Archive: November 2005

Gimpy Mumpy’s feed

Posted by Katja on 27 November 2005 | Permalink
Filed under blogging | 2 comments so far

Now that I have discovered the joy of feeds, it’s hard to keep track of the feedless blogs (Jody, I’m talking to you). Also, I am not very bright sometimes, so even though a blog may have a wonderful link like “Subscribe to this blog’s feed” right in the sidebar, I don’t notice it, because [...]

You can, too, help yourself

Posted by Katja on 25 November 2005 | Permalink
Filed under society | 4 comments so far

From Laurie Lou, and worth repeating in its entirety:

a lot has been said about how to prevent rape.
women should learn self-defense. women women should lock themselves in their houses after dark. women shouldn’t have long hair and women shouldn’t wear short skirts. women shouldn’t leave drinks unattended. fuck, they shouldn’t dare to get drunk at [...]

Ryanair changes policy

Posted by Katja on 23 November 2005 | Permalink
Filed under travel | Comments are closed

Via Get Around Guide, Ryanair changes policy on blind:
Ryanair head of customer services Caroline Green said: “This is a common-sense change.”
However the budget airline said vision-impaired passengers travelling alone would remain part of the rule.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Ryanair still doesn’t get it.

Cult!

Posted by Katja on 20 November 2005 | Permalink
Filed under personal | 4 comments so far

I’ve been sucked into a cult, but I don’t know if it’ll stick.
At work they offered a Getting Things Done course. Suddenly people are walking around raving, yes, raving, about their inboxes being empty. They all have label makers on their desks. Their engineering notebook pages all have big Xes on them (for processed).
Since there [...]

Traveling in a wheelchair doesn’t have to be limiting

Posted by Katja on 13 November 2005 | Permalink
Filed under travel, wheelchair use | 4 comments so far

Traveling in a wheelchair doesn’t have to be limiting
“Inconvenience is adventure wrongly considered, and adventure is inconvenience rightly considered,” Pat announced early in the journey. She had heard the saying at a nephew’s high school graduation ceremony, and it became a motto for our trip.

Let Them Eat Bread!

Posted by Katja on 7 November 2005 | Permalink
Filed under food | 10 comments so far

With my husband away for two weeks, my frustration with the bread situation here has come to a boil.
We make our bread. By “we”, I mean mostly my husband (it used to be mostly me, but now I have a full time job). With him gone, we’ve been reduced to buying store bread (the horror!).
Where [...]