Monthly Archives: June 2009
Quicksand & Polar Opposites; Grace & Frustration
I have been feeling Graced and I have been feeling Frustrated at the same time a lot recently. In other words I feel and am experiencing two polar opposites at once. It seems to be one of the biggest themes running through this whole brain injury thing. Boy, I am struggling writing about this. It … Continue reading
High IQ is overrated! Or is it?
Think about it. There are no negative or even neutral words to describe an IQ that is more than two standard deviations from the mean. People have a High IQ, they are Gifted, Exceptional, Above Average, etc. The CIVIQ Society, which accepts people with an IQ of over 145, explains: "That high intelligence is a … Continue reading
TBIQ
This post was actually part of the post: High IQ is Overrated! I started writing about High IQ out of my own frustration in trying to deal with this fricking brain injury. One of the big drawbacks of being "gifted" is that the brain injury was missed. On my first appointment at CORP-TBI the doc … Continue reading
The Unbroken
There is a brokenness Out of which comes the unbroken,A shatteredness outOf which blooms the unshatterable,There is a sorrowBeyond all grief which leads to joyAnd a fragilityOut of whose depths emerges strength. There is a hollow spaceToo vast for wordsThrough which we pass with each loss,Out of whose darknessWe are sanctioned into being. There is … Continue reading
Computer Confusion!
I have not posted for quite a while due to my trusty old (read: very old) Dell laptop gasping its last breaths. It has so many things broken on it that I am not sure the nonprofit refurbishing organization will even take it. The funny thing is the computer part of it works fine, albeit … Continue reading
