A Radical Sabbatical

Death and Dying
A Radical Sabbatical So much has happened since I last posted.  My mother, age 89 passed away on January 29th, 2009.  I don't care what anyone says, she died a painful death. She had a stroke but the good thing was, each decision that needed to be made, was made for us by the natural causes of heading [...]
Thu, Mar 26 2009

Taking it to the next level
A Radical Sabbatical Well, two more days and my sabbatical is truly over and done with.  Thursday I return to work and a new office.  Should be interesting as I also return for my last semester in College on Wednesday evening to complete the certificate program. If I said I wasn't anxious, it would be a lie.  I'm worried [...]
Mon, Aug 25 2008

Acceptance, revelations, questions
A Radical Sabbatical As I grow nearer to my return to work, I find myself doing things in preparation for it.  I'm almosted surprised at my acceptance to returning.  On the other hand, I just read about Randy Pausch passing away today.  He was 47 and had the most unbelievable positive attitude about life and his impending death [...]
Fri, Jul 25 2008

To close caption or not to close caption, who will rule?
A Radical Sabbatical New legislation is being put on the table which will require closed captioning on some internet videos.  Reading various sites, I see that many technology people are against closed captioning on the internet.  They feel the government will now get their hands on regulating and setting fines for videos not captioned.  At first, I was very [...]
Sat, Jun 28 2008

Hearing Aids, hearing gadgets, hearing.
A Radical Sabbatical When u look at all the technology out there from the beginning of their creation to its current status, u'll note that most technology started out large and clutsy looking and eventually the product was reduced in size BUT improved in its functioning purposes .  For example, Look at computers, headphones, cellphones, xerox machines, fax machines, TTY's, [....
Sat, Jun 14 2008

College, Lies and Hearing Aids
A Radical Sabbatical Okay, so I handed my class paper in and I put it in a folder to hand to the Professor.  I was the only one who had the assignment in a transparent.  The Prof gave me a funny look and I told her that I have a bad habit of spilling coffee on my things [...]
Thu, Mar 06 2008

Hearing Evaluation date
A Radical Sabbatical Had a hearing evaluation this week because I'm seeing a difference in my hearing over the past few week.  When it came time to do speech discrimination, I requested the audiologist use a different list of words, one that I am not familiar with.  I mean, lets face it, after 30 years of being hearing [...]
Sat, Mar 01 2008

Ears to hear
A Radical Sabbatical Well, I'm all registered and ready for college classes again. Though not quite as excited as I was back in September, however, I have a wonderful schedule which has me attending only one day a week for four hours. NOT BAD, HUH? Once again, I find myself worried about hearing in the classroom, having [...]
Wed, Feb 13 2008

Silence never sounded so good!
A Radical Sabbatical I have to admit, I actually found it very relaxing to shut off my hearing aid (and since I have no speech discrimination in the other ear), the sound of silence, and of course my tinnitus, was a welcoming change.  I decided to brush up on my skills for the silver jewelry making course and so I [...]
Wed, Feb 13 2008

Silence never sounded so good!
A Radical Sabbatical I have to admit, I actually found it very relaxing to shut off my hearing aid (and since I have no speech discrimination in the other ear), the sound of silence, and of course my tinnitus, was a welcoming change.  I decided to brush up on my skills for the silver jewelry making course and so I [...]
Fri, Feb 08 2008

Ears to hear
A Radical Sabbatical Well, I'm all registered and ready for college classes again. Though not quite as excited as I was back in September, however, I have a wonderful schedule which has me attending only one day a week for four hours. NOT BAD, HUH? Once again, I find myself worried about hearing in the classroom, having [...]
Fri, Feb 01 2008