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Fun Game!
Which Jonas brother will eventually come out as gay, and then move onto a huge solo career? #1: Joe, #2: Nick , or #3: Kevin? You know at least one of them has to be gay. This is the entertainment industry, people! My guess is #1 (the furthest to the left) . Joe is the 19 year old who broke Taylor Swift’s little ‘ol country girl heart. See, totally gay! Your turn! – Tiff
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Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming
My PCA’s are back, the holidays are over, school is back in session… 2009 has officially begun. I am so glad things are back to normal. Things in the disability world are pretty quiet right now, so not much to blog about these days. The only news I can think of: – Johnson & Johnson announced they will no longer be selling the iBot in the USA this year (low sales. bummer). – States across the nation are facing budget deficits and looking to cut programs (with disabled people crossing their fingers that the cuts won’t dramatically affect them). – And people everywhere rooting for stem-cell research are waiting with bated breath,…
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No Fear Kitty
Look at how incredibly cool my pets are around my wheelchair? Yup, what can I say? My cats are cooler around me more than most humans. They’re totally disability desensitized! Sure, it helps that they’ve only know their Master to be yours truly, Tiffiny the Quad, their entire lives…but I’m still impressed. They never run from my tankesque powerchair in fear everytime I come around the corner. In fact, they run to me instead. Yup, little Miss Pixie loves me. – Tiff
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If There’s a Cure For This, I Don’t Want It”
“Love Hangover” by Diana Ross. This is most excellent Friday music. – Tiff
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French & Saunders Do Madonna
If you don’t get British humor, maybe this AMAZINGLY FUNNY parody of Madonna’s “Hung Up” video will change your mind. Watching this really makes me miss “Absolutely Fabulous.” – Tiff
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Dinosaur Hat!
Check out my new bad ass dinosaur hat, people. It’s a Catie Boardman Original.
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“Video Courtesy of Shell Oil Company”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html Check out this video of a giant squid with ELBOWS, people. It’s seriously one of the most disturbing things you’ll ever see. Why is this video posted by National Geographic, and courtesy of the Shell Oil Company (taken from a camera set-up on an oil rig), worth watching? A: It’s alive. B: It’s really fucking long. C: It looks like a bonafide alien. Hmmm…maybe it is?? – Tiff
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Best Tire Pump?
I’ve decided to put an end to allowing my wheelchair from disrupting my social life. I don’t ALWAYS need to be in my 314lb powerchair. No siree bob. I’m lucky enough to have a lightweight manual, so I mine as well use it right? SO many of my friends, since the economic-crisis hit, have been throwing parties at their homes instead of going out, and I’m sick of missing out on all the fun. Time to be ok with getting lifted up flights of stairs, Tiff. There’s just one teeny tiny problem: The wheels on my manual lose air really fast, and going to the gas station in freezing cold Minnesota weather…
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Best Halloween Costume Ever.
Here’s Mike M., a C5 quad and a smarty-pants guy (he’s a law student), who I met at the World Stem Cell Summit last September. Dude, why didn’t I think of this?! – Tiff
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Dame Edna Makeup Line On the Way!
Are you a fan of the glamorous, iconic Dame Edna Everage just like me? If so (and if you’re a hardcore fan of MAC Cosmetics), then this is a happy day! Pictures (and descriptions) have just been released to the public and the collection looks divine! It will be available for purchase after the holiday season, and look at Dame Edna’s famous eye glasses decal on the compacts?! There’s also plenty of products in Dame Edna’s signature color: Lilac. OMG squee!! Check out all the fanciful details here! – Tiff