In the spring of 2019 I achieved the goal I abandoned over a decade prior: I achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University – Japan Campus; a degree in two fields I actually enjoyed. These fields were the … Continue reading Why I Dropped Out Of Graduate School
In response to the question of whether I’d prefer to have a child that is smart, or a hard-worker. When I was a child I was neither, and both, at the same time, so I have my own interpretation of … Continue reading Don’t Be Afraid To Be Stupid
10 personal facts that I’ve gathered from questions I’ve answered on Quora. High Functioning Autism doesn’t mean you’re a savant, it means you’re capable of living independently. We’re not all Math geniuses, there’s plenty of literary and artsy types. Getting … Continue reading 10 Random Facts About Autism
This was requested as an answer on Quora recently, so I brought up a few examples from my childhood. When I was around 5 or 6 my sister had been told she could stay home by my mom, due to … Continue reading Most Disturbing Childhood Experiences
In October 2014 I received an e-mail from Bank of America, thanking me for my recent electronic payment toward my credit card. I didn’t have an account with Bank of America and hadn’t since I was 19. It had actually … Continue reading What’s The Most Dishonest Thing You’ve Witnessed a Family Member Do?
My ex was a Filipina nurse living in Japan while I was stationed there in the U.S. Navy. She was 33 and I was 25 and she had a daughter. She was convinced I was cheating on her throughout our … Continue reading Silliest Breakup I Ever Went Through
For me, ever since I was a small child I had always been keenly aware that I was somehow different from other kids, but I could never quite put my finger on the problem. While in the Navy people were … Continue reading My Life With Undiagnosed Autism
There’s some common misconceptions I see thrown around about Japan, but I lived there for 11 years, so I’m a bit more cynical. Don’t get it misconstrued, I love Japan and consider Yokosuka, Japan to be my hometown, but many … Continue reading Uncomfortable Facts About Japan
My intellectual development was really strange. I was above grade level briefly in elementary school due to the video games I was playing containing slightly advanced vocabulary for my age. By age 8 I was average verbally, but gifted non-verbally, … Continue reading The IQ Problem
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