Current mood:	cranky
Current music:	Dixie Chicks, "Taking the Long Way"

I'm Shocked (Not)
I've been deliberately rationing my internet time lately as I dig into the revision of my novel. That's the main reason I've been fairly quiet lately. The other is that I'm still spending lots of time shuttling my son back and forth to various summer activities. I'll be glad when fall is finally here and the schedule settles back down to something reasonable.

I suppose, that as the mother of a six-year-old with autism, I ought to have something pithy and insightful to say about Right Wing Idiot Michael Savage and his recent declaration the "ninety-nine percent" of diagnosed cases of autism constitute an "act" put on by kids who are merely spoiled brats. But really, to dignify that kind of stupidity with a response would be to pretend that I am any longer surprised by the garbage that is regularly spewed by right wing talk radio. ("I am shocked, shocked, to find gambling going on here!") These people hate everything and everyone, so why should anybody be stunned when they attack ordinary families touched by disability, average people who are trying to raise their kids and make it through each day as best they can? Attacking people who are already suffering is the right wing's bread and butter. Yeah, I'm disgusted, but I'm in no way surprised.

There's a good post about the Savage debacle on the "Joy of Autism" Blog, one of my favorite autism resources. (The woman who writes it has a son about the same age as mine):

http://joyofautism.blogspot.com/

In the meantime, I am wrestling with the attempt to write clever dialogue for two people waltzing in a crowded ballroom. Never have I so envied and admired the timeless wit and skill of Miss Austen.