Avatars

A while back I wrote about my prediliction for using smileys et al when emailing or texting. I had no idea I was almost single-handedly curing autism:

"[Savill] said that his life changed when his family decided to get the Internet," Bracken wrote. "He was able to use chat rooms and soon realized that people used symbols to express themselves: the smiley signs, the angry signs, hug signs, etc., to enhance the text. He went on to say that subconsciously his brain was learning about communication from these sessions of chat."

You're WELCOME, motherscratchers!! Is there NOTHING XMASTIME CANNOT DO??!?!?!?

Other than blow his nose or light a match, of course. Cough.