| In solidarity |
[Apr. 3rd, 2008|06:20 pm] |
With my Canadian friends (slightly NSFW)...
I love you all. |
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| I need to be like this guy |
[Feb. 22nd, 2008|04:29 pm] |
Man Uses Wheelchair To Shovel Out
You'd think this is an accessory that would be semi-available by now, but it isn't. Anyone want to help me turn into a snowplow? I'm only half joking... when it snows in any significant amount, I'm messed up for a week or more (along with plenty of other PWDs) because snow gets piled at curbs and bus stops, making it hard to get anywhere.
The article is old and the video link is dead, but he has the video on his website. Here someone else on YouTube also using a motorized chair as a plow. |
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| Don't you cry no mooooore..... |
[Jan. 29th, 2008|11:58 pm] |
Please watch the following video from Japan (via ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lilituc):
You're welcome.
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| Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas |
[Nov. 1st, 2007|02:16 pm] |
Oh, you crazy Onion. |
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| The Boy with the Incredible Brain |
[Mar. 22nd, 2007|03:23 am] |
I know I am a sucker for these kinds of programs, people, and medical mysteries, not to mention British accents. But if you have 50 minutes to waste online (who doesn't?), you should watch this. | "The Boy with the incredible Brain" on Google Video |  |
Extraordinary People - The Boy with the incredible Brain
Daniel Tammet first came to worldwide attention in March 2004 on international Pi Day (3/14, of course) when he recited, from memory, Pi to 22,514 decimal places. It took over five hours and set a new European record. The event, which Daniel named "Pi in the Sky", coincided with Einstein's birthday and took place in front of Einstein's blackboard at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, England. Daniel used that event to raise funds for the National Society for Epilepsy because it was after a series of childhood seizures that his extraordinary number and memory abilities began, aligning him with that rare circumstance of the 'acquired savant' in which such exceptional skills surface following some CNS injury or disease. He is proud of the monies raised on behalf of this organization, and certainly gave this worthy cause a good deal of visibility.
In addition to number and massive memory skills, Daniel has exceptional language skills as well. He speaks French, German, Spanish, Lithuanian, Esperanto and Icelandic. He learned the difficult Icelandic language in seven days which was carefully documented in the one hour film about Daniel titled The Boy with the incredible Brain.
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| Skidboot the Dog |
[Oct. 23rd, 2006|09:38 pm] |
Skidboot the super amazing dog just tipped my sap-meter. What a puppy. His human seems to be an innately great trainer. He could do wonders with service dogs. |
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snow
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impressed
chipper