Running Into Alex Plank

I ran into Alex Plank today while I was at Venice Beach with my male therapist. I wanted to cuss him out, but my male therapist said that if I did that I'd be arrested for disturbing the peace. Had I been alone, I certainly would've cussed him out. For those of you who don't already know, Alex Plank founded the website WrongPlanet.net in 2005, and was one of the biggest voices of neurodiversity until Ari Ne'eman came around in 2006. He graduated from George Mason University in 2009. Apparently, his life has taken a turn for the worse recently. He was dumped by his longtime girlfriend Katie Miller, and apparently is high on weed all the time and drinks so much beer that he upchucks all over his friends. Recent controversy arose when he sold his website to Autism Speaks in 2010, which is an organization that he had previously denounced. Some say he did it just for the cash, while others accused Autism Speaks of selling out. I don't know which is true, but I do know that neither direction is a good one to go in. To his credit, Alex Plank has featured some legitimately pro-cure people on his YouTube show "AutismTalkTV," and cohosts it with Jack "Cubby" Robison (legal name: John Elder Robison Jr.), the son of author John Elder Robison, who is not as crazy as some of the other NDs.

Venice Beach is a pretty funky place. I didn't get laid there, although Clay Adams suggested that I do that. There are so many tattoo parlors there, so one time when I bring enough money maybe I can actually get a tattoo. Regardless, the place is full of normal people, and I did a very good job of not asking autistic.

When I was on the bus home, I ran into Meghan, who was driving in her car. For those of you who don't know, Meghan is the girl whose boobs I touched back in 8th grade.