Paralympics not on television in United States

I start the show by telling you what I have been up to the previous week. I describe my visit to Downtown at the Gardens, Johnny Rockets, and Cobb Theater. I then bitch a little bit about the fact that the Paralympics is not going to be televised in the U.S.. I then give you a few links regarding the Paralympics and the U.S. team and a Web site where you can watch some coverage of the Paralympics on the Internet. I ask for some feedback and play some music. All I Really Wanted by Jim Fidler and Really Really Happy by The Muffs. At some point during the podcast I talked about the fact that Murderball is being played by A&E in the month of March. They originally aired it on Tuesday February 28 at 10 PM Eastern time. They will air it again on Wednesday March 1 at 2 AM and then again on Sunday March 12 at 12 PM.

Websites mentioned in the Podcast:

International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

ParalympicSport.TV (player to watch Paralympics coverage over the Internet)

The Official Site of the U.S. Paralympic Team

Passion Lives Here (another Web site for the Paralympics with information on what events are when put it has very small print)

A&E web site about Murderball with the times it is being shown

The portrayal of the disabled in movies & TV

In this show I discuss how the disabled are portrayed in movies and TV. I specifically talked about ER and Blind Justice from television and on the movies side I discuss Million Dollar Baby, The Waterdance, and Rory O'Shea Was Here. For more information on these movies and TV programs I recommend looking them up on the Internet movie database at www.imdb.com

I also play two songs from Jim Fidler who is a Canadian musician who is also blind. I played Trampled and Mr. Ambassador. You can get more information on Jim Fidler by visiting his Web site at www.jimfidler.com

Episode 001

I am finally posting the first episode of the Cripcast. The sound on this one is a bit rough since I was having trouble with my throat being scratchy. In this podcast I simply tell you a little bit about my disability and how it progressed throughout my life. I am including a link here with some information on my disease from the MDA web site. I hope you enjoy and if not I hope you will stick around long enough to get to know me and then decide if you like this podcast or not. Until next time.

http://www.mdausa.org/disease/dmd.cfm -- information on my disease from the MDA web site