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Curse You Cursive
Time shows us that language reading or writing has only been available to about two percent of the population at any given time in human history. Historically the clergy were the ones who were taught to read and write. In the last fifty years this has changed dramatically. High technology historically was the pen and […]
Orientation / Navigation
I grew up in Calgary next to some of the best skiing in the world. My cousin told me that when you’re in an avalanche you need to spit to find out which way your buried in the snow. So you don’t dig the wrong way. When the spit starts hitting your face you know […]
Diversity Directions
My fiancee has a high data quality requirement for directions. No I’m not picking on my fiancee its just I have someone to show me the world and I’m learning so I’m sharing my learnings. Anyway. I can’t give directions to my fiancee at all. She needs street names and major intersections. These things are […]
Six Months and Still Babbling
WOW Its been six months since I started WWW.BlindManCan.COM. Its been fun. The comments have been interesting. I know people are reading the blog. The biggest theme is why don’t you describe more of what you’ve learned or tell more about how you felt in your blog posts. I want more. Six Months and Still Babbling […]
Where Dreams Come True
God has a way of getting the point across. God has been telling me emphatically for a few months now. Follow your voice follow your voice. People have been saying more and more often. You have such a great voice you should do radio. I even ran into someone in a store who remembered my […]
Groups
For all of us inclusion of some manner in a group is comforting. People’s thinking seems to be focused around categorization. We all need a hole to fit into be it round or square its kind of up to us as individuals. Sometimes how you fit a square peg in a round hole is with […]
Its Crunch Time
In these tough economic times people with disabilities are going to take a huge hit. I read an article today that governments are thinking of canceling the death penalty to save money. You know if you have a disability that your screwed when the death row dude is going to live because they can’t afford […]
BlindManCan Store
Check out the BlindManCan Store BlindManCan Store Podcast Today on a whim I added a store. A few of my friends have been suggesting slogans so why not. I’ve started with mugs but will be adding shirts hats etc. Check it out. You might enjoy some of the items.
BlindManCan on iTunes
BlindManCan Now On ITunes BlindManCan Now on iTunes Podcast Its technology so cool. You can now find BlindManCan on iTunes.
Head Out of Sand
My parents had a couple of great sayings that really help me out to this day. Being disabled you can get caught up in yourself to the exclusion of all else. You can live in your own little world. You can also fall into the trap of feeling sorry for yourself. Head out of Sand […]
