January 2012
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December 2011
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May 2011
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Where have I been for the past eight months?
Part 2
(Continued from Part 1)
When I went into the hospital, my main concern was the issues with my blood pressure and, increasingly, weakness in my hands. Apparently I had gone years with my old pump slowly leaking, to point that it required 1200mc/ml of baclofen to keep my legs under control. That’s a lot of baclofen. When they fixed the leak they had no real idea of how much...
April 2011
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Where have I been for the past eight months?
Part 1
I wish I could say I was doing something important or nobel, like building houses in South America or helping cool nuclear reactors in Japan, but I can’t. I’ve spent the past eight months battling two consecutive unrelated health problems that ended up putting me in the hospital for 3 months each, with little more than a 2 month break in between.
As I know most of you already...
December 2010
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August 2010
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I don't believe in stem cells
I know, reposts are lazy, but in light of the recent injunction against NIH funding stem cell research, and the fact that, as a quadriplegic, I supposedly have a vested interest in the research, I thought I’d repost this entry I wrote last year.
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I know a couple of people who have spinal cord injuries who wholeheartedly believe in the potential of stem...
July 2010
21 posts
Anne Rice is an idiot →
Look, I wouldn’t consider myself close to even being a devout Christian, but Anne Rice is an idiot, leaving Christianity for its supposedly being: “anti-gay,” “anti-feminist,” “anti-science” and “anti-Democrat.”
Basically, she’s over-generalizing and intolerant towards millions of Christians who don’t feel that way, like my mom, for instance. You know who also...
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Your boyfriend is a liar, and shorter than me…
I spent much of my adult life thinking, with all certitude, that I was well over 6 feet tall. How did I know this? Simple. I was at least a couple inches taller than my dad, and growing up he had always told me he was 6 foot even.
So there I am, age 28, visiting the doctor for a checkup. After stepping on the scale, and getting a weight that was well on par with my household scale, I stood up...
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: The Tape That Could Destroy Mel:... →
And in this audio clip, Mel Gibson redeems himself.
No, he doesn’t.
“We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.”
– From an article about Apple’s relationship with AT&T: ”The companies apparently squabbled over small things as well, as the two corporate cultures did not mesh well. At one point, an AT&T representative reportedly told one of Jobs’ deputies that the company co-founder...
A little girl sees me eating lunch outside...
…in my wheelchair wearing dark sunglasses.
“Are you blind?” she asked innocently.
“Nope. Everything you see here - shades, wheelchair - is fake except the sandwich,” I should have said.
“Nope.”
Drunk History →
This series of videos is hilariously brilliant. This is my favorite - Tesla vs. Edison.
I told my neurologist (a nice guy) that a med I'm...
Him: try raising four toddlers and you'll see what out of control is.
Me: try laying in a hospital bed unable to move your body and you'll see what out of control is.
Him: Touché.
I win at tragedy.
WatchGreat short film shot and edited all with the iPhone 4.
June 2010
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May 2010
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Where I've been...
Hey everyone. Just letting you know I’m alive and ok. I’m not going to go into much detail, but the reason I dropped of the radar for a couple of months was because I hurt someone I love and wanted to spare them a small bit of pain by not having to see me everyday online while we both healed. I guess I was sparing myself some pain as well. That’s all I’ll mention of...
March 2010
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WatchAn amazing film trailer shown at SXSW.
American: The Bill Hicks Story
February 2010
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WatchCool interview with Shaun White. Best moment is at 4:15 when the reporter just brings up the Iraq war out of the blue.
WatchIn case you missed Shaun White’s gold medal run… enjoy.
Interesting story of one of the worst (and largely... →
Goiânia accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 2010
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