For those of you dying to know more about me here are some FAQ's.
Are you really a cripple?
Yes. I am a T12/L1 incomplete paraplegic. In English that means I fractured my 12th thoracic and 1st lumbar vertebra. Incomplete means I have some sensation and functionality below my injury. I can walk with braces and crutches. That's how I'm gonna get my ass up the stairs and into the du Toit's 2nd floor apartment. Take that Kim, you grouchy old bastard!
Why do you call yourself a cripple? Isn't disabled a better word?
I am not politically correct. Cripple is a perfectly good word. If the word offends you, fuck off.
Are you old?
I was born in October of 1946. Do the math. Sometimes I feel like I'm in my 70's. That's because I'm a cripple.
Is that why you're grouchy?
Partially. I'm also grouchy from having to deal with idiots. I do not suffer fools gladly.
Aha! You feel sorry for yourself!
Piss on pity! I'm a cripple because I fucked up. It was no one's fault but my own. I take responsibility for my own actions. That's why I hate liberals. To a liberal it is always someone else's fault. I hate whining.
Do you think you deserve special treatment because you are a cripple?
No. But I do get pissed when I see able bodied people in handicapped parking spaces and handicapped restroom stalls. When I went back to work after my
accident, I didn't ask for special treatment and I didn't get any. My career took off because I outworked all my peers. I did not want anyone to say that the only reason I had a job was that I was a cripple. That is why I detest 'diversity' and 'affirmative action'. I have seen too many people use the color of their skin and their sex as excuses for failure. I don't give a shit if you are male or female; homosexual, monosexual, bisexual or any other kind of sexual; black, white, green, purple, or orange. Do your job and don't bitch about how badly the world has treated you.
Also, since my injury I have traveled to England, Spain, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Turkey, and Russia. I SCUBA dive. I snow ski. I have also solo'ed in an airplane. The only reason I do not have a pilot's license is the FAA will not let me fly on some of the legal drugs I am on. I am not an inspiration. I believe in Jack London's words, "The purpose of life is to live, not to exist."
Where are you from?
I grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri. I have lived in the Atlanta area since 1985. I currently reside at GOC Central in Dunwoody, Georgia.
Education
Three years of college.
Military?
United States Navy 1965-1969. Electronics technician. Spent 14 months on the USS Comstock, LSD-19 and 22 months on the USS Iredell County, LST-839.
What do you do for a living?
I am a systems programmer who works with mainframes.
Mainframes? Aren't they dead?
Nope. Still alive and kicking. And, I get paid very well for my knowledge.
Where do you work?
I work for a company I call TCIDNN (The Company I Dare Not Name). When I quit working for it, I will identify it by its real name.
Do you have any family?
I have a sister who is 4 years older than I am. She's smarter than I am. She also hates it when I use the words fuck or fucking on my blog. I come from an interesting family. Turns out my fraternal grandmother's father, a randy old goat named Cyrus Freeman married twice. He wore his first wife out, my great grandmother, by letting her bear 12 of his children. He had 7 children by his second wife. He liked 'em young. They were both 17 when he married them. My sister does genealogy. She's learned a lot about our family.
What? No wife and kids?
Nope. I was married once. Didn't work. To paraphrase Groucho Marx talking about country clubs, I wouldn't want to marry anyone dumb enough to have me for a husband. Remember, I am a Grouchy Old Cripple.
Any pets?
Yep! I have two cats:
Scooter
Ashley
What is your political philosophy?
I am a small l liberatarian. I do not think the Constitution is a 'living document'. Gun control is unconstitutional. Campaign finance reform is unconstitutional. I believe very strongly in the Bill of Rights. Our Founding Fathers would not recognize our gummint as it exists today.
The main purpose of gummint is to protect its citizens and provide necessary infrastructure and services. There is nothing in the Constitution about social engineering.
The biggest danger facing the Republic today is the Dimocratic Party. I'm not all that impressed with the Republicans either. Both parties are turning this country into a socialist state. The Republicans are just not doing it as quickly.
I hate hearing Dickhead Gephardt talking about 'life's lottery'. Life is not a lottery. Opportunities abound to become wealthy in this country. The key is education and hard work.
I hate hearing the Dimocrats talk about 'fairness', especially in regard to the tax system. I agree. It isn't fair. It's not fair to take 40% of what I make (That's right. 40%. Total up all the taxes: sales, gas, real estate, excise, income, miscellaneous bullshit.) and then turn around and give it to parasites who expect me to support them and the kids that they irresponsibly breed. That isn't fair you socialist bastards. I think if a woman goes on public assistance she should be sterilized. If she expects me to support the kids she has, I don't want her having any more.
This is off the top of my head. Post any questions in the comments and I'll expand.
Posted by denny at May 9, 2003 11:30 PM Category: FAQ