Dream Plan for Aaron: 1989 (Part 2)

When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. R. Schuller Dream Plan for Aaron: 1981 (Part 1) (click here) talked about Aaron when he was age 6 and Tommy age 4. In Part 2 I will talk about when Aaron was in Junior High. In 1989 Aaron was 14 and Tommy 13. In a later post, I...

Technology Act: Just for the Deaf and Blind?

21st Century Communication and Video Accessibility Act No one in my family is Deaf or Blind. So, why should I care that President Obama just signed new legislation forcing media and technology companies to make their products accessible? Isn’t this just another...

Definitions of “Retarded”

When President Obama signs Rosa’s Law, it is going to change some of the language and cultural issues about using the words, “retarded” and “mental retardation.” In the previous post we talked about the Google keywords that pop up with...

“Retarded” keywords

“Retarded” Keywords Google Keywords show us what people are searching for. Not some academic research, just the terms real people actually type into the search box to find what they are looking for. I wish I knew how to make screen shots. The visual...

“The Host” vs Home Stagers vs Aaron

photo credit: KlemenRobnik As promised in Day 3 of the blogging challenge: “Turning it over to the professionals”– here is the slimy squiggly creature that crawls up necks.) The Host Like most people, I read The Host because it was written by...

An Avalanche and an Aaron Story

Day 4 of the 30-Day-Every-Day Blogging Challenge has been a challenge indeed. Sorry to everyone who got bombarded by 17 posts about “Memory Rocks”. I wasn’t really throwing rocks and boulders at you:) Becke wondered if there was an avalanche; Ana...