Inspirational one armed basketball player

Inspirational one armed basketball player

By ADAM HIMMELSBACH FORK UNION, Va. — Kelli Whitescarver did not see traffic bottle up on Interstate 95 until it was too late. She lost control of her black Ford Explorer, which smashed a guardrail, flipped onto the driver's side and dragged her left arm on the pavement. Whitescarver, 21, had been on her way home to Richmond on Nov. 2 after visiting her sister in North Carolina. Instead, she was on her way to the hospital to have her left hand amputated. During Whitescarver's three-week stay at…

Won’t you be my neighbor?

Won’t you be my neighbor?

For Christmas, my mom and dad got me "The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember."  Kevin Rose just tweeted about the video above. "In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is a video clip of the exchange between Mr. Rogers and Senator Pastore, head of the hearing. Senator Pastore starts…

Planes, trains, & automobiles

Planes, trains, & automobiles

Hey everyone, I'm back in the Bay Area after visiting Portland for the last few days for Christmas, and let me tell you it was quite a trip!  I woke up this morning at 3:30am and left with my dad and Tyler to the airport at around 4:20am for our 6:45am flight so I could get Tyler back to Lana for Christmas.  My dad heard the main roads had cleared up, so he took the chains off his truck.  We had quite a ride down the hill to…

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas

Traveling from sunny California to snowy Portland with a toddler California Sun vs. Portland Snow If I haven't said it a million times before, I love California. I was talking to my mom yesterday, who said it was snowing like crazy in Portland and that my flight later in the day may not make it. I was surprised to hear things were so cold up north because my neighbor across the street was washing his truck in a short sleeve shirt. My flight was scheduled to leave Oakland…