In an effort to get to know my soon-to-be-new home, I spent some time watching an Orange Co, FL town hall meeting on local TV. The mayor of Orlando(sorry, haven’t learned his name yet) made [...]
If you read my newsletter about the “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” program put on by Saginaw Valley State University, you may be one of the folks who commented on what a great idea they [...]
In Newark, NJ, the teacher’s union has put up billboards reading, “Stop the Killing!” after 2006 saw a record 106 murders. Businesses in Newark have complained that the adverts [...]
A few weeks ago, I posted a link to an interview I’d done with Ron Graham, the administrator of Access Ability blog. That podcast has now been edited and passed along to the Disability 411 [...]
Last night, I got sucked into one of those lame plastic surgery medical shows. Only this time, it wasn’t being done on some anonymous housewife from the ‘burbs, but on a [...]
Recently, there’s been a story in the news about a sorority at DePauw University in Indiana. This article from a writer with the Chicago Tribune sums up my feelings exactly. If you’re [...]
Just returned from the Bacchus Area #7 Conference held at Saginaw Valley State University. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to the land of Wolverines, auto production and the [...]
If you’ve read my autobiography, “After This…”, you may remember the scene where I met Ron, a student at the Seeing Eye, Inc. while I was training with Dasher. Ron and I [...]
I caught just a few minutes of The O’Reilly Factor tonight, but those moments gave me a lot of food for thought. Dennis Miller was Bill’s guest and the topic of discussion was the [...]
Tonight, I watched American Idol. Not only do I hate reality TV, I loathe American Idol. Do I sound harsh? Let me explain… See, I find it really sad that most Americans can’t name [...]