Braille Test Post
This is mostly a test post to see if, could it be, I can now write on my iPhone with the Braille display? For so many reasons, this would make it a lot easier for me to write more regularly. I’d been...
View ArticleDOING THE CHARLESTON!: Ebb and Flow, This or That
Hello, from the nice SpringHill Suites in Charleston, South Carolina. Located close to the banks of the Ashley River, this hotel has unusually large, wel-equipped rooms with kitchenettes, comfortable...
View ArticleDOING THE CHARLESTON!: Over the River and Through the Streets
So the second day and first full one arrives early, with me of course posting that first entry. I sat here on the couch, as I am now, and used the writing to help me survive the reading of that Dickens...
View ArticleDOING THE CHARLESTON!: Piers, Plaques, and Prison
Tuesday starts a bit more slowly than had Monday, but it turned out to be a great day in its own right. I of course woke up early and posted while rocking out to local Charleston radio again. I also...
View Article2015 In Review: Leadership ops, the start of a great relationship, and...
Hmmm, where do I start in looking back at this year. Well, perhaps I’ll take a paragraph or two from an entry that means a lot to me in each month. Needless to say, I’ve never experienced anything...
View Article2015 In Review: Leadership ops, the start of a great relationship, and...
I’m writing this in 2015 but scheduling it to show up in 2016. Technology is amazing, isn’t it? At the moment you see this go live, I’m probably about to get my New Year’s eat on! Gotta have the...
View Article#50Book50Author Challenge: Second 25
Ok, I must begin with a sheepish confession: I didn’t officially win the challenge. Sad, right? But, well it can be argued that I did actually read 50 books! My mistake was being sucked into This New...
View ArticleTHIRD TIME THE CHARM: On the still Challenging Road to Book Access
Doh! As memories of sunny boat rides and historic walking tours become ever more distant, I am forced to slip fully into the grasp of reality. For the next two years, that’s gonna mean grad school. I’m...
View ArticleMy Little Blue Boxes: On Ten years of Aided Hearing
So I realized that I very nearly forgot a fairly important milestone. at about this time in 2006, I was finally cajoled, kicking and screaming really, into obtaining these bits of plastic and wire. on...
View ArticleA Winter Weather Wonder Week
And what a week this hast been! In many respects, it reminds me of why I dislike Winter. Truly though, it enhances my good feeling toward humanity in general. I wouldn’t have survived without the...
View ArticleHalfway Through 1
Four weeks down, four to go in my first graduate class at Queens University of Charlotte. And I’m not really sure how to feel, except that the line of assignments coming toward me are a bit like a...
View Article#RareDiseaseDay: Norrie from a Norrie Man’s Perspective
February 29, a day that comes around only every four years. This means that in my 36+ years of life, I have encountered this “leap day” 10 times. Pretty rare, isn’t it? At some point, someone realized...
View ArticleMy 2016 Primary Voting Experience
For the third time in my life, and yes that may be too few given that I’m 36 years of age, I have cast a ballot. This was my first primary, which feels different because it doesn’t have the same energy...
View ArticleJob Days No. 4
Ah, we’ve reached that time of year when I do my annual review of where I stand in my job: what has changed and what is the same. It helps me assess whether I’ve grown or am becoming stagnant. I’d...
View ArticleAnother Needed Innovation
It’s a huge, hulking piece of work. I bet you usually stop by on your way into or out of the office, not giving it a whole lot of thought. But at least in my corner of the US, it’s still stuck in the...
View ArticleA Quick Post on Grad School Fun
Just popping my head out for a minute to write in my regular blog, so y’all will keep reading! Assuming I have anymore words to write. Yup, it seems that weeks 4-7 in this program will always be the...
View ArticleOn Ten Years of Cellularity
Well approximately. I’ve actually had one of those beautiful devices a bit longer, but acquired my OWN cell phone for the first time on April 15, 2006. But, let’s take a quick jaunt into the history of...
View ArticleInforming The Next Generation
There is these days a lot of controversy surrounding whether and how persons with disabilities should be portrayed and how they might portray themselves. I understand the concept of “inspiration porn,”...
View Article#LDOC! and On the NPR Clock
Well ok, my LDOC as such was actually yesterday. If one can call it that. My “summer” is a week long. Well I’ll take the little break while it lasts. First semester of Grad School 2 in the books, and...
View Article#FridayReads : Buckle Up for John Paul Stapp
Oh, it’s Sunday? Well nobody told me! I had meant to attempt this book review on Friday, but got sidetracked. It’s been a busy, entertaining weekend in which I visited my girlfriend’s and my own mother...
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