Archive: March 2005

Deconstruction of the News

Posted by Katja on 31 March 2005 | Permalink
Filed under media, wheelchair use | 1 comment

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 parking lot Monday [...]

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Wanted: Pianist

Posted by Katja on 27 March 2005 | Permalink
Filed under music/theatre, religion | 5 comments so far

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.

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Are we speaking the same language?

Posted by Katja on 23 March 2005 | Permalink
Filed under personal | 5 comments so far

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.

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What’s in that drink?

Posted by Katja on 23 March 2005 | Permalink
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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 info. Are you [...]

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Interesting (sitting vs. standing, another view)

Posted by Katja on 22 March 2005 | Permalink
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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 their regulars, [...]

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Sitting vs. standing

Posted by Katja on 21 March 2005 | Permalink
Filed under travel, wheelchair use | 1 comment

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 immigration [...]

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