Couldn’t decide what to name this post… “How Parents Make Their Kids Scared of People in Wheelchairs” or “Kids Think Wheelchairs Are Freaking Cool!”.  Since I always try to take the positive road I figured I’d go with the latter even though the first title would probably be the Read More

Seems like a pretty simple concept, but something that has made an absolute profound difference in my life.  To think what it would be like as a quadriplegic without my computer, and particularly without the voice recognition software I use to interact with it so effectively Read More

Wondering how many of you out there have ever had a moment, when you’re strolling through life breathing in the fresh air, listening to the rustle of the leaves beneath you, as you feel summers last moments of sunshine, and just take a moment and completely loose yourself and Read More

After way too many months of silence, a summer full of Caleb the Super Dog adventures unshared, Quadomated electronic awesomeness undocumented, and my rants about the screwedupness of the disability system unheard I think it’s time Quadomated refound its voice! And this Read More

Lots of people wonder how I use my computer so quickly. They see my hands that don’t exactly work (I am a quadriplegic after all) and wonder how I can get so much accomplished/respond to emails so quickly/write these blog posts with just a little plastic stick in my hand. The Read More

This is the day, that 5 years ago forever changed my life. Absolutely incredible, unthinkable, holy crap it’s already been 5 years since my “fallen and I can’t get up” broke my neck ski crash at Dear Valley. It’s unfathomable to think about everything that Read More

Let me preface this blog entry by saying I’m not hugely comfortable about posting it, but feel strongly that I should, so here goes. I’ve always tried to keep my blog completely positive and only about the great things in life, but truth be known, that isn’t how it Read More

It’s Christmas card time! Funny thing, a few years ago I used to think what a pain in the butt it was to send out Christmas cards. I would keep putting it off and off, until eventually they became New Year’s cards or even later. A few years ago something changed and I Read More

It’s about time! Hey friends! Got some absolutely awesome news about my home automation progress. Go figure, Facebook absolutely saved the day a few weeks ago, when I made the plea for help across my “social network”, and got a response from several friends of a Read More

Caleb and I have been working on a pretty cool trick over the past several weeks and wanted to share the progress with you. What we call it is… “I’m Thirsty”, and it involves Caleb taking off running across the house, pulling a towel on my mini beverage Read More