Not long ago, I posted an entry about Bible thumpers who came knocking on my door. Funny, I ran into another one… this time by snail mail. Yes, paper, pen, stamp, and all. Here’s the note (nothing changed): Hello Meryl. My name is Gayle. I volunteer with people who are deaf and hard of hearing. …
Category: The D Life
Two Deaf Hounds Need Homes
From DeafNetwork: Oobi & Millie: http://www.houndrescue.com – under Available dogs in Austin. Oobi was going to be gassed just because he was deaf. We rescued him from the kill shelter. He is currently in North Carolina and will be transported to Dallas soon. Millie is currently staying in a foster care in Austin. If interested, …
Narnia with Rear Window
Shared my experience with seeing a movie with Rear Window. I went back to the movies and saw Chronicles of Narnia with my older two kids. The experience was better this time, but it took about 10 minutes of adjusting to get it just right. At first, the captions were crooked. Then, eureka! Put the …
Bible Thumpers Come Knocking
Just a couple of weeks ago, I had my second visit from bible thumpers. The first was last summer and they showed up three times. It started out by them asking where I go for help and support. The gist of the conversation sounds like deaf people are isolated. While that’s true, we’re not hermits …
Movies with Rear Window Captions
Big thank you to AMC Theatres for carrying rear window captioning and open captioned movies. AMC captioned movie information is here and NCAM/Motion Picture Access (MOPIX) info is here. Yesterday was the first time I attended a movie with rear window captions. I’ve been to open captioned movies twice at AMC Grapevine Mills. The nearby …
Deaf Students Talk to Santa
One student had never talked to Santa and she’s nine-years-old. Deaf students talk to Santa through sign language. According to the article: Before he saw Santa use sign language at school, first-grader Michael Shoemaker never really understood his significance to the holiday. Isn’t there more to the holiday than talking to Santa?
Lyrics .lrc Files
Lyrics Magic is a music player for Windows Mobile devices that displays lyrics while the song plays. It supports Rmp, Mp2, Mp3, WMA, Mpa, Ogg, Midi, and Wav files. To view lyrics, put the same-name lyrics (.lrc) and text (.txt) files into the same folder as the music files. While I’d love to try this, …
Movie Distribution and Captions
Mark Cuban’s entertainment company, 2929, Entertainment is hoping to change the ways movies are distributed by releasing first-run films on DVD the same day they hit theaters as reported in WSJ.com – Will ‘Bubble’ Burst the Movie Business? Low-budget movie, Bubble, will be available on DVD and digital cable on the same day it hits …
Instant Messaging and the Deaf
I can’t imagine how different my life would’ve been had instant messaging hit the scene while I was a teen. Sure, I discovered online chats in my late teens, but it was no where like what you see today as explained in Hearing Instant messaging reaches out and touches deaf people. My family discovered Prodigy …
Deaf Dogs
Deaf woman finds homes for deaf dogs has an interesting statistic that I had never heard before. According to the article, “deafness is more common in dogs with white (or merle-patterned) coats.” Apparently, Dalmatians are on the top of the list with 10 to 12 percent born deaf. My dog, a beagle, who passed away …