BOFFO MR. NO LEGS

Thank you all for your overwhelming response to Mr. No Legs. We will try to find more footage of MNL to show here or if you have any suggestions of comparable dis-action films to see, let us know.

Meanwhile, check out the latest edition of the Journal of the Tranverse Myelitis Assoication on-line. I'm now a regular contributor. My own offering is on page 53. Scroll down.

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YOU ASKED FOR IT!

Here is one of the big action scenes from MR. NO LEGS, 1981 low-low-budget cult-crip classic. Mr No Legs himself is not a cheery poster boy for triumph over adversity. He's a hitman and all-around vicious bonebreaker, wonderfully dis-ably played by actor Ted Vollrath. Remember...don't f**k with Mr. No Legs!

WHAT'S HAPPENING!

Classic TV redux. For your viewing enjoyment. This bit of whimsy has gotten 10,000 hits on Youtube. And 75 thumb's ups!

THE BEIJING SHUFFLE

I hate to trump Mr. No Legs -- don't worry, he'll be back -- but the lovely GAIL WILLIAMSON, exec director of the Down Syndrome Association of LA sent me an article about the Beijing Olympics from the Times of London which is just INSANE. Titled DISABLED GROUPS OUTRAGED BY BEIJING SNUB, it describes what organizers think volunteers should know about the disabled, in their words, "a 'special group' with 'unique personalities and ways of thinking.'"

Here's my favorite bite from the article:

The section of the manual entitled “Skills for helping the disabled” goes on to say: “Some physically disabled are isolated, unsocial, and introspective. They can be stubborn and controlling . . . defensive and have a strong sense of inferiority."

But, hey, other than that, they are just like the rest of us!

I recommend that you read the whole piece at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4009610.ece

They don't like disabled folks in China. They think we're weird and slightly sub-human. According to the piece, there are bans on marriages between disabled people over there. I hope some stubborn, controlling, defensive, unsocial Paralympian goes over there and sets them straight.

And I know just the man for the job: MR. NO LEGS!

MR. NO LEGS

My son Blaine sent me this poster of what is obviously a classic B-movie from the 70's with the baddest-ass double amp in the history of film. Go to YouTube to catch a clip from this opus. And remember...never f**k with Mr. No Legs!

Also: check out the June issue of New Mobility magazine. Included is a piece I wrote about a trip to visit wounded warriors at Walter Reed Medical Center in DC.

WE AIM TO PLEASE

I got an email the other day reading..."Hey, what's up with that beautiful niece of yours in Tulsa, Laura Blight? Is she still married to that English lad who looks like Hugh Grant? Doesn't she have a passel of bright-eyed kids? How come we never see THEM on your blog? Signed, Your Biggest Fan."

Thanks, Fan, we love special requests here at allenrucker.com/blog. So here they are for your viewing pleasure, the ballet-loving Blight Family. Love to all, AR

NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION

Hey, why don't you to come to the ABILITIES Expo in Anaheim, CA this coming Saturday, 5/31, head right for the NSCIA (National Spinal Cord Injury Assoc) booth where I'll be signing books, and say, "Paulie sent me." Persuasive, guy, huh?

For more info, go to: http://soc.abilitiesexpo.com/iaesoc/v42/index.cvn