Posts from ‘January, 2009’

Finally, a new Angry Political Nerd video! He hasn’t had much to be angry about since the election. But that could change if the Joker has is way!

Book cover I made from a photo I took in the Turks and Caicos. Last summer, about a week before vacation, I was cleaning out a closet and found my old diary from 1974 (age 16)! Most of the diary is from 1974-1978. I stuck it in my suit case, so that I could reflect [...]

(CNN) — A woman in California delivered what may be the nation’s second live-born set of octuplets on Monday morning, surprising doctors who expected seven babies. “The hospital said the woman didn’t want her personal information released to the news media, and it would not answer questions about whether she’d had fertility treatments.” Stupid question, [...]

Have you heard the hoopla around Aretha Franklin’s inaugural hat?  Her hat is a hit and the blogesphere is buzzing about it.  From what I’ve read, the hat was made by Luke Song, a hat designer from Detroit.  Mr. Song has been flooded with calls from women wanting the same hat.  Luke said that the hat [...]

Several people have asked me about our track lift system. Because we have two children who use wheelchairs and who also have very different needs, our system is quite elaborate and probably more than most people with disabilities would need.  We have a “Surehands” system and it is a huge help.  Actually, more of a [...]

As soon as Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, his new WhiteHouse.gov site went public.  One of the first signs that this “Change” will be good.  This tech-savvy president understands the importance of the internet in our new globel society.  If you’ve ever visited the old site, you will [...]

According to twitter’s blog, they received 5 times the normal tweets per second which peaked as Obama was being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Other social-networking sites also reported surges.  Facebook received more than one million status updates with an average of over 4,000 updates per hour, which peaked during [...]

A bit of inaugural fun! Make your own on at Obamicon.me.

I got this official-looking invitation in the mail a couple of weeks ago from the “Presidential Inaugural Committee”.   I have no idea why I got this invitation.  Do they just send out a bunch of these randomly?  I did volunteer for Obama’s campaign, maybe all volunteers got one, I don’t know?   But it sure is [...]

Lake Ripple is one of Eric’s favorite places in Grafton.  For years I’ve been meaning to get him out onto the frozen lake, but I never seemed to get around to it.  Part of the reason is because I’m paranoid about water.  Not for myself, but for Eric.  Putting a kid in a wheelchair on [...]