Sasha's commentary for 15 January 2012

Okay, so I've been working on my novel in addition to my almost full-time job. I'll have more on that novel in a later blog.

Anyways, I'm overdue for some commentary. I think due to work commitments at the time being (for the next few weeks, until I'm done with training at Sears), these commentaries will be kept to a minimal.

So, for my commentary:

I'll start with the autism stuff first. For the parents of Dylan Hockley, a six year old who was one of the victims at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some comforting news has emerged:

But one detail has given the Hockleys comfort. A few days after the tragedy, the Hockleys ran into Mike Murphy. His wife, Anne Marie Murphy, taught their son at Sandy Hook. He revealed to her that -- in the terrible aftermath of the attack -- first responders found Dylan and his teacher together."

  CNN's story sheds light into how despite the shooter was rumored to have been on the spectrum, one of the victims was as well. And coincidentally, today, the New York State Legislature signed new gun control measures into place. As long as I can still go for venison, all is good.

I give the students at Northern Secondary School a hell of a lot of credit. Well, it so happens that one of it's own, Carly Fleischmann, is well known for her experiences on the spectrum, and how she is able to communicate effectively via computer, but still cannot speak verbally. They have been working on this "six degrees of separation" movement to get celebrities to wear blue scarves in support of autism awareness.

The Chicago Tribune has an article on where North American rail travel will be going in 2013. It's a matter of that we're still in an economic crunch and without a healthy American tax base, which is the MAJOR PROBLEM in this country right now, we're going nowhere.

American Airlines is axing their NY-Santo Domingo flights. It seems like terrible business sense. I don't give a hoot if they were trying to or not to review their business model, the point is that the NY-Caribbean market is huge. There's just enough for all to go around for the airlines.

Wow, I hope the to-be-born child has a much better start in life than before his arrival. An hour to break up a fight at a BABY SHOWER? Those are supposed to be peaceful events. In general, it's a bad idea to have booze around at a baby shower, whether or not the assailants were intoxicated.

Who is stupid enough to blame their drinking on same-sex marriage? One Maryland state senator has, and blames his drinking for his marital issues. You know that there's AA meetings and rehab, right? If he didn't know that, I'm kinda scared.

Finally, I'll close on a few small notes. If I am ever elected to office, I'll vote in favor of something if I and my constituents support, even if I'm not in favor of it completely, for there's always post-bill amendments. I would have voted in favor of Obamacare in 2010 if I was in Congress and introduced a bill to amend it to be better read and to make it less costly and a better law overall.

I also want 2013 where I finally become more involved in the autism community. Whether it be walks, conferences, networking opportunities, you name it, I want to be involved.

Finally, why can't I date a decent C-list celebrity?