Sasha's commentary for November 6, 2013: Part 1

"I strongly recommend that best friends fall in love" And I couldn't agree more, as the principal is rationally sound and if you are already friends, a rapport that is necessary for a strong relationship is already there. Heck Seth, I'm in the same boat: I would be honored to marry my (a) best friend of the opposite sex. As Miranda Kilgalen once said "all good relationships start out as friends", or something along those lines. It also helps that I have Asperger's. My standards for dating and marriage continue to drop. But this standard Utah Mormon is a guy with just a big heart. And for him and his now-wife, there was some romantic attraction from the start. Heck, even their marriage announcement is interesting. The prince, after some technical difficulties, got his Cinderella. I wish these two the best, as it's rare to see someone so objective in a relationship. Objectivity. Open-mindedness. And for a husband to know that he's emotionally lousy and needs to work on being more selfless in his marriage? Listen loud and clear Kim, if you leave Seth, you're making a huge ass mistake.

The writer of this Atlantic Monthly online blurb has a good point: is daylight savings time really worth it? If it is costing our nation more money than it is bringing in, let's go standard time for the entire year.

I see the dropping of the blackout rule as a benefit for the Buffalo Bills, as they could make a point that they are a team that lets you watch the game, whether you're a Buffalo transplant or a Western New Yorker.


Jason Thigpen, a GOP candidate FOR CONGRESS, no less, party switched, saying that:

“This same group of spineless legislators piggybacked a motorcycle safety bill with legislation intentionally geared to shut down women’s health clinics because of their ‘right righteous’ beliefs on abortion, while then cutting funding to the programs which help feed and provide healthcare to the babies they invariably forced the same women to have. Sounds like the Christian thing to do, huh?”

Take note GOP, unless you want the Democrats to have a rational conservative base, kick the Tea Partiers out. They're not conservatives. I believe they are more ultra-nationalist and (gasp!) even fascist.

Once again, autism discrimination is alive and well, and to make it worse, this case is coming from Australia. My argument is this: if she can handle being away from her family for a night, she probably can handle an overseas trip. I do understand the concerns of someone with an ASD traveling overseas, but I have an ASD and I've traveled overseas. Autism is compatible with overseas travel. A little more difficult, but doable.

Cory Booker is definitely someone that can be shaped and molded by his surroundings. He's not only intellectual, he's objective.

As Donkey once said "Celebrity marriages, they never last, do they?" In this case, Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson's marriage is as good as dead. Letting your 16-year-old marry someone old enough to be their dad? I don't give a shit about the whole "they're in love thing."