There is a God...

...and She is smiling on me right now. ...Each weekday I ride my wheelchair home from work; it's about 4 miles, or 45 minutes. Despite many offers from others to drive me home, I prefer to drive myself and tend to do my best thinking/writing on these long rides. However, there is one fairly busy road on my trip that has no sidewalks and it makes me nervous. But just recently the city painted in these convenient biking/walking lanes on Willowby Blvd. which makes my ride much safer. Yep, God is good.

Al Gore's Desk

I'd have guessed that Al Gore's desk would be quite organized & tidy... and with minimal paper given his passion for saving trees/nature. ...Clearly I'd be wrong. btw, Santa, if you are reading this, I want one of those three screen monitors.

Thou shall not block...

When coming home from downtown I am constantly blocked by a neighbor's trash can that remains in the middle of the sidewalk 24/7. In the past I’ve accepted this blockage and would cross the street to bypass it and then cross back.

Sunday I changed my mind; it was no longer acceptable. I used my wheelchair to nudge the empty can out of the way so I could pass by. I also moved it into a more educational position. I think they’ll learn the problem this heavy cylinder can pose to four wheeled vehicles.

Peek at the future, today

Soon we’ll be viewing and inter-relating our photos in an whole new spatial dimension. As presented at the TED conference, this technology visually “maps” our pictures together in a way that will simply amaze you. (it makes my brain sore when I try to comprehend how they do it.) Btw, Microsoft has since bought this technology.



If you are half geek, like me, you should check out the TED talks when you get bored. It's a forum where some of the world's most fascinating minds share their ideas... on video!

Leaving a mark... at Lowe's.

Last night my good friend Allison and I went to Lowe's on a mission find a paint color for my place (one that simply wasn’t ugly.) All went well until I decided to try and help by carrying the paint cans on the back of my chair. It resulted in this:

Two guys generously helped clean up. (Shopping with a pretty woman has many privileges.) They dumped a large bag of a mysterious white powder that eventually absorbed the pill.

Allison has a great sense of humor, ...and oddly as of late she's also sporting some... uhh, nevermind.

We're gonna experiment and see just how combining green and orange looks... it could have been a genuine Reese's cup moment. ...If you go to Lowe's on Battleground you’ll still see how I uniquely decorated the best parking space in the house:

Random thoughts...

-This weekend I watched the last half of the Biggest Loser season 4 , including the finale. It’s weird how this show makes my allergies act up or something… b/c my eyes seem to get uncommonly misty. …The same thing oddly happens whenever I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

-Similar to Demitri Martin, I like refracted light and rainbows… but I’m not gay… so on all my rainbow gear I had to add “Not Gay.” at the bottom.. But then again I'm not against gay people… so underneath I added, “But Supportive.”

-On average other stars/galaxies are 200+ light years away from Earth. That means that the stars we see at night are actually what they looked like two centuries ago. Or rather, if there are extraterrestrial planets checking us out through an insanely strong telescope, they are now watching the French or American revolutions. ….The North Star, the brighest star in the sky, is over 540 light years way, so we’re currently seeing it as it looked in 1467.

-Twice last week I heard women say, “I don’t cook, but I love to bake.” This really puzzles me. I mean, if you prepare ingredients, put them in the oven for a set amount time and then serve the results on a plate to be eaten… i'm sorry, but you’re cooking… the baking is just a detail. Baking without cooking is smoking pot or something you do in a tanning bed.

Nice ride, man.

How does one go 4 miles at 50mhp in a 7mph wheelchair? Ask this guy... Note to Self: If my wheelchair ever gets stuck to an 18 wheeler at a gas station, remember to tell someone/scream.

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