Archive for June, 2013
Bah Humbug!!!
I hate Christmas!! Well that’s not true. I in fact I love Christmas!!! I love bells and the lights the sounds the energy the joy. I totally love singing Christmas carols!! Oh did I mention I really really miss my Grandma’s Pink Popcorn Balls. I’ve even played Santa at a few corporate events in the […]
Shaving
I love a good shave. I love the experience of having an experienced barber shave me. There is nothing like it. I had a father and son team of barbers. I would let the son cut my hair but I’d only let the father shave me. The father was fantastic. He’d wash your face then […]
The Blind Way
Many people think I am inflexible. That its my way or the highway. That I am a hard nosed SOB. Its too funny I was talking with someone recently and they finally put it into stark contrast for me. Actually explaining it to them put it into stark contrast for me. The Blind Way Podcast […]
Crutch
“Don’t use your visual disability as a crutch!!” Although I know it can be a razor blades edge occasionally. Everything in my life is impacted by my disability. My character, my personality, my intellect, my emotional maturity etc.. When things go wrong sometimes its hard to keep perspective. Sometimes its hard not to blame everything […]
Taker
I was sharing the day with my lovely darling wife on the weekend walking around Heritage Park in Calgary. It was a very cold very fun day. My wife is a reader. Not always the best thing for a living museum in the cold but at least you get the low down on everything. Not […]
Seeing In Latency
I take a TON of pictures. I went to Calgary recently to spend Canadian Thanksgiving with my family of friends and I took over 350 pictures. Thank god I don’t have to pay for developing 10 rolls of film. I take the pictures so I can see the details of a scene later on. So […]
Gripper
If you’ve been reading I am a bit bitter. Grip Grip Grip. Being off work for so long over eight months takes its toll. I’m bitter that I couldn’t find a gig where I was. I’m bitter since it felt that because of the market and my disability I wasn’t getting jobs. I’m bitter I […]
Lookin Good Dude!!
I’ve been frustrated with the vernacular and the meaning of the words your handsome or you look good. It doesn’t really mean anything to me. My identity my physical identity is different. I can’t see my body. My physicalness is defined for me in feeling not sight. My perception of myself is based on feeling […]
Ignoramus Swine
I was in the coffee shop the other day used the toilet and on the way out walked past someone telling a blind joke. Some nonsense about a supposed drunk driver who turned out to be blind. I was offended. Humor is an interesting nemonic. It can inform teach reduce stress or injure. I too […]
Death Till Us Part
I have come to appreciate the dramatic differences in my culture of blindness and the sighted world. The reference points the words the subtlety is very different. The denotations might be the same or similar but the connotations are very different. For instance what is beauty? To a sighted person it may be a physical […]
