Archive: October 2003
Fairness
Wheelchair racer’s win raises issue of fairness This is an interesting one. My first impulse is to say that wheelchair cross country is a different sport from able-bodied cross country. Does cross country have the concept of an exhibition competitor? I’m very sports-illiterate, but when my kids were swimming competitively some meets had “no faster [...]
(Full Post)Weather
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it… Yesterday it was 85 degrees (with scattered wildfires). Today I’m walking through the parking lot in a freezing drizzle, admiring the ice-encased cars, trying not to die by slipping on the slick floor with wet crutch tips. I just love these weather plots.
(Full Post)Car rental firms settle disability probe
Two U.S. car rental firms settle disability probe
(Full Post)Diogenes of Bread
Twenty years back in the United States, and I think I’m cracking. There’s no decent bread to be had anywhere. If it wasn’t for the bread we make ourselves, my kids would think that stuff in the stores and the bakeries was bread. I drove all over Longmont this morning looking for bread – and [...]
(Full Post)Oh, for crying out loud!
Town threatens to ticket boy for using wheelchair. Updated 21.Oct.03: Lawmakers May Get Involved In Dispute Wheelchair flap sparks outcry, calls for fairness And well done to Patricia, who has posted phone numbers for the town’s City Hall and County Attorney! Updated 22.10.03: Iowa Town OKs Wheelchair on Streets Notice – “If 14-year-old Bryce Wiley [...]
(Full Post)Good eating
There was good eating at my house today. I’m feeling very energetic, so in honor of the DVD release of Bend It Like Beckham, I made aloo gobi, dal saag and basmati rice for dinner. In the meantime, Youngest Son whipped up a batch of strawberry-banana jello. At the same time, Eldest Son was making [...]
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