If you’re black in China you won’t be able to go into a bar according to this news story!

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12796&size=A
More reasons not to go.  This HAS to be boycotted!!!  Why are people going???  Hasn’t the world learned by now???

Summer Nights

Even though we have a year round pretty even temperature, Summer here is special. There is so much going on that at times it makes me dizzy, and far too much to keep track of!
Last night and to night were typical examples!
Last night as I parked up at the end of my street, I heard [...]

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

The title of this post was Randy Pausch’s mantra.  He died yesterday.  He was 47.  If you need any inspiration in your life, if you need to stop from feeling blue,  if you need to try to understand what it’s all about, just put his name into YouTube.
World is a sorrier place for his passing.  [...]

Wheelchair Basketball Video

I came across this on YouTube today…….and before you begin to think I spend my entire life sifting through the Net – it ain’t true! I was looking up the rule of the game, so I can understand better when I watch, and maybe even help a little. It [...]

Still thinking of going to the Olympics?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7503428.stm
China ‘is fuelling war in Darfur’
By Hilary Andersson
BBC News, Darfur
The BBC has found the first evidence that China is currently helping Sudan’s government militarily in Darfur.
The Panorama TV programme tracked down Chinese army lorries in the Sudanese province that came from a batch exported from China to Sudan in 2005.
The BBC was also told [...]

It doesn’t get better than this!

A Little Bit of Paradise

Last night on my way home I popped in to visit a friend for a while.  He lives in the kind of narrow street where you can just about look into your neighbour’s windows, and if you park up other cars just squeeze past without scraping you.
As we were sitting, chatting it became very noisy [...]

Talking About A Revolution

The time seems right to remember this. There are several versions on YouTube, but I liked this one best musically, and because it perfectly conveys that quiet intensity of hers. Still makes me want to cry.

Wheelchair Basketball

Last night I went up to Santa Cruz again with the guys who are learning basketball. What is the proper, politically correct name for this? Paraplegic basketball? Each of them get about ok without a wheelchair in their everyday life.
Last night was a bit of a surprise, first of all the traffic was [...]