Broken
I'm sorry, say that again...      A month has passed since I made the dumbest mistake of my life, rather then to fight for the one I love I broke.. I remain broken inside with a heart-shaped hole. Sometimes I feel like the shell of the man I was, I live with this daily and some days are just harder then others. Yesterday was a good one until I looked at my journal and realized a month had pas...
Tue, Sep 11 2012

The Next Stage in the Evolution of Joseph
I'm sorry, say that again... This is likely to be filed in the RANT bin, that of course is entirely optional. Like the stages of evolution of modern man (i.e Neanderthal, Cromagnon etc) I too have stages. This is how I've come to define myself somewhat.Infancy: I pooped in diapers. Need I explain more?Childhood: I struggled for a sense of Identity. Deaf culture was nonexi...
Mon, Jan 17 2011

If Your Gonna Be Unprofessional, At Least Do It Right!
I'm sorry, say that again... I normally don't do venting on my blog unless something really yanks my chain. Especially when it come back to haunt me. However in this case I figure I can rant in a way that the party remains unnamed. 3 months ago I applied for a job at A social service agency in New England. This agency I've had known for a while through ...
Tue, Mar 02 2010

DEAF GAMERS WANTED:
I'm sorry, say that again... So after many Google searches. I've only come across deafgamers.com. this is a cool little site which sadly seems to only focus on the the subject of captioning and subtitling in games. A novel approach. How about expanding as a place for gamers to hook up and join clans and such? I beginning to become addict to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Especially t...
Thu, Feb 25 2010

Music in the heart of the matter.
I'm sorry, say that again... This is a response to Drew who posted a video on his site "In My Lingo:" that I wanted to share with you all.Let me first begin by defining Music n. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony,and color.While the definition itself is vague according to www.dictionary.com, I want to tak...
Tue, Feb 23 2010

Trench Warfare
I'm sorry, say that again... I have to say that lately I've been seeing a disturbing trend effecting our Deaf community. It's probably not all that new however it's taken on a new life due to the popularity of Vlogs. I'm gonna express what I feel is just my opinion as I refuse to take sides on because I feel it's a cultural equivalent of Deaf on Deaf violence.With the onset of HR 3101 bill being ...
Sun, Feb 21 2010

Its friday!
I'm sorry, say that again... Whooo! It's Friday! Gonna celebrate the lovely Francesca's birthday tonight at Kabuki. A guy's gotta get his iron, vitamins and mercury in the form of sushi. Maybe even a Sake Bomber or two.for the weekend, I thought I'd share with you guys an awesome video a friend had posted on Facebook for the the movie "See What I'm Saying" written and directed by Hilar...
Fri, Feb 19 2010

Something to share
I'm sorry, say that again... So everyone, I'm not slacking away from my blog. certainly not! I've been working on several things lately, One of course being a stay at home Daddy with a 7 month old who has a fascination with my laptop. Two I'm testing ways to step a new Vlog. Whats a Vlog? its a video journal similar to how a Blog is a written Journal. I'm testing different camera and upload optio...
Wed, Feb 03 2010

getting creative:
I'm sorry, say that again... A fellow blogger recently posted a great post on what we do with our hearing aids here. Some people think outside the beige box! While I'm not the bravest artist and paint all over mine with day glow colors. I'd take a moment to present my artistic vision of what hearing aids should have! (blackberry camera so sorry for poor quality)
Sat, Jan 30 2010

Die Hard: with a Venegance!
I'm sorry, say that again... Call me paranoid, but the timing of my virus couldn't have been worse. I finally hitting my stride on the HR-3101 issue and suddenly I'm shut off from the net. They can't silence me! All kidding aside, let's get serious for a moment Mr Szoka of the Los Angeles Times! I salute you not only did you story here show you delved into a topic your probably not qualified...
Wed, Jan 27 2010

Proof of Democracy! Re: HR3101
I'm sorry, say that again... I got something wonderful in my inbox today.. You may recall my blog post titled HR3101 Help the cause posted a few weeks ago. Well after a frustrating day dealing with a computer virus (look for a post on this subject soon) I received an email from the Honorable Barney Frank. I'm excited to share this with you as proof that if you contact your representives and ...
Tue, Jan 26 2010

Smells like victory,
I'm sorry, say that again... I'm a big fan of artist who continue to push Deafness into the mainstream through their skills and abilities. Talents such as Chuck Baird, Sean Forbes of D-PAN and of course the lovely Rosa Lee. They contribute immensely to awareness, acceptance and ultimately accessability. I've been a fan of Marko Vuoriheimo AKA Signmark since I first heard his song "speakerbox" Thi...
Tue, Jan 19 2010

CODA Brothers: Naturally Signing 1
I'm sorry, say that again... Everyonce in a while I come across something that just makes me laugh.. not only because its funny but you can relate to it in real life. To my hearing non-ASL fluent readers I apologize however I think if you watch it you can still get the gist of what is happening. These two brothers Ben and Andy are CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) and have brought their unique persp...
Thu, Jan 14 2010

HR-3101 Help the cause!
I'm sorry, say that again... I recently sent an Email to Congressman Barney Frank, A fabulous congressman from my home state who I had the pleasure of interning for when I was a senior in High School. I urged him to support HR 3101, The Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009.It took me 10 minutes to do this! How? go here Write your Representive and simply typ...
Thu, Jan 14 2010

EnCompass Photography: Support your local small...
I'm sorry, say that again... Yesterday late night, with much joy I received an email from Pamela Dancil of Encompass Photography. Based in the Scottsdale area, she (CODA) and her brother Jason Gervase (Deaf) together make up EnCompass Photography. We decided we wanted to have 6 month professional portraits done and had seen their amazing work!We were more then satisfied! Not only is it so easy to...
Thu, Jan 14 2010