Susan's Fiber ShopSpinning Retreat with Judith MacKinzie and Un Expected Lambing!

Thursday I left for Columbus Wisconsin to help Susan McFarland with the Spinning Retreat with Judith Mackenzie. Oh, what a grand time we had. There were approximately 40 spinners who showed up for this event and I believe that none were less than pleased with the entire event. Judith is a incredible teacher with wonderful stories, techniques and the proverbial patience of Job with her students. Wonderful teacher, wonderful woman. I am so glad that I got to meet her. I did not take the spinning classes as one of my goals is to maintain my status as a mediocre spinner. (wink) I helped Susan with the shopping stuff, and presented my merino batts and flower kits. I was a wonderful weekend, but in the midst of the retreat, Susan had lambs being born, inthe rain, flooding, fog, and snow. Well, not that the lambs were born there, they were safe in the warmth of the barn but Susan was out in it. Sunday was simply awful weather and the retreat ended with trying to get everyone home during a rain-sleet-ice-snow storm with veracious winds. What an exceiting weekend! BTW, these Teeswater lambs are beyond stunning . I'll try to post some photos later this week. What beautiful animals they are!
While there, I made a very large tote with a very nice pocket in it. It turned out very nice, but a bit too long for my taste. I ended up cutting it in half and the top part sold by the next morning, much to my surprise. The colors were great together, merino in gold, turquoise and blue, olive green, hot pink, and lime. Really very lovely and I hope to save the bottom. It is not what I'd call a failure, just not what I had inteded. It did not skrink as much as I wanted inteh direction that I wanted. Got to work on that a bit more I think.
Anyway, Iam home finally after a very extrended weekend and happy to be in my husbands arms once again. I did have a wonderful time. I love Wisconsin, though the weather this time,left a good bit to be desired!
Felt well!
Suzanne

Disagree? You must have a low IQ!

If you disagree with John Best you must have a low IQ according to him:

Maybe you have some ideas how to reach the teenagers who come here to show off their low IQ's by spouting the drivel that was brainwashed into them by Neurodiversity. These kids who claim they don't want to be cured are really crying for someone to help them, don't you think? - original quote deleted by Autism Speaks Moderator

So just because someone who is Autistic Disagrees With This Expert they have a low IQ. Hah, that's pretty lame John.

I'm An Autism Expert

John Best Attempting To Claim Hes An Expert:

Lucas,
I am an autism expert. I have advised people how to cure autism and some have succeeded. That makes me more of an expert than anyone on this earth who has not played a role in curing this nightmare. Simon Baron Cohen has not cured anyone so he ranks far below me as an autism expert. Any idiot can write papers but doers are the people who make things happen. Perhaps Dr Geier is too busy "doing" to be bothered filling squares for academia by inventing ridiculous theories like the "Male Brain" hogwash that Baron Cohen doesn't even understand himself. If Baron Cohen had any intellectual acumen or honesty, he would have learned from Boyd Haley that the reason four times as many boys as girls become autistic is because mercury becomes more potent when it interacts with testosterone while estrogen renders the mercury less toxic. - John Best Claiming To Be An Autism Expert

The only problem he refuses to provide proof of his cure.

There Like Addicts!

In an awful attempt to persuade people to believe that forms of mercury are the cause of Autism John Best makes the following rant:

You should not be offended by my suggesting that any autistic should accept the help that is available. Living without a brain disorder is much better than living with one. Just ask any kid who has been cured. Ask any stroke victim who has regained function with HBOT. In fact, ask any drunk who has sobered up, or any drug addict who has got clean. They are much better off when they clear their brains of the poison that they put in there. Same thing for autistic people who remove the mercury. - Direct Link To Mr. Best Attempting To Justify Mercury and Autism Connection

So, Autistic people are comparable to addicts. Well one problem here, I don't know of an autistic person looking for there next fix of mercury.

JohnBest Defacing Wikipedia

Wikipedia sent the following message to John Best about his ongoing defacement of wikipedia pages relating to Autism:

Recently you, along with the IP address 71.168.113.55, made a number of similar changes to Autism Network International, Autistic pride, Causes of autism, Autism rights movement, Neurodiversity, Autistic community, Aspies For Freedom, Amanda Baggs and similar articles. Most of these edits simply inserted an external link to hatingautism.blogspot.com but a few inserted messages along the same line. Please don't do that. The Wikipedia style for external links isn't meant for this sort of thing, and Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Thanks. Eubulides 08:33, 14 August 2007 (UTC) - Direct Link To John Best Defacing Wikipedia

The end of the conversation with Wikipedia shows JohnBest at his best

Fuck you!

So I have to ask people, is this expert someone you want helping someone who is Autistic?

On Amanda Baggs

John Best is attempting to do anything possible to discredit Amanda Baggs' who created the above video about Autism just because he disagrees with her opinion, his tactics include attacks such as:

Including Amanda Baggs as an autistic whose intelligence has been underestimated is fraudulent since she is not autistic. - Direct Quote On Amanda Baggs Not Being Autistic

He Further attempts to attack the character of Amanda Baggs by stating the following:

Will you address the fact that Amanda Baggs was considered normal before abusing LSD? - Direct Quote on Amanda Baggs' Use of LSD

If this self proclaimed expert continues this tirade how far will he really go to discredit anyone who disagrees with him in the name of helping people with Autism?