The Buck and Mike Blog

I saw a license plate today on a zoomy PT Cruiser parked in a handicapped spot at the local Safeway. It said “WHY ME.” Ah, yes, the eternal question.

But what would you do if you were Christopher Harmon, who has a rare degenerative neurological disease that has left him deaf, blind, speechless, quadraplegic, unable to feed himself, and on a respirator? Obviously, write four children’s books and a screenplay. http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2008/07/05/deaf.blind.writer.kare

He’s my Hero of the Week.

Christopher Harmon

It is so easy to get tired in cyberspace. The results of our hard work are not obvious. Perfectionists like me take way too long to write something that can be read in 30 seconds and forgotten by all. We are all busy with our lives and wonder why anyone would be interested in what we have to say.

People do read and some people actually find it interesting. That’s because our personal blog, like those of others, is the place where the events, ideas, people, and stories important to us intersect to create a mix not found anywhere else. » Read the rest of this entry »

I’d rather read blogs than write them.

I’d rather live life than write about it — and I’d rather live life than sit in a chair in front of my PC fretting about why I haven’t written about it.

Liv’s blog is full of life and I’ll continue to read hers, but as for me, I’m signing off for the foreseeable future. And in the morning I’m going for a nice long walk in the nice fresh air I’ve read about.

Today is my birthday (no big deal, it’s just a number. Right?) I share my birthday with actors Chris O’Donnell and Sean Hayes and with shortstop Derek Jeter. I hate them for being rich, but congratulations to all of us!

More importantly, I’m proud to promote two events that happen today:

Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice to restore habeas corpus and all of our rights. Sponsored by the ACLU, partners include Amnesty International, the National Religious Coalition Against Torture, League of Women Voters, Episcopal Church, Hip Hop Caucus, Human Rights Watch, and many other fine organizations.

National Day of Silence, a day of protest and action against the new draconian legislation that increases online music royalties to the point of putting most stations out of business.

Oh, and Paris Hilton was freed from jail today.

I wonder which story will get the most press coverage.

Chris O’Donnell, Sean Hayes, Derek Jeter, Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice, ACLU, Amnesty International, National Religious Coalition Against Torture, League of Women Voters, Episcopal Church, Hip Hop Caucus, National Day of Silence