Culture Buzz This is the remarkable story of Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights dissident who has sparked a diplomatic crisis between China and the United States. It's a bizarre and terrifying story that involves everything from daring escapes to Batman.
Culture Buzz The pug leading the pug. Elly is blind and relies on her sighted buddy Franky to help her get around, either by resting her forelegs on his back or by nuzzling his side. They are rescue dogs from Wales and have reduced me to a puddle of goo.
Celebrity Buzz Here's video of Christian Bale getting punched and shoved as he attempts to visit a human rights activist in China. Careful, China…if you've seen “Batman Begins,” you know you don't want this guy in one of your prisons.
Culture Buzz Something so inspiring from something so awful. Charla Nash, who lost her face and hands in a freak chimpanzee attack, gives her first television interview to Today since undergoing a full face transplant.
Jason “White Shadow” Gibbons completed three no-look half court shots in a row, a world record. See Jason's record page here. (via RecordSetter.com)
And now it's the dog's seeing eye goose. And the goose is named Buttons. And the dog is named Baks. And they're inseparable. And they hug. And I'm going to die from insulin shock. Squee.
Brought to you by Kottke, a really cool video of Beep Baseball — where baseball is adapted for the blind and visually impaired using sonar beeps and “spotters”.
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He was a 14-year-old blind kid, angry and alone. Then he discovered that he possessed a strange and fearsome superpower - one that put him in the cross hairs of the FBI
Just because Wifey continues to dress him like a tween doesn't mean we won't notice Larry King's eye patch. Which one's the robot and which one's the dinosaur? Place your bets!