I'm playing with code. It's fascinating and terrifying. I often wonder why I didn't take the time to learn some of this stuff sooner.
Oh, it was called law school. Yeah, such a downer. Till tomorrow then.
]]>Where art thou? That EAD you were so anxiously pineing for finely fell into my lap two weeks late and three days after you lost your job. Now we're ringing you up. Ring, ring, ring. Is that the latest cumbia playing as your ringtone? The United States government has finally allowed you to work again. I want to tell you the great news, but I can't find you, can't get in touch with you. Please come by when you get the chance.
Yours truly,
Accredited Rep Extraordinaire
Though I have to say compared to four years ago, the refereeing at these matches has been superb. No team has won or scored a goal because a referee screwed up a call. At least not yet. The minute it starts, there will be much yelling on this blog.
Now I'm off to a conference. Go Portugal! And I still hate Brazil. But I'm not a fan of North Korea either, so I may go for them just to see Kaka cry.
]]>No, writing has always been about ideas, and getting them out there. Sharing with the world a mind that isn't stupid just because it's locked inside a body society deems imperfect. I may not be a published author, but I'm a blogger, and I've been doing this kind of schtick for over ten years. And now that I'm back, I'm thinking of doing something about it.
The Americans with Disabiilities Act turns 20 on July 26th. Starting in July I will report on anything and everything pertaining to the act. There will be something every day for the month of July. And I do take requests.
]]>But I love my job!
Viva Mexico. Beat South Africa today, muchachos.
]]>And because I have to be cool, I refuse to install a theme and just let it be. I need to look at it, see how the css was applied, and then create my own. I'm just that stubborn. I'll never finish!
Woe unto me.
]]>What does a world, or space station, or whatever look like when it has been designed to be accessible to everyone and how would people live together there?
Methinks the story would be dull. How would people live there? What kind of question is that? We have elevators now and people don't freak out about them. Even lazy people use them! Unless of course you're a business that's not up to code. Is a business evil? Hmm, I see a story brewing in my little head.
Via i09
]]>Torchwood is coming to Starz. Even better? It sounds like it will be a continuation of "Children of Earth" versus a remake that was proposed to FOX. So, an unedited, international show by Russell Davies will be on a US cable channel sometime next year. I can't wait.
]]>Plane rides always tend to be an adventure. I never know who will sit next to me, how many times people will bump into my shoulder, or whether that bag might actually fall on my head this time (hasn't happened yet). Yet strangers from different areas and backgrounds can sit together and have the most incredible conversations, or they can ignore each other for that two hour flight.
]]>Several months ago, a $4 million national disability awareness campaign hit the airwaves with high hopes for increasing employment among people with disabilities.
Their purpose was to create a series of ads meant to show that hiring people with disabilities could be an asset rather than a detriment. So far their efforts are paying off, and the ads are hysterical.
The source.
]]>The program promised a job offer in advance, but didn't deliver. They said they would send one via email, but failed there, too.Her contact in the USA barely speaks English, doesn't answer her calls but does answer mine. He has asked her and her friend to meet in NYC tonight around midnight, with promises of hostess work in a lounge. Yes, I know how horrific that sounds- that's why I am working all possible angles here.
All the answering meta peeps pooled their resources and may have averted a potential trafficking situation. What some of these people did was dangerous and courageous. Of course we'll never know if these women were in any danger to begin with, but what the internet can do in these types of scenarios is amazing.
via The 19th Floor.
]]>Moveabletype has become convoluted. There's just no way I could take my blog's current configuration and succesfully upgrade it into a different layout. So I'll be shifting everything over to Wordpress in the next few days. In the meantime, I think I'll try to get back in the swing of things.
I missed this.
]]>Immigration court is just fascinating. Fascinating...
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