Random Thoughts
- Preaching and Teaching: Performance Art
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As I stared up into the dark the other morning, up before the alarm again, and already dwelling on the coming day and the need to fit everything on my to-do list into the day, my mind turned to the idea that good teachers and good preachers have the same ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 16 2011 - 6:51am
- A Joint Review Of Kerry Cohen's Seeing Ezra
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Cowritten by Kim Wombles and Kathleen Leopold Kathleen Leopold and I have been blogging buddies for over two years now, working on various projects together, struggling to figure out our places in the online autism community as we work in the real world to ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Sep 18 2011 - 8:01pm
- An Interview With Kerry Cohen, Author Of Seeing Ezra
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Kerry Cohen, author of Seeing Ezra, agreed to an interview with Kathleen Leopold and me. Kathleen's questions appear first. (This post appears at the Autism Blogs Directory) The name "Ezra" means aid or help. Is the title of your memoir a re ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Sep 19 2011 - 6:32am
- Insert Deep, Insightful Words Here
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"It's always darkest before the dawn." No, really? My replacement: "It's always darkest in a room with no windows and no lights on." Useful, huh? ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 23 2011 - 6:57am
- Parental Advocacy for Disabled Children
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What We Fight For: Children Who Will Find a Place in the World ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 26 2011 - 7:45am
- Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books Shortlist
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The shortlist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books was recently announced. (http://royalsociety.org/news/Royal-Society-Winton-Prize-for-Science-Books-Shortlist-Announced/) 6 books have been chosen for the shortlist out of a longlist of 13 b ...
Blog Post - Stephen Lee - Sep 28 2011 - 1:22am
- Fact Checking Or Copy Checking? Journalism In Science
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Imagine if a journalist sent their story to former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney to 'check the facts'- what would the outcry sound like from other journalists and the public? ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 30 2011 - 4:30am
- The World Spins On: On Loss and Moving Forward
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Whether we wish it so or not, whether we comprehend how it can do so, the world spins on. Time doesn't stop. Things don't grind to a halt, and everything keeps moving, sometimes without even pausing to notice. ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Oct 5 2011 - 8:11am
- Creativity: To Stifle or To Nurture
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As a society we tend to fuss about creativity and its role in society. While there is little doubt that creativity and innovation are immensely important in many endeavors, it is still an open question as to how important (or relevant) it is for the overw ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Oct 5 2011 - 7:11pm
- Women Have Won- And Men Are In Trouble
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In academia, the many, many advancements of women are not enough and so they are increasingly forced to massage statistics to make it look like they are oppressed, underpaid, blocked out of the hard sciences, etc. In reality, women have it pretty good. May ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 9 2011 - 3:04pm
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