My déjà vu

Wednesday, November 8, 1989 was a beautiful day in Tempe, AZ, with the sky a cloudless blue. I was up early, waiting at the front desk of Pa...

Saturday Slumgullion #17

Special election slumgullion here: Catherine Komp at The New Standard gives the basic story on the difficulties of voting for many disabled...

Friday gimp blogging

One of the bonuses of not being bipedal anymore is that my shoes last forever and I can justify buying nice ones if I will love them and wea...

A reminder of your voting rights

This article by Ron Gettelfinger at DetNews.com summarizes what every eligible voter in the United States should know about their voting ri...

Duckworth and the modern amputee

I enjoy Tammy Duckworth . Not just because she's running for U.S. Representative in the notoriously conservative Illinois district where...

Program note

I wasn't sure until Wednesday if I was really going to do this, but it seems that I am. I'm participating in NaNoWriMo and will be ...

Minnesota midterms

My identity as a Minnesotan -- by birth and current residency -- is inextricably linked with my sense of Scandinavian heritage and the socia...