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Selfish Schmelfish

Sometime around 2005, as I was writing the first words of my book when it had already been 32 years since my first major smack-down from cancer and amputation, I wrote these words about selfishness:
“The newly disabled, those diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, and those who have suffered a tremendous loss, need time within themselves to [...]

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NECN interview about TV series

October 10 — Newton, MA. Live on NECN talking about the new TV Series Who Says I Can’t. The TV Series pilot is in post-production and will be shown to the public for the first time on Oct 30 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston from 1-4 at the Piers Park Sailing Center [...]

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TV profile: Hugh Herr

The youngest of five siblings from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Hugh Herr was a prodigy rock climber: by age eight, he had scaled the face of the 11,627-foot Mount Temple in the Canadian Rockies, and by 17 he was acknowledged to be one of the best climbers in the United States.
In January 1982, while attempting to summit [...]

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Guest post: Why Disabled Athletes Inspire the Able-Bodied

Bio: Alexis Bonari is a freelance writer and researcher for College Scholarships, where recently she’s been researching culinary scholarships as well as republican school scholarships. Whenever she gets some free time, she enjoys watching a funny movie or curling up with a good book.

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Who Says I Can’t TV – Maureen

We have a crew of 4 for the shoots. In all action shots we have 3 cameras. In interviews we have 2 cameras and a lighting person as well as a production assistant who runs around making the scene comfortable for all. Here is how this (and probably most) shoots went with Maureen McKinnon last [...]

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Latest talk abstract

This talk will weave together the war stories of an incorrigible entrepreneur, how cloud computing will transform the way we get our computing done more dramatically than any other time since computers starting being used by corporations, and how extreme life challenges can lead to extreme responses that help prepare a person for the rough [...]

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Considering is the most Unforgiving word

Have you ever heard “You do That-thing really well…considering you are a Something-or-other”? And with that, you just got dropped into the Something-or-other bucket. You’re labeled. You’re categorized. Whether you like it or not, you are a Something-or-other.
What if it’s a category that’s separate and distinct and maybe stigmatizing? No matter what you do you [...]

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This year’s athletic events

I have pretty much settled on the events I will be doing in 2011. Here is the list:

date
location
event
what it is
fundraiser

2/20
Boston, MA
C.R.A.S.H.-B.
Indoor rowing championships
not a fundraiser

4/16-17
D.C. to Gettysburg
FOA ride
World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America Ride to honor our military—disabled, veterans and active duty—in a ride from DC to Gettysburg, PA
Resources and support to injured service members, [...]

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Crowd-sourcing to fund creative projects

To fund Who Says I Can’t the reality TV series, I am using a two-pronged approach. Our estimated need to create a really super quality pilot is $150,000. That could be done for less but we left some room in that to make sure we can get the best music and graphics which separates the [...]

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Joining the Board of PiersPark Sailing Center

I am thrilled and honored to be the newest member of the board of directors of PiersPark Sailing Center. Here is a brief overview of what PiersPark is all about from their Web site (http://piersparksailing.org):

Our Mission
Piers Park Sailing Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit community sailing center on the East Boston waterfront in Boston’s Inner Harbor. [...]