An Introduction to Three Different Kinds of Dyslexia

One of the few* great aspects of talking to someone you're not in a relationship with, is when you zone out while they are talking, with the blank expression you reserve for such occasions, and noticing which they ask you, "What's up?", you could reply with just a "nothing" and the conversation would immediately continue as if nothing happened.

*smart move

Daily life (or a poor approximation of it)

He finally found out that unknown to him, the Handicapped Association had planted a tracking microchip inside him several years ago. Every time he caught a bus, he was immediately detected by the supercomputer at their GHQ, and all the affiliated members of the organization were notified. Hordes of differently advantaged people then lined up at all the following bus stops until his destination, waiting to board.

For some reason, the precious moments of his life never ticked away faster than when he waited for the motorized platform to be painfully lowered for a smirking paraplegic to mount, and then raised again, the buzzing of the motor getting louder and more grating with every passing instant.

Suspicions of a universal conspiracy, particularly against him, were rarely false.

Reflections on half a fluid ounce.

Jack Daniels: starts badly, ends badly and the middle's even worse.