Thoughts, ideas, and narratives from a deaf firefighter
Yesterday, the deaf blog-o-sphere went completely apeshit over Dr. I. King Jordan’s editorial as published in the WashPost.
Link:
First, let me take a philosophical view here: Dr. Jordan does us a favor by printing this. He gives us insight into his mind, for better or worse, during the last days and aftermath of the [...]
In the midst of an IM discussion with Ridor discussing a bizarre phone call that came in at 2345 hours and managing the comments from my earlier posting, my FD pager went off.
23:49:01 12-01-07 150 DOMORAH DR: @TIMBERLANE WOODCRAFTERS INCORPORATED XST:
CORPORATE DR/REGENCY DR MUN:MONT NAT: BUILDING FIRE COMMERCIAL,MAP/BOX-PLAN:
47-18/ ADC:3145E5,I#F0700886,TIME: 00:06:31,NOTES: CALLER STATING A [...]
Like many people, I’ve taken quite a shine to Ken Samson’s blog, BiblioMarket for well-written postings and a fairly well balanced approach to writing (doesn’t fall into “broken record” mode on one topic for extended periods) .
But I have to admit the posting of commentary from Brian Riley that discusses Gallaudet BOT member William Graham’s [...]
In 2005, my 1997 Saturn SL2 kicked the bucket. Really, I could’ve had it fixed but decided instead to donate it to the fire department so they could practice vehicle extrication. I figured I’d get more money back from the tax deduction that it would’ve cost me to actually fix the damn thing.
I [...]
It seems the scammers just love to pick on us deaf folks. As a former info security drone, I know how important it is to protect sensitive information and unfortunately, how easy it is to get this info from people.
From the Consumerist today:
“When he asked to speak to Beth, the fraudster said, “I [...]