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Is this a slippery slope I see before me...
The Sunday Times October 7, 2007 ( Read more... ) -
Living
I found the following on an email list I lurk on. There was no link or any other reference, this is the entire speech.
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This was a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen
at the graduation ceremony of at American university where she was
awarded an Honorary PhD.
"I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is ( Read more... ) -
Me and life in a nutshell
"Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other peoples' lives, never your own."
Gustave Flaubert
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Do I Have A Sign Stuck On Me???
It's Saturday, and some head banana of a large non-profit umbrella org that my group is a member of thinks it's acceptable to ring me at home on a fucking Saturday to insist that I call him back so he can ask my opinion on changes to the membership structure. (I gather they are ringing around all members) He called this past Wednesday and ( Read more... ) -
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Again and again.
Couple carry out campaign of sadistic abuse
Just something else to echo in my brain when I have to listen to some dipshit tell me that "No one would ever hurt a child with a disability", or, "But their (your) parents must love them (you)". Denial like that enables horrors like this to happen. It's ironic, or just fucking infuriating, when you ( Read more... ) -
Finally - HP 7!
For my fellow Harry Potter fanatics ( Read more... ) -
Australians please read and follow this link...
splodgenoodles has details about a petition to put a vital medication for people with Crohns disease on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that will make it more affordable. Splodge talks about the benefits for Crohns sufferers in general and herself specifically, please read her post (if only for her nostalgic introduction - ah, memories! ;-) ) and sign the ( Read more... ) -
Purple Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaane!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to get my purple cane!!! Yepyepyepyep! After all my storming around last week I remembered Technical Aid for the Disabled, a non-profit that adapts and creates assitive technology for PWDs that doesn't already exist. Contacted them, and even though it's just a cosmetic thing rather than a functional necessity, they've agreed to do it ( Read more... ) -
A New Blog
I’ve just created a new blog at Blogspot. Just because ( Read more... )
