Gill returns to talk a little bit about some of the different people that blind folks tend to run into in our travels. Having limited eyesight has made me become quite used to having to swallow my pride at times and ask for help. Unfortunately, not all help is created equal. Here are a few …
Monthly Archives: April 2018
I Have Loose Lips, Doo Doo Doo Doo…
Ever since Dave left CJOY, we haven’t had the desire to listen to it in the mornings anymore. I’m sure the guy who replaced him is trying his level best, but he’s just not Dave and it shows. So, we started listening to CKWR, and it’s kind of fun because they have so much more …
I Will Go…Nowhere Near This Ever Again!
I was in a cab, and this atrocity assaulted my ears. Uuuuuuuuuug! I could end this post right here, because that is a horrible version of a beautiful song, but there is so much more I have to say. First, just in case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the original. I’m not usually …
For Future Reference…
A few weeks ago, I learned something that I thought I would pass on to other blind folks. If you ever get asked by someone to be a passport reference, if you actually get the call, among the things they will ask for is a physical description of the person for whom you are serving …
We’re Not All Like That, Some Of Us More so Than Others
Gill has a bunch to say about how race and disability are portrayed in pop culture. In my almost four decades of life I have watched a lot of TV,and in that time I’ve noticed things. There are stereotypes, from the wise old Asian man to the African American gangster girl. Today I’m going to …
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Well Over Half The Residents Of Peel Region Don’t Know What 911 Is For. Good Lord
Want to hear a depressing statistic? Less than 60 per cent of the calls received by 911 in Peel Region are emergencies. That’s sad on its own, but when the next number you hear is that the service gets around 30,000 calls each month, it goes from just sad to downright pathetic. At this point, …
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If People Knew The True You
Here’s Gill with another of her periodic reminders to be yourself. I have often wondered what makes some people fake who they are, and others gladly be themselves. This curiosity lead me to think a bit about myself. A few years and another neighborhood ago, I felt differently about who I was, and felt like …
Please Do Not Spend $80 On An App Powered Coffee Mug
I have a cup or two of tea or hot chocolate pretty much every morning. And because I am an easily distracted person, sometimes I forget that it’s sitting there and by the time I want a sip, it’s freezing and I have to heat it up. So the thought of a mug that would …
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Ban That Show!
Gill is here to talk about a few times that folks have tried to get television shows banned for strange reasons. Surprisingly, one of them actually makes sense. Throughout the history of TV, there have been episodes of shows that have made someone uncomfortable enough to try to get an episode or entire show banned …
Would You Rather…?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CDs067081E We’re going to do this Gill thing a little differently today. She sent in a bunch of odd scenarios under the subject “Which would you rather?”, so I’m going to try to decide. Let’s see how this goes. Would you rather be eaten by a shark, or forced to watch the movie Jaws every …