Everything Else
Curiosity and Ignorance
I believe its human nature to be curios about each others story. What do they do? Why do they…? Often when I’m out and about I look at a home and wonder what is the story of the people that live there. Its easy to imagine on a cold wintery night on the highway seeing […]
Fear
I am having Strabismus surgery in March, and I’m afraid. When I wrote about the eye appointment to measure my eye alignment, misalignment, angles I wasn’t totally honest. It was a very cool appointment but it hurt and it hurt a lot. I had the prospect of repeating the appointment and all the tests but thankfully […]
PhotoVoice
I was surfing the news on the internet the other day and came across the following news article on the BBC news website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8466714.stm There is an organization “Photovice” out of the UK that gives blind and legally blind cameras and teaches them how to take pictures. Some of these pictures are amazing!!! http://www.photovoice.org/ I […]
BlindMan Update
I’m still here. I’ve realized with age and experience that I have a definite throughput of life or there are so many things I can do at once. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written a post a lot has happened. I’ve changed jobs. Thank goodness. Never take a job where they are hiring […]
Alberta Health Care
I’m spoiled, I’m concerned, I’m surprised. During my life in Canada and the US with my eye condition I’ve enjoyed the attention of an Ophthalmologist. Even for mundane things like new glasses. I’ve just moved back to Calgary, Alberta and the health care system here is in a state. A state of what I’m not […]
Podcasting
I found out a short while ago that my podcasts have an audience. I’ve struggled with podcasting as I write the blog posts first. I’ve been rightly so accused of sounding like I’m reading the blog posts. I am. I am still working on the performance of the written blog post. The one tip I […]
Optometrist
Recently I’ve had to find an optometrist to refract me for new glasses. Fine. I tried my ophthalmologist no luck. I called my surgeon, the one who did my strabismus surgery, he maintains a list of optometrists. I tired one. I have to admit I was very leery but all in all the optometrist turned […]
BlindManCan Audiances
I have always been interested in who my audience actually is. I’m sure there is someone looking to steal my identity, good think I’m broke. I’m sure there are hackers that are piggy backing on the services I use to host this blog, I’m sure there are a few out there to monitor, stalk, and […]
LRT
In Calgary they have a light rail transit system dubbed the “LRT”, growing up here I’ve seen the LRT system from its genesis to its current and planned state. Its not a bad system gets you around about fairly effectively. My days when I’m on my own working or shopping or doing whatever require public […]
Escaped
When I walk down the street most days I feel like an escape. I should be locked up. I should be in the shadows. I should be kept away. I am unclean. I am a leaper. I may be contagious. Don’t let your children come near me. Don’t touch me the blindness will rub off. […]
