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Late Preface This is from September 15, 2008. It’s a bit old and contains some outdated information. The feelings I expressed in the first part will surely not change for many, many years, if ever. The Post Think back to The Incredibles, if you’ve seen it. The villain of the film creates a robot monster so large and strong [...] I am male. I am white. I am tall. I am straight. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. Aside from my missing appendix, there really isn’t anything at all abnormal about me. There isn’t anything out-of-the-majority. So while I sympathize with everyone who has faced challenges that I will never understand … I also have to admit that I will [...] Shit happens. If it didn’t, there wouldn’t be a common saying that goes something like “Shit happens.” And it wouldn’t be so common that people have used it to sell baby onesies, insurance, and quaint home decor. Bad things will come your way. They may be coming your way right now. You may have just gotten [...] So we have touched on racism and disability (or we stared at it awkwardly, at least). And we learned something. Well sure we did. Now let’s talk about something that everyone can relate to in this post-racial society. I set a new year’s resolution to do yoga twice a week. We are now more than halfway through [...] Abnormal things catch our attention. Sometimes they frighten, concern, or otherwise upset us. Don’t feel bad. Everyone else feels the same. The one black person walking down Pearl St. in Boulder, CO stands out because everyone around them (even the ones with dreadlocks) are white. Maybe that’s uncomfortable, but that same person in the blackest part [...] There is a serious issue with the way the iPhone OS handles images. Specifically, images saved from email or the web seem to often save with unacceptable blur. From a device that promises so much, which was created by a company with such a strong emphasis on art, design, and quality, this is baffling. Yesterday, I found [...] Today was simply awful. I could chalk it up to any number of things, like Friday the 13th or donating today’s awesomeness to TUS (who put it to amazingly good use!!) or even to some planetary malignment. The simple fact is, however, that it was simply a completely off day for me. For starters, my clumsiness knew [...] |
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