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Just returned from the hospital after a nasty accident with an automatic door at our local Toys R Us store. The door closed on me just as I was trying to enter the store. It knocked me down off my canes, and I fell on my head. I was bleeding a great deal and my head [...]

The Ashley Treatment http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/ So very sad and shocking when you first hear about it. But the parents do a good job of describing the numerous health and comfort benefits to the very controversial Ashley Treatment. It seems that there is improvement of quality of life when you first read it. And on their site, [...]

Symptom of our society, really, to deal with our problems with drugs, and usually, labels to justify using those drugs. Who needs wisdom or common sense, patience or tolerance, human understanding or clever problem solving. It’s big daddy pharmaceutical to the rescue, with sometimes tragic consequences.  
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_us/toddler_booted
ATLANTA – A woman said she and her toddler son were kicked [...]

Willy Wonka! What a sexy video and single Fergalicious is! Features Fergie and Will.I.Am from Black Eyed Peas. Of course, most of you probably know that already. But did you know that it holds the record for the most downloaded song in a single week, certified 10x platinum in the U.S. Fergie is a multi-platinum, three-time Grammy award winner. [...]

Laughter isn’t the best medicine. It’s the only medicine.
Invitation from Michael Moore to share your Healthcare Horror Stories, to be screened and shared with Congress.

YouTube Video by Norm Kunc and Emma Van der Klift, statements by PEOPLE FIRST of San Luis Obispo on what some disabled people would like you to know. Very powerful! Found it on Amanda Baggs’ site. 

The Fluoride Deception (Interview With Christopher Bryson)http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319752042352089988&pl=true
Learn about Edward Bernays, nephew of the very Sigmund Freud, and pioneer of a scientific technique for manipulating public opinion called - “engineering of consent“.  Sounds like something me and my family have already encountered from some doctors. And not exactly with our best intentions at heart either. More for their expediency and convenience, [...]

Jack White: “I was thinking about a time in high school when I turned my books in to the math teacher and said, ‘I refuse to learn from you anymore.’ The song is about asking questions. A lot of people are taught just to regurgitate information. People don’t care if you learn anymore. Opinion gets [...]

What a talented artist! Award-winning. And based in Ottawa, home of quite a few talented artists. http://www.kristygordon.com/

Graham © 2006 Kristy Gordon, Oil on canvas.

Garibaldi Trail © 2004 Kristy Gordon, Oil on canvas.
She’s with Nick Cross, who’s a friend of a friend of mine, Suzanne Marsden. Troy Little is one of their friends too. They’re all very talented animators, cartoonists [...]

Al Gore, former vice-president,  plugs his new book ‘The Assault on Reason’ and dubs Jon Stewart court jester, free to criticize the news media which is clearly being manipulated by the government… 
“If you want to get through a lot of the nonsense and get to the heart of what the most important news of the day is, this [...]