{"id":533,"date":"2004-07-14T20:18:26","date_gmt":"2004-07-14T20:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=533"},"modified":"2004-07-14T20:18:26","modified_gmt":"2004-07-14T20:18:26","slug":"up_coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"Up &#038; Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Gallagher died today.  Professor Gallagher was one of the first scholars to do serious work in the area of disability studies.  He wrote a biography of FDR that focused on his decision to hide his disability from the public.  He wrote on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0805007490\/qid=1089853962\/sr=1-6\/ref=sr_1_6\/103-7580773-1343816?v=glance&#038;s=books\">Nazi plans to exterminate people with disabilities<\/a>, which was a big source of inspiration for my law journal article.  I had the opportunity to hear him lecture a few years ago and I was impressed with his thoughtfulness and breadth of knowledge.<br \/>\nYou want to know how much of a geek I am?  I get excited over things like a new remote control for my entertainment center.  I read a few reviews of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonyremote.com\/cutsheet_harmonyH688.htm\">Harmony remote<\/a> and managed to score one off of eBay.  It had me a bit flummoxed at first because it doesn&#8217;t work like a traditional universal remote.  It doesn&#8217;t have separate function buttons for each component.  Instead, it focuses on activities&#8211;watching TV, watching a DVD, etc.  But where this remote really earns its cool factor is its ability to be programmed on the web.  So after a little experimentation, I had it customized to suit my needs and I&#8217;m quite happy with it now.<br \/>\nMy boy <a href=\"http:\/\/talkleft.com\/new_archives\/007268.html#007268\">Obama is delivering the keynote address<\/a> at the Democratic National Convention, confirming his status as a rising star in the party.  If I was an Illinois resident, I would be quitting my job to join his campaign.  And with Ditka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2004\/7\/14\/195539\/862\">deciding he&#8217;d rather endorse Levitra<\/a> than run a campaign, it looks like Obama has clear sailing between now and Election Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Gallagher died today. Professor Gallagher was one of the first scholars to do serious work in the area of disability studies. He wrote a biography of FDR that focused on his decision to hide his disability from the public. 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