no” simultaneously from the entire group). Of course there was some school discussion and other topics. I was spacey. Having taken the wrong car to the support group I left Cathy needing to get to her meeting and taking the girls without a car seat.

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All Parents Bookmark This!

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Progress!

I’ve made exceptional headway on a PHP project.

Now I’ll set into a toolchest and turn into my secret identity of Handi-Man! “In today’s episode, Handi-Man tackles Evil Bedroom in The Mystery of the Missing Maternity Clothing!”

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The dog went outside!

And when I said “went” I mean there wasn’t anything on my floors for me to cleanup! She did this yesterday or the day before also. That is not to say that she has quit using the training pads inside. She is still having accidents but I view this as major progress. As a bonus she has picked two very specific spots in the yard.

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Science Excuses Men

Why men fall asleep after sex

The gentle buzz of snoring is among the most annoying sounds known to woman. Especially when it happens shortly after a passionate encounter.

Ah! Such nice words!

…men aren’t entirely to blame…there are scientific reasons why men feel tired after sex.

And the science?

‘The blood rush after climax depletes the muscles of energy-producing glycogen, leaving men feeling physically drained.
‘Because they have more muscle mass than women, men become tired after sex and this subsequently leads to them feeling sleepy.’

And now stats…

80% of men said they felt more relaxed and were able to drift off without any problems after making love, compared with 46% of women.

Ok. That’s 54% of women that have bad lovers because men if you are doing your job right that number would be higher! Where should women have sex?

Men in Birmingham managed on average to stay awake for just three to four minutes. In Glasgow and Liverpool, men claimed to take up to 20 minutes before falling asleep.

Now for the advise the article offers to stay awake…

‘Try I Feel Good by James Brown, Elvis Presley’s A Little Less Conversation or Britney Spears’s Toxic.’…videotape their lovemaking sessions – so they have something to watch afterwards…

And finally, a somewhat comforting statistic for half the male population…

48 per cent of men had actually fallen asleep during the act itself. A mere 11 per cent of women admitted being guilty of this.

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A New Day!

This Morning
I did a computer repair for a business in town. I’m really enjoying the computer repair business despite the frustration sometimes accompanied with it.

I had a very pleasant business lunch.

Now I settle in to program.

Of course, it’s a gorgeous day outside. Wish I could take the dog to the dog park and get the kids outside.

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Quote of the Day

While discussing a machine that supposedly can predict the future:

‘There’s plenty of evidence that time may run backwards,’ says Prof Bierman at the University of Amsterdam.

The box has apparently predicted the 9/11 attacks four hours before they happened and the tsunami 24 hours before it happened as well as many other world events.

DEEP in the basement of a dusty university library in Edinburgh lies a small black box, roughly the size of two cigarette packets side by side, that churns out random numbers in an endless stream.

The box is being used as evidence to support the concept of a global consciousness.