Title Varies Slightly

I received good news in my e-mail. A foundation has given a grant to increase the accessibility of houses of worship in Chicago.
This is of course terrific news. As our population ages, provided that we don’t decide old people are too much trouble, we should see more of these types of initiatives. [...]

May God call someone to act quickly in this matter; I am reposting this email message from the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation: 
In Need of Your Help

We release this emergency request on behalf of Geraldine Hayes, a patient in Volusia County in Florida.
Geraldine has been in the hospital since August 2007. Her family has been working [...]

A child with Down Syndrome was used as a suicide bomber. Apparently the explosives were detonated via remote control.
I don’t have words. Not a one. So I’ll borrow two.

“At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’

for if these things are done [...]

Editor Mom alerts us to this advertising campaign gone very, very wrong.
Good Idea: Make parents aware that ADHD, autism-spectrum disorders, depression, OCD, and related problems can be serious, and can be treated.
Atrocious Idea: Anthropomorphize these conditions as violent kidnappers. Play on the fear and guilt of parents who, if their children are having problems, are [...]

So when I read this post, and others about Medicare’s in-home policy for wheelchairs, I thought, “Boy, I am so lucky that I have private insurance.”
Looks like I spoke too soon.
My chair has been giving me trouble for quite a while now. it overheats, because it’s always got the braking system partly engaged. I believed [...]

Some time back Wheelie Catholic posted about Using a wheelchair in Second Life.
I don’t belong to Second Life (my first life is nuts enough!), but I did just create an avatar on  WeeWorld. I like the WeeWorld avatars because they aren’t particularly buff (they remind me of the “Love is” cartoons from the 70s). [...]

Email communications are public documents under applicable Florida law, so I think I am within my rights to post this here:
Oct. 1, 2007
 
To faculty, students and staff:
I’d like to take this opportunity to let you know what measures we are taking to ensure the University of Florida remains a civil and secure environment [...]

The University of Florida is inviting Jack Kevorkian to speak at the University as part of its “Access” speakers series. The series features a variety of speakers of varying degrees of fame and notoriety; in recent years they’ve hosted porn star Ron Jeremy, Ann Coulter, filmmaker Michael Moore, and KISS performer Gene Simmons. So as [...]

Random comments from my DC conference / tourist experience:

Went to vigil Mass at St. Patrick. Actually heard the priest preach about the sanctity of life! “This passage shows clearly that God is in love with us from the womb. … We must love life from the womb. It is just that simple.”
Today was a day [...]

The competing project that is seeking funding is a modification of House office space. When a legislator (sorry this isn’t C-SPAN so I don’t know who’s who) said Congress should be funding NLS, not “ourselves.” Not to be dissuaded, a Minnesota legislator decided to play us against each other by bringing up the lack of [...]