Archive: October 2005
Standing’s not going to be a problem, or How I got chucked out of the ticket-selling moms
My daughter’s playing the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods at high school. I signed up to sell tickets - not generally what I’d consider a labor-intensive job.
Ticket Mom calls me up. We agree on days. We agree on times. Then she says, “Is standing going to be a problem?”
“I use a wheelchair,” I say, [...]
Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, November 6, 2005, 2:00 pm, Cantabile will be singing at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park: Our Favorite Place. Some interesting music, including a Zulu/English piece called “A Hope for Reconciliation”, and the extremely fun settings of three Lewis Carroll poems: “The Lobster Quadrille”, “You are old, Father William”, and “Speak Harshly to your [...]
Accessible Parkersburg?
West Virginia Rolls Ahead: Inclusive Destination Development in Parkersburg, from Rolling Rains. My stepfather lives in Parkersburg, but I’ve never been there. Maybe it’s time for a mid-America road trip.
High School, again
Today I mistakenly went to a high school music parents booster meeting. I have not generally done well as a booster parent. I find that booster parents don’t seem to have moved on since high school. Remember in Desperate Housewives when Lynette is trying to be accepted by the other preschool moms? Good comedy is [...]
Charming
Wheelchair search irks football fan: A wheelchair-bound teenaged fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is upset new security measures will require her seat cushion to be examined by security staff.
Which begs the question - what’s the level of search of able-bodied attendees? Metal detectors? Strip search?
Air travel in Europe
Ryanair, recently in the news due to its policy of charging for the use of wheelchairs, is back with Ryanair is attacked for ejecting blind passengers.
On the plus side, and resulting partially from the Ryanair wheelchair suit, Airport agreement to end discrimination against disabled:
A new agreement ensuring all European Union airports are made fully [...]
Urban legends
What is the matter with some people? Intelligent, adult women who run their own businesses, manage jobs and children, are allowed on the road with a large motor vehicle, who forward these stupid emails. And not just to a few friends, but to every mailing list they are part of?
Can you tell I’ve been moderating [...]
Out in the Cold
I’m feeling very bad for my husband, trying to sleep in his truck in Limon surrounded by a bunch of big rigs (”like trying to sleep in a truck stop”, he says). I hope the night passes quickly for him and the highway re-opens soon. I’ll be very glad to have him safely home tomorrow.
8:03 [...]
Feeling Nervous (and Foolish)
Normally, I try not to do anything that would cause my employer to notice that I might be sick (or, god forbid, disabled). This has led to me doing somewhat foolish things, like working a 40 hour week when totally wiped out by fatigue, or going to work in a raging blizzard when I could [...]
Up-front and Gracious Ramp
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Church extends welcome mat.
“A lot of people go at the question of access and ramps as a necessary evil,” said Beyreis, who runs a one-person firm called Architectural Environments Studio. “But the church’s mission was to be open to everyone. So the ramp needed to be as up-front and as [...]
Misc
A fair amount of randomness.
First, parent-teacher conferences. I have two children in high school. Their school schedules two afternoons, 3:30 - 7:00 for parent-teacher conferences. The school uses a block system,which means each child has as many as eight teachers, for a total of 16 teachers.
In order to have a conference with a teacher, you [...]
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