Deconstruction of the News

Mar 312005
 

Here are two goofy news items that caught my attention: SUV driver knocks down woman in wheelchair in a parking lot Wheelchair-Bound Man Suspected Of Shooting Wife As She Drove Let’s look at these in a little more detail: CLEARFIELD “? Clearfield police don’t know why a 64-year-old woman in a wheelchair was in a [...]

Wanted: Pianist

Mar 272005
 

Santiago Episcopal Church in Lafayette, Colorado, is looking for pianist. They would be looking for an organist, but Santiago is a mission church currently meeting in a school, so no organ. They already have a choir director. They seem like very nice people.

Are we speaking the same language?

Mar 232005
 

In my next life, I want a program where, when the system engineer says, “Black” and the programmer nods understandingly and says, “Yes, black”, they both mean that black that is the absence of all color, and not, say, chartreuse and magenta.

What’s in that drink?

Mar 232005
 

Should have known better. My normal Starbucks/Peaberry/Vic’s drink is a 12 ounce non-fat latte, pretty inocuous. Yesterday I tried Starbucks’ new chocolate drink, the Chantico (why do they give things these weird names?). Tiny cup. Drink is apparently a melted bar of chocolate. I felt faintly ill after finishing it. Today I went hunting for [...]

Interesting (sitting vs. standing, another view)

Mar 222005
 

While I’ve witnessed a fair amount of discrimination, condescension and patronisation of wheelchair users (including myself), I really think (thought) it wasn’t the norm in my experience. But… There’s a restaurant I’ve been going to for years, maybe once a month, every couple of weeks. It’s Italian. They clearly pride themselves on being good to [...]

Sitting vs. standing

Mar 212005
 

I’ve been agonising over whether to take the wheelchair and crutches to France, or just crutches. This despite the fact that I know I should take the chair. But I’ve been walking so well, and the chair is just another thing to haul around, and … Then I read Jill’s account of waiting in the [...]

Go, girl, go

Mar 202005
 

The Daughter participated in RMVR’s Precision Driving School this weekend, driving the 1972 BMW Bavaria. She was a little stressed; who wouldn’t be, with only a couple of months of street driving behind her, and a dozen race-happy guys on the track with her? At the end, she was named Most Improved Driver. On the [...]

Travel

Mar 162005
 

The trouble with making spontaneous plans is the damage you leave in your wake. Listen, kiddo, I want to travel with you. Probably more important for you, I want you to travel and have adventures. So plan for it! Get the job in Japan teaching English after you graduate. Make some money and go to [...]

Progress

Mar 152005
 

Scary, but true: today I paid for a ground floor apartment on the Ile St. Louis and three plane tickets to Paris.

Spontaneity

Mar 142005
 

Ok, here’s the deal. My husband is working like a dog to remodel our house, doing all kinds of stuff he hates like plumbing and hanging sheetrock. A friend tells him he’s going on a week long French vacation called “Chase the Tour” – during the Tour de France, riding over some of the same [...]

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