bahwm wrote:Alyssa update: Alyssa has been sent home from the hospital, after yet another surgery. She will need a lot of support. She still is not speaking. Please keep the prayers coming. She has a long way to go. . .

Prayers still active. Sounds like it will be quite a long journey.

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bahwm wrote:Anybody got any 36 hour days that they can loan me? Or, any extra sleep? I went to a class tonight (from 4:30 - 7), sponsored by our Teachers' Center. It was on autism. I thought it would be a good idea, since I have a student who is autistic. Part 2 is tomorrow. It was definitely worth my time and gave me some new and fresh insights. I plan on sharing some of the handouts with my aide. Finished dinner and soon, I will have to get baking the Pan de los Muertos (Bread of the Dead) for my Life Skills Spanish class! I have a really nice sweet bread recipe that is a hit every time!

let me guess. Incredibly smart academically, painful to watch socially, but so self absorbed in his own world that he's nigh on oblivious to his lack of social skills. Probably Is incredibly literal, and can't read body language. On the plus side is brutally honest, will do whatever you ask as long as you are hyper specific. Am I close?

bhodilee wrote:let me guess. Incredibly smart academically, painful to watch socially, but so self absorbed in his own world that he's nigh on oblivious to his lack of social skills. Probably Is incredibly literal, and can't read body language. On the plus side is brutally honest, will do whatever you ask as long as you are hyper specific. Am I close?

You are very close. Is this your son?

Seriously. I am really loving this class. I have realized that I must be hyper specific with them. I think this child reacts most when another student is in the room. There is a lot of intolerance from the second student, who thinks he has the right to call everyone else on their behaviors, when his behaviors are the ones that suck most. Unfortunately, he is sooooo low functioning that he feels he must overcompensate (and he's NOT the one who's autistic!) OK. Wasted enough time. Must go bake!

bahwm wrote:You are very close. Is this your son?

Seriously. I am really loving this class. I have realized that I must be hyper specific with them. I think this child reacts most when another student is in the room. There is a lot of intolerance from the second student, who thinks he has the right to call everyone else on their behaviors, when his behaviors are the ones that suck most. Unfortunately, he is sooooo low functioning that he feels he must overcompensate (and he's NOT the one who's autistic!) OK. Wasted enough time. Must go bake!

yep, that'd be my kid. Smartest person I know, math wizard. Even the math teacher's are amazed. When he's 21 we're taking down the casino.

zero awareness though. Its FASCINATING to watch. Also difficult for me since my first through ninth reactions are sarcasm. That doesn't work with him though, he always has to say, wait, is that sarcasm.

klezman wrote:Yes, I do want to make bottling this time around. If I'm coming from LA I suppose I'll just drive and then it's moot. I really need to make these decisions soon. Regardless I do want 2 or 3 Graciano, how it gets to me is less an issue aside from any shipping/tax related costs that can be shaved off.

Pick a number, 2 or 3. None of this wishy-washy numbering. Then pay me

sanity wrote:Is it too late to claim some bottles? I have not heard back from TO (busy time of year for them). I can PM the $ tonight.

You should just send Jeff an email or message directly. He's quite active on facebook and is very quick to respond to things there.

klezman wrote:If that's going to be the plan then I can do the same. Although if tenuki, sanity, CAgrl and I are collectively getting a case worth, does that make it easier to ship directly to one of us? Or does that mess up cat's order?

Messes me up. If there were enough in for 2 full cases so I could split it (one for east coast, one for west coast) I would, but as it stands, with 3 for CAGrl and the unspecified number for klez and sanity, assumption of 3 and 2 respectively (as of this writing) I will be at 15 bottles. I'm wavering getting one more for myself, pushing it to 16, but there's no way I see it getting to a full case apart from you westies.

bhodilee wrote:yep, that'd be my kid. Smartest person I know, math wizard. Even the math teacher's are amazed. When he's 21 we're taking down the casino.

zero awareness though. Its FASCINATING to watch. Also difficult for me since my first through ninth reactions are sarcasm. That doesn't work with him though, he always has to say, wait, is that sarcasm.

My son shares most of the traits you mention but, funny how these things work, he's incompetent at math. Language skills? Off the charts. Read Moby D_ick in the summer between 1st and 2nd grades. In two days. Tested at "post-secondary" level when he was 8 years old. Has a vocabulary that would put Ph.D's to shame. But I fear that he'll never work at anything but menial jobs.

Life is strange.

HitAnyKey42 wrote:You should just send Jeff an email or message directly. He's quite active on facebook and is very quick to respond to things there.

That is always an option, yes. If she sent to tastingroom though, he hovers around and monitors that inbox pretty well, too. Probably just hyper busy.

So let's recap where we stand, for my own sake.

Me - 2 TF bottles + 2 Graciano
HAK - 1
tenuki - 2
CAGrl - 3
klezman - 2/3
sanity - ??

Noted that if sanity can catch Jeff and get fixed up and klezman decides to go through her instead, I will happily keep the remaining two from the first case. If not, then I will likely get 3 bottles of Graciano to go with the overflow.

cheron98 wrote:So let's recap where we stand, for my own sake.

Me - 2 TF bottles + 2 Graciano
HAK - 1
tenuki - 2
CAGrl - 3
klezman - 2/3
sanity - ??

Noted that if sanity can catch Jeff and get fixed up and klezman decides to go through her instead, I will happily keep the remaining two from the first case. If not, then I will likely get 3 bottles of Graciano to go with the overflow.

sake?

coynedj wrote:My son shares most of the traits you mention but, funny how these things work, he's incompetent at math. Language skills? Off the charts. Read Moby D_ick in the summer between 1st and 2nd grades. In two days. Tested at "post-secondary" level when he was 8 years old. Has a vocabulary that would put Ph.D's to shame. But I fear that he'll never work at anything but menial jobs.

Life is strange.

mine is just school. Math is best, but he's good at all of it. Just cannot function socially though

cheron98 wrote:So let's recap where we stand, for my own sake.

Me - 2 TF bottles + 2 Graciano
HAK - 1
tenuki - 2
CAGrl - 3
klezman - 2/3
sanity - ??

Noted that if sanity can catch Jeff and get fixed up and klezman decides to go through her instead, I will happily keep the remaining two from the first case. If not, then I will likely get 3 bottles of Graciano to go with the overflow.

okey dokey, heard from Jeff, all is well in Twisted Freakland. I'll forgo my request and order myself. Thanks for offering, enabling.... (;

bhodilee wrote:sake?

sake. one syllable.

sanity wrote:okey dokey, heard from Jeff, all is well in Twisted Freakland. I'll forgo my request and order myself. Thanks for offering, enabling.... (;

Cool. Klez, where do you want to go?

CAGrl wrote:Well, I sent cat the money for 3 bottles. I think she said that if I got 3 then she would have 2 leftover. If sanity and klezman want to split 3 bottles between the 2 of them, then I can part with 1 of the bottles. I think if we try to get it shipped to ourselves, it messes cat up.

I lost count I'm fine however it works out anyway. I still need to decide 2 or 3 for me...

cheron98 wrote:sake. one syllable.

Awesome response!

cheron98 wrote:Cool. Klez, where do you want to go?

Whatever is easier for the two of you. Sounds like I will be getting the bottles at bottling time in Vegas regardless. For the sake of my storage I will be smart and keep it at 2 bottles.

klezman wrote:I lost count I'm fine however it works out anyway. I still need to decide 2 or 3 for me...

Hahaha. I guess it's hard to follow.

morning, mourning, not a coincidence

cheron98 wrote:sake. one syllable.

*sad*

bhodilee wrote:mine is just school. Math is best, but he's good at all of it. Just cannot function socially though

Get him into science or engineering. No social skills needed.

He should come work with me! We need smart people who are incredibly literal and can handle a bit of isolation on the job.

Does anyone know of any good headphones out there that would be similar quality to the Beats Studio by Dr. Dre - Hi-Def Noise-Canceling Over-Ear Headphones? My aunt wants to get one for her son for Xmas, and they've already checked this specific one out and it's the one she would have liked to have gotten. She had thought she had found a great half off sale deal on them, but it turned out that the site she had gone to was one of those counterfeit scam websites (luckily only causing the need for a charge decline & credit card cancelling, rather than an actual loss of money) so she's kinda bummed that she wasn't able to find them cheap enough.
So I thought I'd ask you guys (hopefully some of you have experience or knowledge of high end headphones) if there's anything that's of similar quality for much less cost.

klezman wrote:Whatever is easier for the two of you. Sounds like I will be getting the bottles at bottling time in Vegas regardless. For the sake of my storage I will be smart and keep it at 2 bottles.

2 bottles makes a perfect case. Send me payment plz You know where.

Finally got into bed at 1:18 this morning after taking the bread out of the oven. They all came into my room asking if I baked the bread last night. Then, shouts of joy when I said that I had. Oh, the smiles on their faces after tasting the bread! They all wanted the recipe! Good thing I had copies made already! Carpe momentum! I made a second loaf for home.

bahwm wrote:Finally got into bed at 1:18 this morning after taking the bread out of the oven. They all came into my room asking if I baked the bread last night. Then, shouts of joy when I said that I had. Oh, the smiles on their faces after tasting the bread! They all wanted the recipe! Good thing I had copies made already! Carpe momentum! I made a second loaf for home.

Can we have the recipe?

tiger7610 wrote:Can we have the recipe?

Please?

inkycatz wrote:Please?

Pretty please???

CAGrl wrote:Pretty please???

With sugar on top?

cheron98 wrote:2 bottles makes a perfect case. Send me payment plz You know where.

Will send today...thanks!

bahwm wrote:Finally got into bed at 1:18 this morning after taking the bread out of the oven. They all came into my room asking if I baked the bread last night. Then, shouts of joy when I said that I had. Oh, the smiles on their faces after tasting the bread! They all wanted the recipe! Good thing I had copies made already! Carpe momentum! I made a second loaf for home.

Lemme guess....flour+water+yeast+salt+sugar/honey! +egg if challah or brioche +oil maybe. +cinnamon sugar for super extra tasty bread

What kind of bread is it?

tiger7610 wrote:Can we have the recipe?

Sure! I'll have to wait until I get home after a meeting tonight to post it. It is a yeast bread, but quite easy to work with. Oh, and mother, there is cinnamon and sugar on top!

klezman wrote:Lemme guess....flour+water+yeast+salt+sugar/honey! +egg if challah or brioche +oil maybe. +cinnamon sugar for super extra tasty bread

What kind of bread is it?

Close. No honey or oil, but real butter!

chemvictim wrote:Get him into science or engineering. No social skills needed.

He should come work with me! We need smart people who are incredibly literal and can handle a bit of isolation on the job.

Its funny because I'm purposely steering him toward engineering for that exact reason. Not saying that ALL engineers suffer a god complex and have no discernible social skills, but the ones I work directly with do. I love proving an engineer wrong; apoplectic may be the best term.

So, come to find out the eldest is failing a course right now. Apparently, he hasn't bothered turning in any homework. Which pisses me off triple because A) he knows he's gonna get caught and in a Monster A-Go Go (1965) ton of trouble B) his IEP specifically states that if he's missing homework the teacher is to contact the parent through phone or email since the child goes to GREAT lengths (including forgery) to not give us homework slips C) it's in LOOK BEHIND YOU!ing Geography! I have a LOOK BEHIND YOU!ing MASTERS in Geography and he's failing it. Oh children. I love them.

Obviously all video games and the television are disappearing from his room today and the controllers for the Wii and PS2 are coming to work with me.

bhodilee wrote:Its funny because I'm purposely steering him toward engineering for that exact reason. Not saying that ALL engineers suffer a god complex and have no discernible social skills, but the ones I work directly with do. I love proving an engineer wrong; apoplectic may be the best term.

A lack of social skills isn't a requirement for science or engineering, but it won't hold you back in those areas to the extent it will in some others. We're supposed to be weird.

klezman wrote:Will send today...thanks!

Sent. Did 2010 futures ever happen? I kind of want to secure my future editions of Parcel 17

chemvictim wrote:A lack of social skills isn't a requirement for science or engineering, but it won't hold you back in those areas to the extent it will in some others. We're supposed to be weird.

That's why I always liked Geography. Jeans, tshirt, flip flops, crazy hair and beard? Oh that's right, he's a Geographer, we'll let that slide.

klezman wrote:Sent. Did 2010 futures ever happen? I kind of want to secure my future editions of Parcel 17

Haven't gotten any notices for 2010 Futures yet. Will let you know when I do

It occurs to me that the Pub would be a heck of a lot more active if all these people who are creating new threads to pose topics of discussion just posted them here

They'd probably get more response, too.