Good article (and book plug)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13auti.html

(Clarification is in order and has been sent to the NYT: Offit does hold a patent on RotaTeq, but has subsequently assigned it to 2 foundations and no longer receives any money from it. He's also donating his book royalties to autism research.)

I've read Autism's False Prophets and it's a great book--I recommend it.

Winter sucks.

I like some things about winter. However, being cooped up indoors is for the birds. When it's warm, there's tons of things to do here (OK, maybe not if you're a bored teenager, but plenty of places to go as a family, or at least just get out, and not for much money). But in winter, either you're stuck at home or you have to spend a lot, and it's even worse when you don't have a lot of space. We're all going stir crazy. Neil needs time to himself, which I can't do as often as he needs, because there's nowhere to take Aliza. Just, ugh.

Not that I'd want to live in Florida or something, either, so I'll have to live with it, but still.