Life Lessons

National Coming Out Day

October 10, 2010

Try as I might, I will never fully understand what it means to be gay and to come out to friends and family. In the same way that I did not choose to be straight, I do not think that being gay is a choice. I have many family members and friends who are gay/ [...]

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How to not fall for a scam…

July 30, 2010

I narrowly avoided a big, fat $807 mistake!

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A bloody tale with a moral

July 29, 2010

Some things are really obvious in hindsight, once you’ve learned them the hard way. Here’s a tale with a moral. Mr. Fizgig and I drove down to south New Jersey last weekend, to visit our friends, Georgia and Mr. Happy. On Saturday night, even though the heat forced us to eat indoors, we decided to [...]

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Audio Description / Literal Video

May 5, 2010

In December, I participated in a three-day workshop where I learned about Audio Description (AD). AD is kind of like voice over subtitling for people who are blind: however, rather than reading subtitles on a screen, a narrator quickly fills in key visual elements in-between dialogue and sound effects. This contextualises what’s happening on screen [...]

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Opinion: U.S. Census 2010

March 24, 2010

I keep seeing a lot of posts from folks who are moaning about having to fill in the 2010 Census and it’s beginning to bother me because these people are missing the point. Let me preface this by saying I am fiercely protective of my personal information, and do not willingly trust any government – [...]

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A Short Story about Karma

October 2, 2009

“In the order of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I read this today, and good timing too because I have my [...]

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