Ironically, while populationist groups focus attention on the 7 billion, protestors in the worldwide Occupy movement have identified the real source of environmental destruction: not the 7 billion, but the 1 per cent, the handful of millionaires and billionaires who own more, consume more, control more, and destroy more than all the rest of us put together.
via Population crisis: blame the 1 per cent – The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many stories.
The Ultimate Kenny Everett Sketch Site Home Page.
Ahh, much of my youth was spent worshipping this man. Off to watch Captain Kremmen,,,
Out at a fun event with a bunch of mayhem custom bike madness magic peeps from our own beloved gang – La Lengua Del Fuego (and the equally funky epic wonder grooviness that is Boneshakers). Downhill from Mt Lofty to city run. The two youngest (small lad age 8, littlest princess age 10), made it a fair way down on their custom freak tandem – then car pooled with mummy. Ms almost 17 fanged all the way down. Himself, as master of freak bikes, had loaded a trailer of fun bizarre bike options for those without, so i got to be in charge of that for a bit too.
The reality is, the car accident that gave me spinal injury took many things. The hardest one to lose was my avid bike riding ways. So as much as i adore these people, and have a blast – i am sad in some ways for what i felt i couldn’t participate in.
But my beloved, wonderful, unselfish, magic bloke, being master of mayhem and brilliance, has decided i SHALL go to the ball. He is converting a number of old electric wheelchair into a frankenbike for me, a recumbent of motorised bliss and bikeness:)
Tonight, he put together two of these wheelchairs
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and gave me – one working one! Now, while i wait for frankenbike, i have much more mobility than i had dreamt of. We just went for a ride down to the beach – three kids and himself on bikes, and me – me on pooter the scooter (he just poots along). Wonderful thing. So much freedom. Independence. Just fang down to the shop, yeah…to the beach, no probs…go for long walk with kids and larry the terrier – i am mobile woman!
So, everyday will be standard Kermit the wonder wheelchair, but for just local stuff, i can now join in:)
The Guardian has an update on the case of Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the Occupy Oakland protests Tuesday night via Scott Olsen, Iraq veteran injured at Occupy Oakland, to undergo brain surgery – Boing Boing.
Giles Fraser, a canon at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, has resigned his job and given up his church residence in protest of the plan to forcibly evict the Occupy London protesters camped in St Paul’s Square. via Canon of St Paul’s resigns over plans to evict OccupyLondon – Boing Boing.
One shows humanity and a rational response to the desperation and anger many are feeling at the inequity and corruption around them. One is cowardly, ham handed over reaction leading to violent oppression. Which leader do you admire – the Mayor f Oakland, or the Christian putting his beliefs to work?
Also – Pluto has a twin, aww, congrats and welcome Eris 
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(I am fond of Pluto, and have a tshirt that i wear a lot, that says ‘Don’t worry Pluto, I’m not a planet either’)
Venting personal rant free of useful content : feel free to ignore if expecting usual interesting linkage. But it’s my blog, and I’ll whine if I want to – you would whine too if it happened to you;)
Hate bad nights. Trying to prepare to present at Atlanta (IEEE 802.11 Plenary) in just over a week and damned if sleep isn’t vile this week. Since giving blood last Friday (a rare group, B-, means I feel even more like I should, though of course everyone should). My iron level was ok enough to donate but it’s dipped into anaemia, which I tend to. So popping iron along with the other damn tabs I take – I can take up to 12 before getting out of bed when I include iron and Vitamin D, which I also need. Age, age, plus pain medication, and tablets to ease side effects of pain medication.
So the last few nights are exhausted battlegrounds: last night I slept fitfully 10pm – 3am, so was very tired tonight. When I managed that fitful sleep, had nightmares about being attacked by annoyed ESSIDs and angrier still BSSs (reading up on 802.11s). As i was terribly tired, i have been trying to drop off since 9.30pm. Fell asleep after 1.08am ( looked at time then). Stupid back woke me at 2.40am. Throwing heavy duty meds at it, base rate failing. Tossing and turning really sets it off.
And of course this fails to get the presentation finished – which makes me fret, so weighs on my mind to point I don’t sleep…bother! I do listen to a ridiculous amount of audio books – my comfort ones include Alice in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass – blessed Audible.com!
Ok, I’ve been sufficiently self indulgent, time to resume normal transmission…:)
(update : 4.21am – do you think in sleep blogging? Arrgghh!)
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