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8 Year old Deaf Storyteller in Video
Fookem and Bug Written by Bug Should Deaf children be taught American Sign Language? Would you like to communicate with your child before they can talk? Do you want to increase your child's reading and language abilities? Learning to read and write English takes years, much patience and practice for young children. But they effortlessly use their hands [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Education Fri, May 09 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Persons Inner Dialogue
Fookem and Bug I have a question for you. My girlfriends sister brought up an interesting conversation about the deaf persons inner dialogue. As a hearing person, I will never fully be able to understand this, but when you are thinking or day dreaming or just having inner dialogue with yourself, do you “hear” things in your head [...]
Language Wed, May 07 2008 · hide this blog

No Evil Monkeys
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Language Art and Storytelling Sun, May 04 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Oil Lamp
Fookem and Bug Photo by Fookem Written by Bug A new Deaf lamp was filled with oil and lit. It glowed warmly and brightly and was filled with Deaf pride at its own beautiful light. A lamp signed, ” look at me! I give as much light as the moon. I shine as brightly as the moon and the stars put [...]
Art and Storytelling Fri, May 02 2008 · hide this blog

Marlee Matlin in OK Magazine ( May 5, 2008 )
Fookem and Bug OK magazine - Marlee Matlin is at her gym in Pasadena to learn the secrets of her 18-pound weight loss and how she keeps it off. For more with Marlee, check out this week's issue of OK!
Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog

DWTS Week 6 (Marlee Matlin)
Fookem and Bug Marlee danced fairly last night and got the lowest scores from the judges, 7 points each for the total of 21 points. There is a good chance that she could be eliminate tonight but hope she will be safe from all of your votes! Let's pray that she will survive the cut tonight. Below is other [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Tue, Apr 22 2008 · hide this blog

Marlee Matlin in People Magazine (April 28, 2008)
Fookem and Bug People.com - Marlee Matlin talks about juggling life with four kids and competing on Dancing with the Stars. Go and buy the magazine to read more about Marlee Matlin's story.
Media Mon, Apr 21 2008 · hide this blog

Sweet Nothing in My Ear - Marlee Matlin
Fookem and Bug Jeff Daniels, Noah Valencia and Marlee Matlin The picture from CBS Broadcasting Inc. A new “Hallmark Hall of Fame”, Sweet Nothing in My Ear, to be broadcast Sunday, April 20 (9:00 ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Suppose your deaf child could have an operation (not without risk) that might allow him or her to hear again. Dan Miller [...]
Media Tech Culture Thu, Apr 17 2008 · hide this blog

DWTS Week 5 (Marlee Matlin)
Fookem and Bug By JFLMad Marlee danced poorly last night and got 22 points. She danced the Mamba style and it is one of the toughest dance style to do that. I can see that she missed few steps and the dance was not in smooth form like in the first 4 weeks. Thankfully, her 22 points did not [...]
Media Tue, Apr 15 2008 · hide this blog

Is tagdeaf.com getting ugly?
Fookem and Bug By Fookem and Bug Tagdeaf.com “TD” is one of many social networking sites such as AllDeaf, MySpace, Facebook, Orkut, etc. Tagdeaf was developed by Alex Chu, the founder of the Deaf forum at www.AllDeaf.com. Presently, TD has about 9636 members. About 15 percent of them use it all the time or every other day or so. In [...]
Language Tech Culture Mon, Apr 14 2008 · hide this blog

Revisit video clip of Matt Hamill
Fookem and Bug By JFLMad Some of you may wonder why Youtube video of Matt Hamill's UFC Live fight (April 2, 2008) was removed few hours after we posted it on here. The reason was the copyright issue that the people who work for Matt Hamill requested Youtube to remove any video clips of Matt's fight on April 2, [...]
Wed, Apr 09 2008 · hide this blog

DWTS - Week 4 (Marlee Matlin)
Fookem and Bug Marlee did dance better last night than last week. Last week, she received 21 points (7 points from each of the judge). Yesterday she got 24 points, (8 points from each of the judge). It will keep her for other week if we vote for her tonight! She survived the cut tonight...don't forget to vote. [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Tue, Apr 08 2008 · hide this blog

Video of Matt Hamill in UFC Live (April 2, 2008)
Fookem and Bug Matt Hamill fought well and won in second round (1:25) by TKO. The umpire stopped the fight. His record right now is 6-1. 4/3 - UFC Fight Night: Matt Hamill post fight press conference (Watch This Video) Matt Hamill answers questions from the media about his fight against Tim Boetsch at the UFC Fight Night post fight [...]
Culture Thu, Apr 03 2008 · hide this blog

DWTS - Week 3 (Marlee Matlin)
Fookem and Bug If you have not see the first and second part, you can click this to view the part one and part two before this third part. Marlee danced very well for third week in row. The judges gave her a score of 7 points each for the total of 21 points for night. Don’t forget to [...]
Tue, Apr 01 2008 · hide this blog

Matt Hamill in UFC Fight Night LIVE
Fookem and Bug Matt Hamill will fight against Tom Boetsch on Wednesday, April 2 at Broomfield Event Center, Colorado. Live 3 hour show starts at 7pm (ET/PT) until 10pm on Spike. Re-air Wednesday, 4/2 midnight, Sunday 4/6 1:30pm and Tuesday 4/6, 7pm. UFC Light Heavyweight's Matt Hamill and Tom Boetsch talk about their fight at UFC Fight Night. [...]
Media Mon, Mar 31 2008 · hide this blog

Wall of Fame Live! Yahoo DeafRead Chatroom
Fookem and Bug By JFLMad In the past month, I have been trying to take many snapshots of the user's name in the Live! Yahoo DeafRead chat room. Overall, I think I have got about 90% of them...you might see that I have not got Amy Cohen Efron, Deaf Roger, Deb Ann (Waving With My Deaf Hands), Jared [...]
Language Tech Culture Thu, Mar 27 2008 · hide this blog

DWTS - Week 2 (Marlee Matlin)
Fookem and Bug If you have not see the first part, you can click this to view the part one before this second part. Marlee danced very well for second week in row. The judges were awed with her deafness and were very impressed with her. Obviously, her dance partner, Fabian; had helped her very much and guided her [...]
Media Wed, Mar 26 2008 · hide this blog

Dancing With The Stars - *Marlee Matlin*
Fookem and Bug Last night Marlee Matlin danced in Dancing With The Stars show and did well. Her total score from the judges were 22 points and she is in the 3rd place standing among the women. The top scores are 28 points (Kristi Yamaguchi) and 24 points (Priscilla Presley). I encourage you all to vote for Marlee [...]
Media Wed, Mar 19 2008 · hide this blog

Dr. Cooper’s Ethereal Oil For Deafness, Aqua, Op, 1840-1855
Fookem and Bug By Bug “For Deafness” can be seen on this rare bottle. It was used by Dr Cooper's cure from 1840 to 1855. He believed that Ethereal Oil could cure the deafness. If you have this bottle, don't throw it away. Do you know how much money your bottle are worth? It's more than $300 !  It [...]
Sat, Mar 15 2008 · hide this blog

BIG RIVER (musical)
Fookem and Bug By Bug The 58th Annual Tony Awards were given out at Radio City Music Hall at New York City on June 6, 2004. The Big River (muscial) was very beautiful. An American Sign Language adaptation of the 1985 musical about Huckleberry Finn, the show, with a combined cast of deaf, hard of hearing and hearing actors, showed [...]
Art and Storytelling Thu, Mar 13 2008 · hide this blog

Access Extended: Marlee Matlin’s ‘Dancing’ Rehearsal
Fookem and Bug Access Hollywood reporter, Nancy O'Dell interviewed with Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez. Watch the video ( [link] She will appear on Dancing with the Stars on March 17. Marlee Matlin/Fabian Sanchez Marlee Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her film debut in “Children of a Lesser God,” for which she received the Academy Award® for Bes...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Mon, Mar 10 2008 · hide this blog

Sign Language Barbie Doll
Fookem and Bug   In 1999, Sign Language Barbie was developed in partnership with the National Center of Deafness at California State University to ensure the doll instructed sign language accurately and was not offensive to deaf people or those hard of hearing.  They are rare to be found at the stores. You might want to read more [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Mar 02 2008 · hide this blog

ABC News-interview about TreeWise book by Deaf Author
Fookem and Bug Dear Friends & Family; My interview with ABC News in Chicago will air this Sunday, March 2nd during our 8 am show. I will come on around 8:15 to 8:30. I also wanted to tell you that National Theatre of the Deaf has bought my story. They are working on adapting into the play for the national [...]
Art and Storytelling Fri, Feb 29 2008 · hide this blog

Graham Hicks, Deaf-Blind motorcyclist broke the Guinness...
Fookem and Bug The quadbike world record attempt with Graham Hicks driving and Matt Coulter riding pillion.  On 21st May 2001, Graham ‘G-Force' Hicks from Peterborough, who is totally deaf and blind made it into the record books again. On the two mile airstrip at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire, Graham set the first ever quadbike world speed record [......
Culture Thu, Feb 28 2008 · hide this blog

Baby Sign Racer
Fookem and Bug Can you beat the baby's sign language game?  Click: [link]
Language Tech Sun, Feb 24 2008 · hide this blog

20 Deaf Dancers Perform
Fookem and Bug Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, leads 20 deaf dancers to perform “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, in Beijing February 19, 2008.
Art and Storytelling Sun, Feb 24 2008 · hide this blog

Man carried a gun at Colorado School For the Deaf and Blind
Fookem and Bug  Police have cleared the scene at the Colorado Springs School for the Deaf and the Blind. A report was called in shortly after 6:00 p.m. that a man carrying a gun was walking around the campus. After an extensive search inside and outside the school police have determined the scene is safe. There were no reports of [...]
Media Education Wed, Feb 20 2008 · hide this blog

Cold Water!!!!
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Transcript: Hello again, I want to share my story with you when I was a little boy. I think around 5 years old, my mom loves to share the story. Anyway, my mom and dad tend to host the small party. My mom and dad invite about 7 deaf friends. The men come to the [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Feb 20 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Man was killed in the deadly accident
Fookem and Bug 25 year old Colorado Deaf man was driving a 2002 VW Jetta as he was trying to flee on I-25 in Cimarron in Colorado, when he took off at about 90 mph on the wrong way and crashed into 2002 Saturn. 64 year old driver Sylvia Hinklin of Saturn and her little dog were killed. The driver of VW [...]
Media Culture Wed, Feb 20 2008 · hide this blog

A Climber’s Blind Determination
Fookem and Bug I work on behalf of Hear the World, a non-profit initiative developed to raise awareness for the topic of hearing loss. This link ( [link] will bring you to a story about Bill Barkeley, a Grand Rapids, MI man who suffers from Usher's Syndrome, a unique disorder that affects both vision and hearing (only about 100,000 [...]
Language Culture Thu, Feb 14 2008 · hide this blog

Painful Poem: Deaf Love for Talkie
Fookem and Bug There is a poignant poem “Deaf Donald” by Shel Silverstein about a little boy, Deaf Donald, who signs, ” I love you,” to Talkie Sue. But because she can't read his language, she leaves “forever” and never knows that he is trying to tell her that he loves her. This poem is an example of [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Thu, Feb 14 2008 · hide this blog

Nellie Zabel Willhite - First Deaf Female Pilot
Fookem and Bug Nellie Zabel Willhite 1892—1991 Nellie Zabel Willhite was South Dakota's first woman pilot. Born in 1892, she became deaf two years later after contracting measles. She began flying at the age of 35, Nellie enrolled in aviation school and became the State of South Dakota's first female pilot and probably the world's first licensed pilot [...]
Tue, Feb 12 2008 · hide this blog

Beautiful Deaf Art
Fookem and Bug “The Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II (Brother of Queen Marie Antoinette), Visiting l'Abbé de l'Epée and the Pupils in Paris, France, 1777″ © by Jean Boutcher, 1992
Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Feb 11 2008 · hide this blog

Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Beethoven with...
Fookem and Bug By Bug If anyone says that you are not smart as other because you have learning disability, don't worry. Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Beetoven were the ones of famous people with learning disability. For someone disagnosed with a learning disability, it can seem scary at first. But a learning disability doesn't have anything to [...]
Education Sat, Feb 09 2008 · hide this blog

Students learning sign language, 1893 (rare picture)
Fookem and Bug Fookem and Bug found this rare picture. We are not sure where this picture was taken at. It might be somewhere in Canada at Nova Scotia. They would be 113 year old if they are still here today. Sign language is still beautiful and alive.   Photographer: Gauvin & Gentzel Date: 1893 Fonds/Collection: School for the Hearing Handicapped Reference no.: accession no. 1...
Culture Thu, Feb 07 2008 · hide this blog

Snow in Chicago
Fookem and Bug This morning, my boys woke me up with exciting faces, they said, 'snow, snow'. I laughed and decided to call their school to see if the school is closed or not. Good enough, it is closed. It brings me some good memories when I was a kid, you know how the kids are when they [...]
Wed, Feb 06 2008 · hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

Deaf Peddlers
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Transcript: Hello again, I want to talk about deaf peddlers. My dad and mom love to host the party such as potluck, poker, etc. at our home when I am a little boy. I remember when my dad invites many strange friends. Really wow. I ask my dad that I know some and did not [...]
Mon, Feb 04 2008 · hide this blog

Jason Stewart, teacher at Kendall Demonstration Elementary...
Fookem and Bug By JFLMad I was in awe when I saw this animation video done in ASL. It must take Jason Stewart very long time to make one. This one is really champpp!! Here is a short story that I excerpt from their website.... “For this research, we will evaluate how the use of newly developed “Lifelike Expressive Avatars” affects [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Tech Fri, Feb 01 2008 · hide this blog

Illinois School f/t Deaf had nation’s 1st deaf military...
Fookem and Bug By JFLMad Here are other articles that I found in the newspaper archives that I cleaned out few weeks ago. It is the same newspaper that I talked/vlogged about Thomas Gallaudet wrote a letter to ISD. Click on the images to enlarge.
Language Education Fri, Feb 01 2008 · hide this blog

Why did Hearing People Take Over?
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Transcript: Hello, I want to share the story as I feel a little disappointed about hearing people. Why? For example, I am an actor. I read the script and the story has a deaf character. I am thrilled and auditioning for that part. The audition downsize and they already pick hearing actor who will play [...]
Language Education Culture Tue, Jan 29 2008 · hide this blog

George Veditz Speech on Presentation Day in 1884
Fookem and Bug THE HOHENSTAUFEN ERA OF GERMAN LITERATURE DELIVERED BY G.W. VEDITZ, AT THE PRESENTATION DAY EXERCISES OF THE NATIONAL DEAF-MUTE COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, 1884. In the period from the middle of the twelfth to the end of the thirteenth century, the German race reached a height of national glory which it has never at any time surpassed. [...]
Mon, Jan 28 2008 · hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

Richard Roehm hates Deaf jokes?
Fookem and Bug Richard Roehm wrote: “The joke is very poor taste if you want use something to make the deaf community look coexistable with hearing neighbors. We use two way pagers and personal communicators to find out which house is the deafie’s. Why send a backward message with the car horn? Lets use the sidekicks and 2way pagers. The car [...]
Art and Storytelling Tech Culture Mon, Jan 28 2008 · hide this blog

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants to cut the Deaf...
Fookem and Bug CALIFORNIA BUDGET CUT CRISIS California's Governor wants to cut $500,000 for deaf and hard of hearing services.  If this happens, GLAD and other agencies will be forced to reduce or eliminate services for deaf and hard of hearing people.  This means less assistance when you need interpreters or captioning, longer waits for advocacy, fewer accessible health progr...
Fri, Jan 25 2008 · hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

Our First Year Blog Anniversary
Fookem and Bug Happy 1st Anniversary! We are proud to hear all, see all, know all, and share all. Your support has made our future work possible and we will do our best to bring you many more news, stories, videos, etc. Hope you enjoy our blog/vlog. We would love to have your feedbacks, please feel free [...]
Thu, Jan 24 2008 · hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

Percentage of Deaf Staff at Deaf Schools
Fookem and Bug I got email from my friend. I have no clue who did the statistic? Click the image to enlarge.
Education Wed, Jan 23 2008 · hide this blog

Swiss Cash
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Transcript: Hello again, I want to talk about deaf people that love to buy pentagon, pyramid, CDT (Canadian Diamond Trader), airplane, etc....I grew up and saw lot of deaf people buy it then buy another. I see that they still buy it over and over. They never learn their mistakes. People come to me and [...]
Legal Tue, Jan 22 2008 · hide this blog

Ridor is back!
Fookem and Bug How do I know he is back? After a long conversation with Ridor through AIM, hey, I know him back in Gallaudet when we were student. I love his company because he has lot of news to share.... Anyway, I feel honored to make an announcement that his site will start the countdown to bring [...]
Culture Tue, Jan 22 2008 · hide this blog

A letter from Thomas Gallaudet
Fookem and Bug By JFLMad click below to read the article letter from Gallaudet Hello. I found the history articles of this newspaper. It was in the year of 1989, which ISD (Illinois School for the Deaf) celebrated 150th years of the service. I went there about 12 or 13 years old to celebrated. I went with my brother, Fookem, and [...]
Education Thu, Jan 17 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Travel Agents
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Transcript: Hi! I want to tell you about my experience of travel the world with my wife. My first travel out of the country was in Europe. Of course, I always looked forward to go to Europe. I was unsure of how to get tickets, etc until I found one woman who is CODA. [...]
Mon, Jan 14 2008 · hide this blog

Rare Gallaudet Pictures
Fookem and Bug Here (attached) are some really neat photos of the Gallaudet campus that I found in the 1897 and 1907 annual reports. My favorite is the “View from the farm” photo. That's how the caption read. Someone stood in a field full of some crop that the students were growing and took the photo. You can [...]
Higher Education Sun, Jan 13 2008 · hide this blog