links for 2008-03-29

• Traveler says she was forced to remove nipple ring
  "She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring."
  (tags: privacy travel wtf)
• Asperger's: My life as an Earthbound alien
  My cousin has this version of autism (last I heard, anyway; his diagnosis changed over the years), and I can definitely see aspects of him in this description. Very enlightening.
  (tags: health)