So a week or two ago I signed up with www.yourmail.com which is a free service that intercepts your voice mails, transcribes them, and emails them to you. You can still retrieve them from your voicemail as usual, but you can opt to get a copy in the email or even have it texted to […]

There’s a fair furor at present over DBC, the details of which I hardly need to recount. But I came across this, and it has got me thinking:
The deep division between the subgroups reflects the contrasting core values of deafness. For the oral deaf and users of c.i. people, being able to hear is […]

I had my hair cut today. A fairly pedestrian activity, I suppose: washing the hair, snipping and clipping it, applying ridiculous amounts of mousse and blow drying the final product. I do all this in silence, of course, since once my hair’s washed it’s too wet for the hearing aids. The place that I go […]

Here’s a meme floating around that I spotted:
20 Years Ago, I…
Started graduate school. (Oi!) Had my first serious relationship (really, just bounced around more informally as an undergrad — was more interested in school). Also became completely financially independent from my parents (who paid rent and tuition during undergrad, something which I will be forever […]

Hello, hello! Seems I took something of a summer vacation! I’ve had that happen from time to time on my blogs. I think I sort of step back and recharge my batteries. I’ve been busy of course, what with work and extracurricular activities. Interestingly, while I have not been specifically […]

I found this question very interesting. Now, I am what would be considered an “oral success.” However, like John, I am very careful, and actually have been for years: even not being aware of deaf culture, etc, I knew my story wasn’t typical and should not be used to support oralism across the […]

So this last weekend I went to a Silent Weekend activity up in the local mountains. Not sure how high up it was, maybe 6,000 feet? Just above the treeline and up a rather convoluted mountain road.
I hadn’t been up here in a while and it was very good to smell […]

The author of the Alone in the Mainstream book was on, talking about finally realizing others like her out there…very cool! The music stuff’s on now, and I had to laugh when the guy was talking about how they make the music loud loud loud so everyone can feel the music…and he wonders Gosh, […]

So, I’m trying to watch Through Deaf Eyes…and it appears that my cable provider IS NOT TRANSMITTING ANY CAPTIONS FOR **ANY** OF THE CHANNELS IT IS BROADCASTING.
Oh, boy, are they going to get an EARFUL from me first thing tomorrow morning. IT HAD BETTER BE BACK ON BY THE NEXT BROADCAST. Yes, according […]

I went to a local meet & greet for deaf folks last Friday. Most of the people seemed to be hearing (interpreters in progress I suppose), but there was one guy there who was a real story teller (told a couple of hilarious stories, including one between a dad and his little son, who […]