Martin Dodge:  

Life Thanks largely to the Asperger's Syndrome I never knew I had until a couple of years ago, I'm still the curmudgeon I always was -- except that advancing age has made it even worse. And now we know why I was the nerd-who-couldn't-get-the-girls in high school! I was autistic! It wasn't my looks or the glasses. (Or WAS it?) I'm retired in Mexico, both because I like it here and out of necessity -- my failure to make enough money off of my Ph.D. It's true -- brains don't necessarily bring in the big bucks, indicate you've got the street smarts to hold onto any of the bucks, or make you popular. My family days are behind me, and I'm learning to live on just a little bit while also seeing the world. Right now, it's Mexico -- using my high school and college Spanish to get by. Next year it's probably going to be the Far East. Maybe Vietnam. Maybe China. I don't expect to see Southe...Expand for more