The New Wing Is Here

Too bad it's so crazy cold I can't fly it

Thinking

The more I know, the less I understand.
All the things I thought I knew I'm learning again.

From The Heart Of The Matter by the Eagles

Mint 10 Julia KDE

Mint 10 KDE has arrived and I must say KDE has come a long way. Nice job Clem

Zeitgeist Moving Forward

Wow. I just watched Zeitgeist Moving Forward. Very thought provoking and helped put the pieces together. What do you think? Or can we really think any more. can we think outside of the constant barrage of marketing and hype to clearly see where we are really going? I am starting to think my brother in law is right.

Hum....

Structural violence is the cause of behavioural violence. So what is structural violence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_violence

Android rocks!

This is my first post from my Desire.  Using SwiftKey. Groovy!

A New Wing Is On Order

In a few weeks a brand new Axis Vega 3 will arrive at my door.

I Agree

Computer dating is fine, if you’re a computer.
- Rita Mae Brown

Mint 10 My Way

The Christmas Story

My version of the Christmas story.

Judah = Praise
Bethlehem = House of Bread
Jesus = The Bread of Life
Manger = Feeding Trough

So in the land of Praise from the House of Bread the Bread of Life was offered up in a common trough to all who hungered the that missing piece we all seek.

'I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.'

John 10:10

My Mom

 

My Mom made it out for Christmas this year. I was blessed.

My New Best Friend

 

This little Roomba is the Bees Knees it keeps my floor clean while I am at work.

It shrunk

The right leg has shrunk from one month in a cast.

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Christmas 2010

Well it's Christmas day. Jackie has been busy preparing a feast. And we are now just relaxing for a few hours before Allan and Jacob arrive. It has been a quiet holiday for us and I think we like it that way

Numbers

I don't usually take notice of things like this but recently the Canucks where playing the Bluejackets. In the first period the game number 13 (Raffe Torres) scored the third goal at 13:13
Weird!

The foot one month later

The cast came off yesterday. I have six more weeks to go with an Aircast. At least I can walk on it now.

Tasty Licks

Encouragement from a Sister

Micah 3:8
But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord:
You are beginning a new path today.
Lavish yourself in My love.
Clothe yourself in My love.
Dwell in it, live by it, put on the love of God.
Love is the beginning of wisdom, and your path requires wisdom.
Have compassion today; let mercy go before you.
In My love Know that I am God.
I am the One who guides you;
I am the One who has called you.
Your are not too old for the task ahead, not too inexperienced, not too weak.
You are empowered.
Listen to your heart.
Tell yourself, until you truly understand:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Yes

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin

Shopping In A Wheelchair

The day after my surgery I decided to go with my dear wife to get some groceries. I completely underestimated the effects of surgery/anesthesia. But what troubled me even more was the experience of shopping while in a wheelchair.It was a humbling hour.I asked the store to provide me with a chair/cart as I was on crutches. A staff promptly got one for me. It was a manual wheelchair with a basket built on the front. After a few minutes of use I discovered that this chair was not made by anyone who uses one. As I tried to push the wheels my arms would bump the side of the backrest resulting in a painful spot on each arm the next day. I was cut off 3 times once by a young staff member. Many of the items I tried to reach in the store I could not due to them being placed high on shelves or freezers. It was the same when I tried to get fresh meat. After all that came the check out. This store gets the client to do their own bagging. More difficulties. Now I am sure with practice I could become better at this but some things I simply could not do without help. And folks where quick to help when I asked them to. So after an hour or so I took myself to the customer service counter to return the awful chair/cart. And I decided to take a minute to relay my experience to the clerk from my new perspective. (I was humbled and have a new respect for our disabled citizens). She promptly defended the cart I was given. She even suggested that I should have been given one of there new electric ones. I was told that's why disabled people bring someone with them. To help them reach stuff. I offered that would be a good thing if the person had such a friend. Sadly as our conversation ended I realized that the store nor some of the staff had clue what some of their customers face when trying to do business there. There was simply no acknowledgment that there where areas that could use improvement. Needless to say I have acquired a new respect for what our disabled face during an average day