Lots of stuff is stranger than fiction, but nothing is stranger than physics. On a cold spring night in 1999, Chris Purkiss and I stand before a backyard chimenea , pleasantly vying for heat. A mutual friend has just introduced us at a party. Chris works with children and adults with autism, a topic I am researching. I don't get particularly hopeful at the prospect of Chris' wisdom.
Autism is mysterious even to recognized experts, of whom there are relatively few.
I've already encountered the opinionated. Believe it or not, experts say the majority of women's foot problems are caused by wearing shoes that fit poorly. You don't have to limit your choice of footwear to fashion disasters to keep your feet in good shape. Somewhere in a dark room, the etiquette police are tearing down my performance the way Joan Rivers attacks an ill-fitting Versace dress on the Oscars' red carpet. Hardly Hardly a day goes by that I don't hear from someone complaining about bad service.