07 Oct
I’ve been getting a flu shot every year for years. I’ve always thought this was just common sense, because every upper respiratory infection I get just goes directly into my lungs and stays for weeks. It seems that the Centers for Disease Control have finally caught up with me. In this instruction sheet, they specifically [...]
Posted in Life Issues, Me, me, me -- Norma Desmond! by: titlevariesslightly
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03 Mar
I had my Lent somewhat planned out I had certain things I was giving up and other things I was adding on. (My behaviorist training as a special ed teacher leads me never to try to wipe out a behavior without adding an incompatible one.)
But you know, “If you want to make God laugh, tell [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Life Issues, Me, me, me -- Norma Desmond!, Pondering by: titlevariesslightly
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27 Feb
Hey, any bloggers out there using voice-input software and a PC to blog and do their other computer work? I’m having pain and numbness in my hands (the pins-and-needles kind) and am going in for tests on Friday. I suspect the doctors will tell me that I need to spend less time with the keyboard [...]
Posted in Life Issues, Me, me, me -- Norma Desmond! by: titlevariesslightly
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20 Feb
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 [...]
Posted in Disablism, Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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20 Feb
The Genocide Awareness Project is on our campus today. And my feelings are mixed.
Am I glad to see pro-life action on campus? Yes. Respectful discussion taking place? Wonderful. I don’t even mind the little knots of NOW/NARAL protesters on both sides of the large display. They, again, are respectful, and have every right to be [...]
Posted in Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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01 Oct
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 [...]
Posted in Disablism, Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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24 Jul
D’oh! Why did it take Reflections of a Paralytic to gather this important contact information? Never mind, he did, and that’s the beauty of the blogosphere. Together, we get a lot accomplished.
ACCENT Speech Bureau
300-1 JWRU, Room 306
P.O. Box 118505
Gainesville, FL 32611-8505
Tel: 352-392-1665 ext. 306
Fax: 352-392-8072
Website: http://www.sg.ufl.edu/accent
Email: accent@sg.ufl.edu
Press/Upcoming Show Information: 352-392-1665 ext. 411
J. Bernard Machen
President of [...]
Posted in Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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21 Jul
It has always been one of my favorite Bible stories. Esther is the beautiful young queen with an important secret; her identity as one of the conquered Jews. Then vain and power-hungry Haman tricks the king into issuing a decree that all the Jews must be killed. Esther faces a choice: hide behind her new [...]
Posted in Bible, Catholicism, Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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21 Jul
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 [...]
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16 Jul
Mark Shea has suggested that the two stages of reckless application of technology are “What Could it Hurt?”and “How Were We Supposed to Know?” Below is a story that should move us at once from the first position, to the second, to “Never Again!”
Many disability activists were appalled to discover details about the medically-approved surgical [...]
Posted in Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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