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John Elder Robison's Blog
October 4, 2009
- This article also appears in print, in the Rover NewsWords and pictures (c) 2009 John Elder RobisonIt’s that time of year again. Last weekend, I left my Massachusetts home for a trip to the wilds of Northern Vermont, all in the name of British Motoring. I’m a diehard Land Rover lover, but the 2.5 diesel Defender is too slow for a five-hundred-mile road trip and the Range Rover was out of ...
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May 11, 2009
- I'm sitting here at home working on my next book, but I have to take a moment to share this remarkable radio experience . . . . I just did an interview with Deborah Cameron on ABC 702 in Sydney, Australia. A few years ago, most people elsewhere in the world would say, so what? Not anymore.An hour before the interview, I updated my Facebook status to say I was on the radio in a little while. Then ...
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April 4, 2009
- First, I'd like to thank all of you who helped make Look Me in the Eye one the top selling books of the year, for the second year in a row (Publisher's Weekly 2008 Bestsellers issue) sales are still pretty strong, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for three years in a row . . . Since the collapse of the economy last September, I’ve been spending a lot more time at Robison Service, my ...
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March 9, 2009
- I don't really write much about the economy here, so I hope readers will indulge the occasional post. Until last year, my 35-year working life has been a series of mostly forward moves. There were some bumps, of course. I got fired a few times, got divorced, even got my nose cut off once – but overall I moved ahead on a year-to-year basis.My success was made possible to a large extent by the ...
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January 24, 2009
- Back in December, blogger friend Jess Wilson asked if I’d donate a few signed books for a raffle. Now, Jess is a mom with two grade school kids in Newton, Massachusetts. Ten years ago, I’d have figured she was doing a raffle for some event at her local elementary school. That’s how it was when parents asked for donations when I was young.Moms like her volunteered locally, to support the ...
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January 19, 2009
- Last night, after the news, I was surprised to see that CNBC had a much-advertised special on high-end prostitution. http://www.cnbc.com/id/26869953 The prices for some of the girls were impressive. $10,000 for a night. $25,000 for a weekend. Wow. And to hear them talk, there’s a steady flow of business in all the big cities. There are even websites where johns rate the hookers. Only they ...
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November 30, 2008
- For those of you who saw this post on my Psychology Today blog . . . there is a new story there today. For those who did not see it, I'll repost it here:For much of my life, I've carried a burden of sadness. It started when I was three or four, with my failures to make friends with the kids around me. At that age, I was a monkey face and a retard. As I got older, the name calling faded away, to ...
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November 12, 2008
- Every day, I get questions about the TMS project I’ve gotten involved in at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. TMS stands for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. What’s that? It’s the use of high power magnetic fields to induce tiny electrical currents in the brain that can change the way we think.TMS has been in the news recently because it just got FDA approval as a drug ...
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November 7, 2008
- Every day, I get questions about the TMS project I’ve gotten involved in at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. TMS stands for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. What’s that? It’s the use of high power magnetic fields to induce tiny electrical currents in the brain that can change the way we think.TMS has been in the news recently because it just got FDA approval as a drug ...
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October 29, 2008
- It seems like I'm driving to Boston every week nowadays! If you're in town next Wednesday, come say hi! I'll be appearing at the Barnes & Noble, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, from noon to 1PM. This is part of the Snell Library Lunch Times Series. Call 617 373 2821 for more info. Monday night I attended a review of this summer's work at the TMS lab. I know quite a few blog ...
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October 13, 2008
- Here's the Range Rover, ready to leave work on Friday afternoon . . .Three Morgans in a lineThe world through Singer headlampsAn old car glows in the late afternoon sunThe classic E-Type coupe. This one came down from Canada.This twin cam Jag engine is all chrome and glitterA late model Morgan at duskAn old MGThese images are all from the British Invasion at Stowe, Vermont. I'm a bit late sorting ...
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October 10, 2008
- People online ask me about the kind of questions I'm asked at my speaking engagements. A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to speak to Google through their video conference network, and they've made a full 1-hour talk and q&a available on authors @ Google.In this video you can see and hear the whole thing including questions from Aspergians, geeks, teachers, parents, mental health people, ...
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October 8, 2008
- I have written and spoken about the tremendous potential for changing one’s life in a positive way through brain plasticity. All of us have and use brain plasticity to some degree. It’s a natural part of life. We rewire our brains every time we learn a new skill, make a new friend, take a new job, or do anything at all that requires new ways of thinking and doing.Brain plasticity is what ...
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September 28, 2008
- It’s time to say goodbye to the west coast. It’s hard to believe I’ve been out here a whole week.I started last Sunday at Book Soup in West Hollywood, next to Los Angeles. That was a small talk, but the highlight came after when I got to have dinner with blogger Kanani Fong and her Writerly Pause group. Kanani was one of the earliest supporters of my efforts via her blog and book reviews, ...
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September 24, 2008
- There was a Mexican couple at one of my last appearances, and we talked about the way Aspergian traits seem to be inherited. Their visit got me thinking about how Aspergians fit into today’s world, and how we’re perceived by different cultures, and what that may say about Aspergians through history.Their questions made me realize that I know nothing at all about Asperger’s in Mexico. I’ve ...
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