tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post2722316503077683592..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Diary of a MadmanSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-44586212107874728512012-02-03T18:11:45.087+00:002012-02-03T18:11:45.087+00:00The diary was found in a box of old books at work....The diary was found in a box of old books at work. I've no idea where it came from.<br /><br />Lucy and David, I should have thought about the autistic angle. If that's the case, then I find the writing less distressing, but still very affecting.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-63129917802757120802012-02-03T13:38:17.540+00:002012-02-03T13:38:17.540+00:00May I ask where did you find it? Is it from a pers...May I ask where did you find it? Is it from a person strange to you? No lack of discretion intended, sheer curiosity.Pirata Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15498709489695668347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-65629768738309719152012-02-02T13:10:53.783+00:002012-02-02T13:10:53.783+00:00Still writing lines from school...? Tragic.Still writing lines from school...? Tragic.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-50220057079375955922012-02-01T21:16:11.263+00:002012-02-01T21:16:11.263+00:00I second what Lucewoman says above. My daughter, ...I second what Lucewoman says above. My daughter, who has autism, will copy out writing fairly well but if she didn't have anything to copy she sometimes produces stuff like that - though she's more likely to type it on the PC that to write it (generally in 42 point, with a coloured background, then print off 30 copies - printer cartridges don't live long round here).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256244895723910890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-66196510057481976442012-02-01T12:44:19.280+00:002012-02-01T12:44:19.280+00:00A few pupils I've worked with over the years h...A few pupils I've worked with over the years have done this kind of thing, compulsively, when presented with a pen and blank space. Sometimes numbers, other times a mix of letters and numbers or upper and lower case letters.<br />Most, not all, were on the Autistic spectrum. Be reassured that they always looked calm and controlled as they did it. Much as I probably do when I draw hundreds of flowers when I doodle.lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-60046522576956666262012-02-01T12:31:35.728+00:002012-02-01T12:31:35.728+00:00Damn.Damn.Sam Jordisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847113158131387947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-61766806498191159892012-02-01T08:16:19.065+00:002012-02-01T08:16:19.065+00:00Extraordinary.Extraordinary.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-65268374978347496062012-02-01T08:09:37.364+00:002012-02-01T08:09:37.364+00:00Bizarre, I hope it's not a message to an alien...Bizarre, I hope it's not a message to an alien species. Or indeed, from...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-78389768056310657792012-02-01T03:56:19.609+00:002012-02-01T03:56:19.609+00:00I knew I'd left it somewhere. I had to bite th...I knew I'd left it somewhere. I had to bite the bullet and start a new one that February. Oh well, at least diaries were being discounted by that stage in the year.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-79518514128852927302012-02-01T03:08:10.809+00:002012-02-01T03:08:10.809+00:00As if Jack Nicholson had discovered a new variety ...As if Jack Nicholson had discovered a new variety of DNA. <br /><br />The terrible thing is, there must be many, many more of such things than ever get discovered. I think there's a tiny bit of TEPPRPAKA in many of us, but we have just about enough control to stop after a line or two.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-88377301848035594162012-01-31T23:14:21.494+00:002012-01-31T23:14:21.494+00:00My fault. I shouldn't tamper with posts once t...My fault. I shouldn't tamper with posts once they're up.<br /><br />I hope you're right and that it did provide some solace.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-57747027762097733292012-01-31T22:30:21.224+00:002012-01-31T22:30:21.224+00:00(Sorry, didn't notice your subsequent comment,...(Sorry, didn't notice your subsequent comment, before leaving my question.)Burgess Hornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-17111637233836356632012-01-31T22:28:41.879+00:002012-01-31T22:28:41.879+00:00How extraordinary. It might not have been created ...How extraordinary. It might not have been created in anguish, though... Such taking of pains might have had therapeutic effect. Was the whole diary filled thus, or just these pages?Burgess Hornenoreply@blogger.com