Here’s what happens when you insert your side supports that have been sitting in the sun for too long:

Fucking paralyzed triceps. I’m ready for the cure now. Really, God.

- Tiff

Stylish, sassy, chic … disabled?

Britain is airing a brand new model search reality show in July, specifically looking for models with disabilities. On a awful creative note, it’ll be called Britain’s Missing Top Model. They get no w00t from me for that lame show name.

Here’s the show’s tagline:

Eight young disabled women discover what it takes to be a model - but which of them will win a photo shoot and appear in a top fashion magazine?

Is this a marketing ploy? Is it a serious competition? My Brit friends will have to share their opinion with me after it airs, because unfortunately it’s damn near impossible to get BBC Three in Minnesota, unless you’e Stanley Hubbard.

Oh, and there’s one American on the show too. Her name is Jenny and she’s 22!

- Tiff

PS. I do give the show props for shedding light on the disparity of able-bodied vs. disabled models in the media though. Ok, that deserves a w00t…..”w00t.”

Here’s a perfect example of why living today rules:

AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY!

Here’s the closest photo ever taken of an egg being released from an ovary (this was NOT the image I had in my mind of this, btw. but still, totally crazy awesome):

Click here for a larger view

And to read the interesting story as to how this photo got taken in the first place, read the New Scientist article here.

You’re welcome!

- Tiff

PS. Wouldn’t this just blow the ancients’ minds?? If I’m not mistaken, didn’t they believe the Goddess magically implanted a tiny baby in a woman’s belly after eating 3 dried turtle heads, then chanting at a Full Moon?

So…am I the last one to know that cold/sore throat bugs still exist in May? WTF?

I’m so frelling sick right now ….it’s no fair! *cries into her bathroom sink* It literally feels like moss is growing in the back of my throat. Awful, nasty itchy moss…if that even exists. And it’s finally warm and gorgeous here in MN, but I don’t even feel like going outside.

Good thing I had no “National Lampoon” esque road trip planned, or a camping extravaganza all set.

It’s just me, Buffy on DVD, and take-out (and my two ever-present cats, Pixie and Daphners).

God help me.

- Tiff

PS. Happy Memorial Day (?)

Amputee Swimmer Qualifies for the (actual) 2008 Olympics

Go Natalie du Toit of South Africa! Pave the way, girl!

- Tiff

<—- This is where Myanmar is located.

India, China, and Thailand border this not-so-well-known country.

The reports of over 100,000 dead from the horrific recent typoon that hit this country last week, have been plain shocking.

More on the tragedy can be found on CNN, with info on how to donate.

- Tiff

Well avid readers of my blog, you’re the first to hear the happy news: I’M ENGAGED!

My beau of nearly a year proposed last night. It wasn’t the rose gold setting with a pink sapphire (square cut, surrounded by tiny purple amethysts), which I REALLY coveted, but it’s still a beautiful setting. I shall wear it with pride.

OMG I can’t believe I’ll no longer be the crazy “single in the city” girl anymore!

How will this betrothal effect, well….everything in my life? Only time will tell. Let the gown shopping commence!

- Tiff

PS. April Fool’s! lol

Great, just what we needed; another crazy dude in a wheelchair doing something that’s retarded AND newsworthy…..WE’RE TRYING TO CHANGE STEREOTYPES, A-HOLE!

Man in wheelchair steals airport shuttle; drives around in circles; then disappears into thin air

- Tiff

You’re looking at it, folks: The Shoprider Scooter

For $6595.00 you too can have this ENCLOSED (with wipers even!) scooter, that can be your new favorite mode of transportation. Forget your legs, your bicycle, or your Hooveraround Chair, this all-weather scooter is the NEW way for lazy folks AND old folks alike, to get their asses around town.

At least (bleh) it runs on a battery.

Conclusion: Do I think this goes too far? A big, resounding yes.

- Tiff

Wheelchair Bomber Kills 3 in Iraq Police Station

The bomb was hidden under his seat cushion, which security failed to check…obviously.

Great, thanks crippled (or fake crippled) terrorist-man. Now I’m going to have to endure an even more extensive & personalized search at airport security, thanks to your ANNOYING retarded terrorist ass.

The terrorists are getting desperate, that’s for sure. This is almost as bad as when a couple of weeks ago, two Iraqi women with Downs Syndrome were used as suicide bombers. This wheelchair bomber probably willingly killed himself though, unlike these poor ladies.

I always knew a wheelchair was a perfect place to hide a bomb. It’s funny it took terrorists almost 8 years to figure this little factoid out. Losers.

- Tiff