Oh my my. I’d hate to see the collective IQ at this family reunion if Donald Denney and his son Donald Denney are any indication. I mean, they didn’t even bother putting Jr. on one and Sr. on the other. I can see it all now when the younger Denney was born. Young Donald: Waaaaa!Proud …
Author Archives: Carin Headrick
Caffeine Bound For Your Yom Crappur
This story about jews buying caffeine suppositories to take during Yom Kippur to get around the fasting and no caffeine rule reminded me of Steve’s post about sabbath-friendly appliances. But do you need caffeine that badly that you’re willing to take it up the pooper? I guess the answer is yes, since the pharmacy even …
The Accessible Path To A New Passport Is Partially Blocked By Braille Bumps
So the time is coming for me to renew my passport. I got it at the beginning of 2006, so it won’t be long before it expires. I decided I would start looking into it now, even though that probably seems absurd. But since this is a passport and forms can be yucky and complicated, …
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Your Best Friend Can Be Shared
How did I miss this story? Oh well, better late than never. I have talked about making sure things are in order for whatever guide dog I have after I died, but never in those arrangements would be a plan to have the dog buried with me, regardless of the dog’s health. but that’s exactly …
Accessibility Shmaccessibility
If you’re going to the University of Winnipeg, and you have a disability, things are about to get really hard really fast. Because they had a 20% increase in folks with disabilities enrolling, they decided to be boneheads and cut services with no regard for the students who need them. Services including notetaking and extra …
>Talk About Your Back-Handed Compliment!
>I’ve been told in the past that I’m so young and pretty, what a waste that I’m blind, but I heard a close second tonight. I went out to this weird sing-along thingy that was happening at a restaurant in Guelph. I thought, as I was going, how is this going to work? We’re at …
Robert Mask’s obit
The other day, when I talked about Robert Mask’s sudden death, I said I had one heck of a time finding his obituary. Another fellow is also searching for it, because he found us. Someone from the WebAIM list I love so much actually dug the obituary up for me. Thank you, thank you so …
The Word Of The Day Is The.
For as long as we’ve been tracking how people get here and what they’re looking for to get them here, our top keyword has had a story behind it. With our old tracker, our top keyword was “Randy”. This was caused by the flurry of folks looking for Randy Orton’s penis. For a while, it …
I’ve Got The Stink Foot!
I don’t know what it is these last few years, but good god, my feet stink! No, if you tell me my feet stink, I won’t pick up a knife and stab you. I know they do, and it’s just the way it is. I don’t know if it started when I got Trix and …
The Kids Take Plastic Now!
The other day, I saw a sign of the changing times. I was heading for the bus when a kid stopped me and said “Hi, do you want to buy a magazine to support my school?” My first response was no, since I can’t very well read print magazines, and even if I could, I …