Just got to Melbourne, (left at 520am) finally found cinema. A greater union hosting Melbourne film festival events. Cinema in question up EPIC flight of stairs. It has NO wheelchair access. Many freaked out festival staff. Sent hubby and kids in, I’m sitting this one out it seems. Somewhat literally.
July 2011Monthly Archives
welcome to 4.30 am
we are driving to melboure to watch a chad morgan doco – then driving home again. life with my husband is a an endless series of magic adventures i would never otherwise have the bravery to contemplate – merely the wish:)
disability did not diminish my courage – merely forced its centre of focus to be so much smaller & immediate. sometimes, getting out of bed requires it all. sometimes, it is smiling at my children despite the pain. sometimes, it is being cheerful when i am not.
but here i am facing something big. and allowances being made for my issues, it is occuring anyway, allowing for them not ignorning them, but not being held back by them.
wow:)
Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009 – Slashdot
Emacs, one of GNU’s flagship products and the most famous software creation of Richard Stallman, has been discovered to be violating the GPL since 2009-09-28 by distributing binaries that were missing source. The CEDET package, a set of contributed files for giving certain IDE functionality related to static code analysis, has distributed files generated from bison grammars without distributing the grammar itself. This happened for Emacs versions 23.2 and 23.3, released during late 2009, and has just been discovered.
no wai…
Africa’s perfect storm is the world’s responsibility | Article | The Punch
Those pictures of Mihag hit like a body slam that makes you forget how to breathe.
A doctor examines Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, in a field hospital in Kenya. Photo: AP
The NGOs are talking about staggering figures. Two million children dying of hunger. Thirteen million affected. Children with flyblown lips and flyblown wounds and they’re dropping like flies.
via thepunch.com.au
The KKK kicked Butts, then Butts kicked back | Article | The Punch
Sometimes you can meet a person and feel blessed. I don’t mean touched by the hand of God. I just mean you feel renewed, restored and pretty sure there’s goodness in the world. And that, in itself, is a blessing.
Ku Klux Klan burn crosses at Stone Mountain Rally, in Georgia, in 1989. Photo: New York Paid
The man in question is the Reverend Dr Thomas Lane Butts Jr, aged 81, retired pastor of the Uniting Methodist Church in Monroe County, Alabama. His older brother was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The Rev Butts was not.
via thepunch.com.au
Deus Ex Malcontent: Savior Indignation
“No one believing in Jesus commits mass murder.”
– Bill O’Reilly on Norway shooting and Christian extremist Anders Behring Breivik
go read the rest of the commentary – brilliant.
The 10 faces of Doctor Who – Den of Geek
The Doctor is, without a doubt, one of the most complex characters on television. He is both comic and tragic, a king and a fool. It’s worth us, then, having a quick think about the many faces of this most unique of men.
via denofgeek.com
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