do you ever feel like you’re going through your days, and they have a theme? sometimes it feels like i’m being approached by a waiter: “and today’s special is …” well, my special this week seems to be abilities, disabilities, different abilities – that whole box of themes. it started with the ongoing story of… Continue reading fear, ignorance and disabilities
Category: news and events
the weekend to end breast cancer – a transforming experience
“she made it another year, she made it another year.” that’s all that went through my mind as i watched the crowd of walkers surge into the stadium. yesterday afternoon was the celebration of another weekend to end breast cancer. one weekend a year, thousands of walkers, encouraged by tens of thousands of sponsors, donors… Continue reading the weekend to end breast cancer – a transforming experience
a big bagful of tidbits
time for some bullet blogging again. here are some interesting tidbits: it’s impossible to go to nancy white’s blog without finding something fascinating. ever heard of the cambodian bloggers summit? no??? well, why don’t you go here and find out. and maybe do more than find out. chip in to help beth kanter go there:… Continue reading a big bagful of tidbits
leave my blog instantly!
… and head over to Miss604, who is typing her little (and very smart and funny) fingers off in her blogathon participation. every 30 minutes she’s posting a new article, for 24 hours (48 posts in a day! get that???), supporting the surrey food bank. what are you still doing here? shoo! go!
“don’t should on yourself”: albert ellis dead at 93
what’s the goal of therapy? “to minimize the client’s central self-defeating outlook, and to acquire a more realistic, tolerant philosophy of life.” that is one of the the central tenets of rational-emotive therapy (RET), founded by albert ellis in 1955. albert ellis died yesterday at the age of 93. albert ellis walked his talk. he… Continue reading “don’t should on yourself”: albert ellis dead at 93
buy a friend a book
okay, so here is what yesterday’s surprise was all about. you see, through twitter i found out about buy a friend a book week. since phylameana is one of my blogger friends and i know for certain she didn’t expect me to buy her a book, i figured i’d make her my “target”. why was… Continue reading buy a friend a book
rant: anglican qualifiers
“may i ask what age group you fall into? ok, thanks. do you work for a marketing company? no? good. and your household income? thank you. last question, what postal code do you live in? oh, V5W? i’m sorry, we already have the quota for people with your profile filled.” i’m sure you’ve all heard… Continue reading rant: anglican qualifiers
THE granny post!!!
yup. that’s him. little julian. all 10 pds 10 oz, and 22″ of him! 33 days of on and off labour, 30 hours of final labour, and then he had to be hauled out via caesarian. julian and both parents are happy and healthy. the support and love from everyone was – oh, i don’t… Continue reading THE granny post!!!
listening to the dalai lama
in collaboration and partnership with the maui community, his holiness, the 14th dalai lama, will have the entire world as his audience as part of a realtime webcast of his public appearances on the island of maui on april 24 and 25, 2007. with broadband computer access, you can see and hear the dalai lama… Continue reading listening to the dalai lama
shootings. holocaust.
today is holocaust remembrance day. the biggest shooting in US history just happened. 33 people are dead. my brain is trying to cope with this, to make sense of it, so i take flight into my safe cocoon, the internet. i post about it on twitter and on stumbleupon. that is safe. it’s just in… Continue reading shootings. holocaust.