tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512974252421215566.post5050691203313921404..comments2024-03-25T10:23:36.615-05:00Comments on Smart Ass Cripple: Overcoming Overcoming Smart Ass Cripplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017074589165581514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512974252421215566.post-83122452297774442562015-05-26T13:02:01.560-05:002015-05-26T13:02:01.560-05:00PS: Just heard you are going to be doing a show in...PS: Just heard you are going to be doing a show in Chicago on June 5, and the flyer about that provided me not with just one, but TWO bits of good news – one, I hope to attend the show, and two, it mentioned you have a blog. Now I can follow you -- maybe even to the front of the line!Beth Finkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682945915264507329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512974252421215566.post-31738953193158497732015-05-26T13:01:03.160-05:002015-05-26T13:01:03.160-05:00Love this post. The word “overcome” has always ann...Love this post. The word “overcome” has always annoyed me, because I reason if I ever overcome my blindness it would mean I could see. So far, that hasn’t happened. Beth Finkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682945915264507329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512974252421215566.post-63396065250974229462015-05-25T08:52:02.410-05:002015-05-25T08:52:02.410-05:00What I hate about overcomer stories is the way &qu...What I hate about overcomer stories is the way "well meaning" friends, relatives, and roommates use them to shame those of us who haven't overcome. "Here's a blind landscape artist who paints by touch" or "there's a quadriplegic who climbs mountains with his eyelashes" they say, so what's your excuse for sitting on your ass collecting disability? I like to turn it around, and say "you're not crippled at all, so what's your excuse for making me pay half the bills around here with my SSDI check?" This usually shuts them up long enough to let me watch my shows in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com