Christiane Link writes with a wry and informed voice about the barriers she encounters daily. She has given me permission to translate some of her posts into English, so check out From helpfulness to accident insurance: I went to my branch to cash a check. As I finished, I noticed that there was a crutch [...]
Jul 282005
Jul 262005
Excellent post from tikva in No Pity: “I am with you. I love you. Lead on.”
Jul 242005
After a week of temperatures hovering right around 100 degrees F, it’s dropped to 70 and is raining. What a relief.
Jul 202005
My hard drive at work died while I was on travel, and the backups I’ve been doing so meticulously don’t seem to exist any more. Losing your hard drive is either a disaster or an opportunity. On the one hand, it’s a pain to reassemble all the tools I need (all right, want). Need to [...]
Jul 192005
We have a bumper crop of black currants. Anybody got good advice on what aspect of jam making (with commercial liquid pectin) needs to be modified for altitude? We’re at 1517 meters/4979 feet.
Jul 152005
This week’s meetings were in a building that our customer had recently renovated (new cubes, new carpeting, new furniture). They had also put up the new, company approved restroom signs: Unfortunately, they neglected to actually renovate the restroom. I wanted to sneak back in the middle of the night and duct tape out the little [...]
Jul 152005
Via Rolling Rains: Eleanor Smith of Concrete Change has some excellent observations on the shortcomings of New Urbanism in an article in the Ragged Edge. Prospect here in Longmont is an example of New Urbanism. While I applaud breaking out of the cookie cutter developer mold, and rethinking the relationship of the house with its [...]
Jul 112005
The boys and I had dinner at Trattoria Girasole, on Pearl Street, this evening. There was a very accomplished duo playing Greek, Gypsy, Celtic and Spanish music on violin, guitar, bouzouki: E Muzeki. We also watched the first episode of Guns, Germs and Steel on PBS, which Youngest Son proclaimed a retread of 7th, 8th [...]
Jul 112005
The TSA wants your input on alternative screening. Via No Pity: From May 23 through August 23, 2005, TSA will be conducting a Persons with Disabilities and Medical Conditions Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Jul 112005
Christiane has posted an excellent Disability Blogroll. While her site is in German, the majority of the blogs listed are in English. Christiane is happy to take additional suggestions.
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