Inside the Little Plastic Castle

The forecast was "1 − 3 inches" but the reality seemed more like 4.5. At any rate, I dragged my butt, late, spinning and swerving, to the bus stop. After ten minutes I called to see what was up. Nothing firm was promised, so I backtracked two blocks to another line. The bus arrived and was dropping the ramp when I realized I was stuck. I wasn't going to be able to move out of the ramp's way.

Then something so pleasant and organized and positive happened!

I waved the driver on; one of the descending passengers asked if she could help. Oh yes she could indeed. I gave her the "bullet" for ( helping-on-snow ) and she followed every instruction. After the first try, a guy stopped by and started grabbing for the handle and telling me what was wrong with my wheels. I let him know, calmly, "I've been driving this thing for twenty years so I'm pretty familiar with this situation." He did the universal sign of "no harm, no foul" (backing up and rotating his upper arms so his hands were head-high, palm out) and wandered away.

So Stephanie (we traded names later) gave me just the right traction and I was free of the now-icy bus stop.
"How will you get home?" she asked.
I said, not really knowing, "Oh, I'll figure it out somehow."
She replied, "I live just here (pointing nearby), can I accompany you home?"
I got a clue and realized that a) she was exhibiting all the signs of a sensible person and b) if I got stuck away from the main street I'd be really stuck.
So we s/trolled down to where I could see my tracks, and waved goodbye.

So that was truly good news.

Why can't I swim to the pool?

...is thrilled & chilled. The latter in particular when the world temp is 98 and the pool temp is 83. But why attempt to explain it when I can show you this:
( ideal athlete in air and water )Olia Burtaev of the Australian Synchronized Swimming Team. Chris Hyde of Getty Images got this shot as she posed during a portrait session at Gold Coast Aquatic Centre on July 13, 2012 on the Gold Coast, Australia.

gawked from general_jinjur

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY
1. jesse_the_k
2. jesse
3. sport (only MyGuy gets to use it)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. Compression hose
2. computer glasses
3. my first pair of Carharrt jeans, and wow are they comfy

THREE THINGS YOU WANT VERY BADLY AT THE MOMENT
1. Brain-powered computer data entry
2. Stereovision
3. The end of this headache

THREE PEOPLE WHOM I HOPE WILL DO THE MEME
The meme will find you if you need it.

THREE THINGS I DID YESTERDAY
1. Swam 10 laps
2. Medalled in the horizontal olympics
3. Spent five hours in a row online

THREE PEOPLE I LAST TALKED TO ON THE PHONE
1. & 2. Tax customer service people about their wicked incomprehensible online forms
3. Magic Bonnie.

THREE THINGS I AM GOING TO DO TOMORROW
1. Complete proofing the WisCon souvenir book
2. Swim 9 or 10 laps.
3. Finish NK Jemison's Ten Thousand Kingdoms for the beer_marmalade bookclub

THREE OF MY FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Rishi's Mint Maghreb tea
2. Cocoa from the Mermaid Café
3. Fresh lemonade with fresh mint

THREE THINGS THAT MADE ME SMILE TODAY
1. Being able to electronically proofread a PDF. Not as fast as red pen, yet, but infinitely more portable.
2. Rusty & Boots, red & black mutts full of adolescent energy at the dog park
3. Overhead cranes (no, the ones that fly and make a sound like rusting machinery)

Great creative thinking at work over at cripchick's blog re: all the programmatic elements of accessiblity

I'm kvelling re coffeeandink's Ablism: Comment policy clarification. I think the ground is being made ready to address some of the deeper issues: interdependence, disability hierarchies, the tyranny of "normal."

MyGuy and I celebrated our 29th anniversary on Sunday night. I'm proud that we've made it so long together, and that we had the good sense to choose each other. There was some accessibility fail at the first restaurant, but I grit my teeth and got some good eats in the end.

Tapas at The Icon: tasty and not that expensive. Marinated Spanish White Anchovies, Marcona Almond Parsley Pesto, with Chocolate Espresso Crema Catalana. And room for popcorn at home later!