Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

Now this is a beautiful lede:

"Joel Sidney is graduating from UC Berkeley today with an almost perfect grade-point average, a bachelor's degree in American Studies, an honors thesis on Bay Area bluegrass music and the certainty that having autism is not going to limit his expectations."

I actually saw it first over at Emily's, which is ironic-slash-downright-embarrassing given that (a) she lives in Texas and I live in San Francisco; (b) I went to Berkeley; and (c) the SF Chronicle, which I scanned as I wolfed a burrito from the venerable La Taqueria is still on the dining-room table. Crikey.

Other news, in chaotic order:

1. Isaac can now count 1-10 in Mandarin.
2. I miss Friday Night Lights, which is possibly the most willing exposure to football I've ever had in my young life.
3. I just signed up for Scrabulous on Facebook, and I am terrified that I will become addicted and end up in a filthy chat room somewhere, begging pitifully for one last game.
4. We're going to NY tomorrow for my godson's Bar Mitzvah. And if typing that sentence doesn't make me feel old, I don't know what does.
5. I guess I could Twitter it too, subtract a few years.
6. Did you read about the Catholic priest in Minnesota who barred an autistic child from church? My knee jerked, then I read the coverage and wrote this.
7. Time to step away from the Internet and go to bed.

Night, all.

Comments

[kyra]

have fun on the east coast! tell me when you'll be here and i'll stand outside and wave!

[drama mama]

Hi Babe.

If it makes you feel better, I missed the article, too.

I'm sure glad Emily found it. It made my day. Nighty-night.

[CC]

My husband is addicted to Scrabulous! He grew up with Chinese & English in his home. But my son can't even count to 2 in Chinese. Maybe oneday...