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17 Jun 2013, 12:41 pm

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...Tonight I learned that humans owe their existence to a hippo-like half-mammal-half-reptile called lystrosaurus, which was the only surviving link to mammals to make it through the permean extinction where 95% of life died out.
thank God for the lystrosaurus.

More like thank evolution :D


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17 Jun 2013, 5:37 pm

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I've heard Autistic folks really enjoy phone books because of the data so I'm assuming my dictionary thing is related to being an Aspie.


When I was younger I spent countless hours reading phonebooks. I haven't seen a phonebook in years now. I guess it's easier for people to just "Google" the number now. I spent a fair amount of time with Dictionaries too.



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17 Jun 2013, 5:55 pm

marisabia wrote:
one of my more recent obsessions is crochet, which i taught myself, thanks to you tube, and especially crocheting hats of which I've made close to 100. I will spend hours at work, when we have downtime looking for patterns.
i taught myself how to sew (before youtube)and make tribal belly dance costumes, yes i too can dance,another one of my talents, anyways i formed an obsession with the beautiful tiered over 10 yards at the bottom skirts and make them out of recycled vintage saris.
i spent a few years reading only mythology, which i've been thinking of taking up again now that i know more about symbology,another one of my obsessions


Yay, I'm not the only one likes to crochet these days. My friend taught me how to crochet. Lol.


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17 Jun 2013, 7:07 pm

I read the yellow pages for four hours straight in the hotel room while waiting for my roomies to come back from a shopping trip (I hate shopping with friends) Out-aspie me! :lol:
I spend a lot of time reading about obscure topics like Salter-Harris fractures and stuff. I have a Merck Manual which I read and reread, over and over again.
I hate Chinese dictionaries. Never read them. But I do read biology dictionaries and English dictionaries.
Don't get me started with wikipedia...and about.com...and everything else on the Internet.


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17 Jun 2013, 9:16 pm

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(warning, it's kind of blinky)