Headsup: The Retro Conundrum (16 clicks)
August 11 2008
An ongoing attempt to make sense of the onslaught of new swag that people want you to buy. Should you? I'll try and help. Okay, so this is a big re-release of numerous Paramount titles, with "I Love the 80's" smacked across the top and they each have a four-song CD, making each a two-disc set. And...really, I'm not sure who these are aimed at. Let's run them down. The Ferris Bueller is retro in that it's basically the original bare bones release, the only plus being that it contains the

China opens Olympic soccer with win, but is the tournament irrelevant? (16 clicks)
August 11 2008
Olympic soccer (football) preliminary play started yesterday, with the Chinese women's team beating Sweden 2-1 on goals from Xu Yuan and Han Duan. The men's team plays New Zealand tonight in Shenyang, and Shanghai Stadium will host games next week, beginning with men's Group A matches on Sunday. Football is the most loved sport on the globe, but Cameron Wilson writes for China Sports Today that the Olympic tournament has little significance in the eyes of most fans. An excerpt of his musings

Just Say No to Binaural Beats! (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
Just Say No to Binaural Beats! I’m really curious to see what you readers think about this article. Never mind the author; let’s try to focus on the subject: binaural beats used as “digital drugs.” I’m thinking this is just a placebo effect but I’m also part deaf so maybe I just can’t hear it. Combine this with a paid live streaming pr0n site and I guess you’ve got the online version of hookers and blow. For binaural beats to work, you must use headphones. Different sounds are played in e

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August 11 2008
Olympics, New York and St. Blaise Day i.e. a week in the rear view Caught the opening ceremony of the Olympics. It’s always heartwarming to watch the huge number of countries represented, big and small and in between. The common humanity always comes through, along with the diversity. Asians in general seem to be especially good hosts and there was something exotic in seeing the perfect grace and posture of the lady (ladies?) who led the delegations holding a sign identifying the country. Pe

Is this a Coen Brothers film? (11 clicks)
August 11 2008
Dear Coens, here is my pitch for your next film: A young cheerleader from North Carolina moves to Wyoming where she wins the state beauty pageant. Then she enrolls in graduate school at Brigham Young University where she becomes obsessed with Wayne Osmond (the second oldest Osmond). Wayne rejects her, but happiness is around the corner because she meets and falls in love with a 19-year-old Mormon classmate. They have a lot of sex. Alas, the Mormon is shamed by their sex-before-marriage and run

Stop & Shop Denied Access to Person with Service Dog (14 clicks)
August 11 2008
My son has a service dog (for a deaf person) and everytime he goes into there store they give him a hard time by telling him he needs to have a harness for the dog. According to ADA and the person who certified the dog says this is not true. I suggest that Super Stop & Shop get there facts straight and if they need more information that they need to contact Jim from Hearing Ear Dogs of New England in Groton, CT. Jim also has another business called Canine Commande. He is listed in the book and i

Foreign Laborers in Saudi Arabia Still Abused (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
Arab News again takes up the issue of abuse of foreign workers in the Kingdom. This article notes previous articles it has written on the subject as well as Saudi labor regulations that seem to be simply ignored. Victims ask: Is there no end to abuse of worker rights? Hassna’a Mokhtar — Arab News JEDDAH: Shino Lukose is a 27-year-old Indian biomedical technician. He works in a public hospital and was brought to the Kingdom under the sponsorship of a Riyadh-based medical company. For the pas

Joyce McKinney (26 clicks)
August 11 2008
Wow, nothing says "morbid sex case" like a story about cloned puppies.... evidently. While I normally have no interest in stories about cloned puppies, I have to admit that when the story ends up solving a 30 year mystery of what happened to a deranged sexual maniac- it's going to catch my eye. The whole thing started years old, with American Joyce McKinney. Described by one former friend as 'beautiful' the young woman had apparently been blessed with the looks to win a Miss Wyoming USA pagea

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August 11 2008
Mock opinion column from The Onion: Everybody on Television Needs to Stop Talking so Loud I’m going to get right to the point, because hemming and hawing and being polite has gotten me nowhere. The people on television need to stop shouting at the tops of their lungs and start talking at a much lower volume. It’s that simple. I’ve asked them to quiet down over and over for the past 15 years, but they don’t listen to me. They probably can’t even hear me over all their yelling. Why do th

Bionic eye (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
Bionic eye August 10th, 2008 by donsurber The principle that allows the deaf to hear may help the blind to see.

Here we go again… (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
I left for Kuching at 3.50 p.m. on the dot on Friday…but it turned out to be a MASwings flight, a Fokker 50, that is. I think this is the 1.45 direct flight from KK which would arrive at 3.20 on transit to Kuching. It didn’t matter as I am quite used to flying around in small aircrafts and thank goodness the flight was full, or else it might be an indication of the forthcoming demise of our national airline! I heard that the 5 something Boeing flight was cancelled and the passengers were asked

Abdullah faces uphill task to win back early popularity (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
A cursory assessment of his successes and failures since coming into office in November 2003 is not a pretty picture. By Leslie Lopez, The Straits Times BY DECLARING his intention to hand over power in mid-2010, Malaysia’s beleaguered Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi must now grapple with the question of how history will judge him. A cursory assessment of his successes and failures since coming into office in November 2003 is not a pretty picture. Findings of a recent survey by the respected

Dave Gorman illustrates the risks of drunken bearded Googlewhacking. (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
You’ve got to be a pretty lonely and bored individual to take up Googlewhacking with any seriousness. What’s Googlewhacking you ask? Googlewhacking is where you do a Google search for two words and get just one result, or to quote Googleswhack.com, “Your goal: find that elusive query (two words - no quote marks) with a single, solitary result!” Apparently, this was some type of fad back in the early part of this decade. I guess I missed it being too busy, you know, having a life. It would m

Life As a Shared Adventure (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
watsoninelgin. Creative Commons license. As I wrote in What I Learned From Being Downsized, I started studying stress management when my husband and I were both threatened with downsizing years ago. It was scary, but also one of the happiest times of my life because we stayed positive, kept our sense of humor, and treated the experience as a shared adventure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing. —Helen Keller Life doesn’t always go smoothly, and it’s a lot more fun when we think of

Date Night! (14 clicks)
August 11 2008
The Mr and I did something tonight we haven’t done in……well, let’s just say a LONG time. We went out on a “date”. You know, the dinner and a show type of date. We had dinner at the only restaurant in the area that comes close to be upscale. In other words, they serve alcohol. Since I don’t drink, it doesn’t matter to me, one way or the other. The food was fairly good, and the prices were appropriately high. They served ‘beer bread’! Ain’t that a hoot. Any Wisconsonite knows what that is. We s

ONE LIKE JEREMIAH III (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
We mention Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's haunting likeness to the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah because their fates traveled similar paths. When the Babylonians sieged Jerusalem, Jeremiah remained in the city and continued to warn the Hebrews that the Babylonians planned to return to Jerusalem after a brief hiatus and burn it up. His offensive words landed him in prison. The Babylonians later returned as Jeremiah predicted and granted him freedom. Solzhenitsyn, like Jeremiah, fell out of favor with

Amazing New Canadian Bands (11 clicks)
August 11 2008
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Saturday Sky.. a great day for a parade! (12 clicks)
August 11 2008
Today was our local Lion’s Club Festival and parade.. the day the whole town gathers by the road side to become deaf.. And see everyone in the whole town march or ride down the street… Get wooed by politicians… And get enough candy thrown at us to tide us over till Halloween! Then we ride rides.. See friends and have fun! And we had the perfect Saturday sky for it.. Don’t you think? Until today my blog has been able to be viewed in China.. of

Flip Flops + Superglue = Simple But Effective Face Plant (14 clicks)
August 8 2008
Here’s what happens when you super glue someone’s flip flops to the floor. So simple yet so funny. Similar Posts:Big Fatty Gives Us A Super Sized Belly Flop Buy A Husband 6/10 Funny DeWalt Power Drill Ad Sign Language Weather Forecast Iraqi Style

The Kissing Hand (14 clicks)
August 8 2008
Today’s storytime is the perfect book to read to a child who may be a little apprehensive about starting school. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is about a young raccoon who doesn’t want to leave home to go to school. His mother gives him a reassuring kiss in his hand that he’ll always have with him, no matter where he goes. If he gets scared or sad, he can put his hand on his cheek and feel his mom’s love. As my son is starting Kindergarten this year, he’s ready, more than running for the d

iPhone and iPod Touch App Helps Kids Learn New Language (10 clicks)
August 8 2008
ABC Sign application for iPhone and iPod touch is designed to help kids learn the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet. Learning to sign opens the door to new cultures, new opportunities, and even new friendships! This educational app features colorful pictures and funny sounds help to keep learning interesting - as it should be.

Filipino boxer and the From johanna real world boxing scene (7 clicks)
August 8 2008
Filipino boxer and the From johanna real world boxing scene August 8th, 2008 Beijing miss fires up Kiwi lifesaver. Their mother, Margie, is fluent in sign language and worked as a. To acquire full ownership of ImClone Systems Inc. By Nicole Weisensee Egan Mary Kate Olsen wants immunity from prosecution before she will cooperate with a federal investigation into close friend Heath Ledger. The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program. I

Tony Christie (7 clicks)
August 8 2008
Artist: Tony Christie Genre(s): Easy Listening Vocal Rock Other Discography: Simply in Love Year: 2006 Tracks: 14 Definitive Collection Year: 2005 Tracks: 21 The Very Best of Tony Christie Year: 2001 Tracks: 20 Seine Grosse Erfolge Year: 1995 Tracks: 16 Sweet September Year: 1993 Tracks: 12 British crooner Tony Christie proved the continued commercial viability of traditional pop in a post-

Ad Agency Tries to Create Official Obamessiah Gang Sign (10 clicks)
August 8 2008
You better be careful where you are if you start throwing this around: George Bush had his three-fingered W salute that supporters flashed when greeting him at presidential campaign events in 2000. And now, if a Los Angeles creative agency gets its way, Sen. Barack Obama will see fans meet him with his own salute like the one above. "Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama's nomination speech holding their hands above their heads, fingers laced together in support of a new directio

Silent Dawah Drive (12 clicks)
August 8 2008
The missing block is YOU What: Convey the message of Islam to your hearing impaired brothers and sisters Why: The messenger of Allah (peace and prayer be upon him) was sent as a mercy for all humanity, those who can hear and those who cannot DateDrive Goal: Enroll 35 members to be part of Project Sign Islam What’s in it for you: Rewards from Allah for leading others to goodness, in-sha-Allah Who: Anyone who can listen to English lectures and type in English. No experience ne

September Events for Chat & Play Cafe (9 clicks)
August 8 2008
New to Chat & Play Cafe *** Mondays- ***  In September we will be hosting a play group for moms new to motherhood/the area or just looking for friendship. A free 12 oz coffee for play group moms at 11:00am. Tattoos and stamping at 11:00 am Tuesdays- Art attack - painting, crafts… at 11:00 am Wednesdays- *** Reading Club for Grades 1-3 will be held at 4:15 pm on Wednesday - see website for books. *** The Boy Scouts will be coming to Chat & Play Cafe at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays in Se

Contests for August 7th (12 clicks)
August 8 2008
Sagan's Universe - Hyper Dash! Children's Game by Wild Planet - Ends August 25th Nola Mommy - Bobux Shoes - Ends August 11th at midnight Blog About Your Blog - Jamie Kennedy Contest - Ends August 18th The Giveaway - Baby Sign Language Cards from My Precious Kid ($11.99) - Ends August 15th Barefoot Books - Little Leap Forward: A boy in Beijing - Ends September 1st Subu, Inc. - ABCoaster Giveaway - Ends on August 7th

Surprising disability data (9 clicks)
August 8 2008
Surprising disability data Statistics Canada publishes a regular series of disability statistics under the euphemism Participation and Activity Limitation Survey. The 2006 results were recently announced and they contain some shockers! The most common assistive technology that deaf and hard-of-hearing people do not have is a closed-caption decoder (72%). This strains credulity, as captioning has been built into TV sets for 15 years. Does this mean three-quarters of surveyed persons haven’t

School’s out forever - NOT! (8 clicks)
August 8 2008
I haven’t studied since high school from where I graduated in 2002 but now I’m going back to school. I failed three courses in high school. Maths A, Maths B and Sign language B. I have no clue how courses are set up in other countries but here it basicly works like this. 1. You read different courses of which all have a number of points. Maths A is the first maths course and is a 100 point one, Maths B is a continuation course of 50 points. You need a minimum of x points (I don’t remember how

0500 and 0510 - verification please (9 clicks)
August 8 2008
Dear Teachers, can you please help me? 1. Re 0500 - We teach students not to write examples in summaries, but I find in First Lang (also in Second Lang.) mark schemes, examples given. What is the correct method? 2.0510 - from 2006 onwards the paper 1 had Ex.4 and Ex.5 (two notes to be given under each heading and then to follow up with a summary) But in Nov.2006 the Ex.5 was 'write a summary about the similarities between humans and gorillas and how Koko communicates using sign language', th

9/11, JFK, and War: Recurring Patterns in America’s Deep Events (10 clicks)
August 8 2008
9/11, JFK, and War: Recurring Patterns in America’s Deep Events (Highlights) In American history there are two types of events. There are ordinary events which the information systems of the country can understand and transmit. There are also deep events, or meta-events, which the mainstream information systems of the country cannot digest. I mean by a “deep event” one in which it is clear from the outset that there are aspects which will not be dealt with in the mainstream media, and will be

Is it self-confidence or is it arrogance? (8 clicks)
August 8 2008
Is it self-confidence or is it arrogance? Peggy Noonan writes in today’s WSJ: Two weeks ago a journalist, a moderate liberal, spoke to me of what he called Mr. Obama’s arrogance. I said I didn’t think it was arrogance but high self-regard. He said there’s no difference. I said no, arrogance has an air about it of pushing people around, insisting on your way. Mr. Obama doesn’t seem like that. He took down a machine without raising his voice. Extremely high self-regard, though, can itself be

Friday, August 8, 2008 (9 clicks)
August 8 2008
Best Bets Puppy Games 2008 (Animal Planet, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm) XXIX Summer Olympics: Opening Ceremonies (NBC, 6:30pm) New Monk (USA, 8pm and 11pm) New Psych (USA, 9pm and midnight) Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Gaffigan, Mason Jennings on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, airs late ’cause of Olympic coverage) News & Notes Do you enjoy the Olympics? Having trouble figuring out when/where the events will air? The always awesome Lisa Schmeiser (of TeeVee and Television Without Pity) has put together a

BBC “Direct Marketing” Program (11 clicks)
August 8 2008
Recently, we were informed by the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) of an upcoming program “looking at direct marketing to the UK.” The program, scheduled to air late summer or early fall, will look at what might be considered by some to be “intrusive marketing.” It is the BBC’s intention to include Zango and its products in the program. In late May, a BBC representative named Rebecca Wilcox, posing as a potential customer, scheduled an advertiser meeting with two of the members of Zango’s U

The Weekenders: August 8-10, 2008 (9 clicks)
August 8 2008
Free Swimming at Barton Springs- All day on Friday only to help celebrate the 16th anniversary of the passing of the Save Our Springs Ordinance. FREE!! Barton Springs Pool, Barton Springs Rd. Austin Ice Cream Festival- What a great festival for a city like Austin, Texas!! Bring the family (dogs are even welcome!!) for a day of fun with games, activities and contests… oh yeah, and ICE CREAM! $2/ Adults, kids 12 and under free. Saturday, 10:00am -7:00pm. Waterloo Park. 13th Annual Austin Home a