Yeah, I was being somewhat flip. Of course natural compounds, often plant-based, are capable of making large changes to body structure and chemistry; we call it 'medicine.'

Hallucinogenics on people who possibly aren't really capable of giving properly informed consent, though? That gives me pause, I'll admit.

Do you honestly think 'Hey, I'm looking for a way to wire up a button to trigger an SMS or email' would have gotten posted?

I don't. That's a google search. That's a solved issue.

But: "Hey, my epileptic wife who's medication doesn't work so well any more stays home all day with my baby and two-year-old, and I need the two-year-old to be able to push a PANIC button in case mommy has a bad seizure! How can I roll my own?" Now that, my friend, that brings in the page views.

Unfortunately, I was not diagnosed until I was in my 20s (Asperger's wasn't in the DSM when I was of prime age for someone catching it, and I'm a woman and considered "gifted," which made me even more likely to fall through the cracks of the system), so I didn't get the early interventions. However, I can share my experiences from *not* having those services available to me.

Sorry, did I read that correctly? Do you think Autism is something you catch, like a flu?

Not in evidence.

True, true, but not a completely unreasonable inference.

It could as easily mean she had one seizure after 10 years without and in an abundance of caution they want to add monitors. What is it these days with making assumptions that would explode William of Occam's head and then condemning people for it as if it was verified fact?

Erring on the side of caution. Though, to be fair, your 'once in ten years' statement is about as hyperbolic as 'OMG two hour seizures and the kids are instantly smoking crack!'

Honestly, the guy should have left all of the details out, and just asked about something that can detect a circuit closing and do something about it. Enclosure contacts are a cheap and bog-standard thing. But, without the salacious details to rile everybody up, would the question of landed on the front page?

So when the two year old starts sticking a toy into an electrical socket, or decides to make dinner 'just like mommy/daddy' while Mommy is having a seizure, or whatever, what's daddy going to do?

You've never raised children, have you?

The fact is that any person can unexpectedly drop at any time.

Yes. But in this case, the person is, in fact, *expected* to drop and become insensate. Huge difference.

I'm sorry, it's all my fault. CSB inbound:

Several years back, I took my wife to a signing for Feast for Crows at the (now gone) World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto.

The info said he'd sign anything he'd written, and I happened to have the first Wild Cards volume, so I grabbed it and off we went.

Well, when we got to the table, he seemed surprised to see it, and said something like 'Ah, that takes me back.'

A month later, he announced a ton of new Wild Cards stuff. So I think it might be my fault. Sorry.