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Limb Difference Awareness Month

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April is Limb Difference Awareness Month! So here are some of my favorite public amputees, doing incredible things and raising visibility. Oksana Masters has won medals in summer AND winter Paralympic Games in 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2026. Iconic. Amy Purdy is an actress, model, Paralympian, author, speaker, and TV personality perhaps best known for almost winning Dancing with the Stars . Shaholly Ayers is a stunning runway model . April Lockhart is a “ disabled fashion girlie ,” full-time content creator, and strong advocate for the disabled community—not just amputees. She’s always working on projects to bring this community together. Her fashion sense is impressive, and her social media videos are top-tier. Everyone should follow her! @aprillockhart I love to watch April’s fashion videos and see Oksana in TV commercials. This was unfathomable when I was growing up. Ultrasounds during pregnancy became routine a dozen or more years after I was born. Th...
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Songs I would sample: a list

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  For fun, I've been thinking about songs I might sample if I were a pop artist. Here’s what I’ve got so far. Que Será, Será (Doris Day version) Puttin’ On the Ritz (Taco version) Informer Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom) Ah! Leah In the Mood I’m a Mess (Laurie Berkner Band) Dang Me Hooked on Classics Barney Miller theme song (season 3) Music Box Dancer Time to Change (the Brady Bunch) Pennsylvania Polka Hanging on a Heartbeat (the Hooters) Rondo alla turca from Mozart's Sonata in A Major, as played on harpsichord by Alice Ehlers Washington Post March Mairzy Doats Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan-Dowdy One O’clock Jump performed by Doc Severinsen (specifically, that lick at 1:06) Foggy Mountain Breakdown Koala Brothers theme One Night in Bangkok  
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