Snow and the Equality Act

Snow breaks the Equality Act 2010 (which mostly replaced the Disability Discrimination Act 1995). It does not treat all people equally, and is in fact biased towards those without physical disabilities. Instead of being nice and easy to move in, it is sticky and thick, which makes it difficult or impossible to move in. If you have balance problems, dyspraxia or similar, then Snow makes you more likely to fall over and injure yourself. If you require mobility aids such as walking sticks, walking frames or crutches, Snow is slippy, prevents the walking aids from getting a grip, or gets caught on them, making walking very difficult. If you require a wheelchair to get around, snow gets caught in the wheels and traps the chair, making it impossible to move. Abled bodied people, though inconvenienced, are able to move in Snow, and are also able to enjoy the more pleasant aspects easier, including making snowmen and having snowball fights.

The first step in combating this problem should be to send Snow a warning, and make some suggestions. These include giving a lot more warning when it decides it wants to come play, avoiding roads and pavements, spreading a bit more evenly across the country so we don’t have a situation like now where some parts have none and others have too much, and being less slippy and sticky. If Snow does not heed this warning, it should be shut down altogether, or expelled from the country.

(Note about today’s post- it is a joke. I am annoyed because I couldn’t get out to college today, as my wheelchair got stuck in the snow. I am aware that weather cannot be held to any human laws, and I also know that this post isn’t very well written (I blame pain). Instead of being in college, I spent most of the day playing World of Warcraft. At least that was fun :)).

Turkey Time

Danní of Bloodhoof-US is now level 26. Dannilion of Zangermarsh-US is now level 14. I still can’t trade, use the auction house, send or receive mail, but other stuff still works. Odd. I bought the Burning Crusade for that account to see if it would fix it- it didn’t.

Dannilion is a Blood Elf Priestess I created today to take part in the “It Came From The Blog” event run by Robin Torres of WoW Insider. It was fun, as Robin’s events normally are (I’ve been watching her stream for a while now, and we play Lucky Train together on Facebook).

I have a horrendous headache. Wondering how to get rid of it. Even tempted to take codeine, which would mean I’m up all night with stomach cramps. Hard choice.

Being the expert at breaking stuff, part 543

I’ve managed to break World of Warcraft. Well, my account is broken. I have all the currency restrictions (can’t use the auction house or mail stuff, even to my own characters) but not the communication restrictions (I have a RealID friend and have been talking quite happily in General and Trade chat) of a trial account. Oh, and I have mail that I can’t pick up. I have a full copy of the game (yay $5 sales!) and have added my subscription information, so it should work. I’ve had a GM ticket in since yesterday, and it’s been escalated, but I’m not sure what to do now. It does stop me making gold on the auction house to be able to buy stuff like cooking skill and (when I get to level 20) riding skill. My character is level 19 at the moment, shall be interesting to see if she can go above level 20.

I am still in more pain than I can cope with. This is really bad. It is clouding my thoughts and making it difficult for me to do things. I hope some of it eases off soon, as I want to be able to go to college on Monday. I’m also exhausted, so am going to bed in a minute even though I’ve only been up a few hours. Having ME sucks.

Snow is White

I think I may have overdone it yesterday, as I’ve spent more time today asleep than I have awake. I even missed Computing at college. Whoops. I am also in a lot more pain than normal, which is bad. I am growly and grizzly, and struggling to get my thoughts into words. Instead of doing productive things, like homework or studying for Monday’s test, I’ve been levelling another WoW character (a Night Elf Priestess called Danní… humm…) on a US realm, so I don’t have to deal with Real ID or Guild stuff. Yes, I’m still upset. Yes, I’m fully aware that I’m being completely and totally irrational, but right now I feel guilty and useless and don’t want to upset other people. Funny what pain can do to you. Oh, and I’ve been watching some Dollhouse, just because it’s awesome.

I upset Johan today. This is very bad.

There is a lot of snow outside. Apparently it will stay outside for several days. That makes getting out difficult. Maybe I stay inside.