It’s the summer semester, 2009. What’s to come? Crochet Pink socks for a friend Finish my sock Finish winter sweater Finish baby lamb Laceweight pink shawl Tunisian crochet in between, to relax, just mindless stitching Working, working, working…makin’ money Walking class (ends June 5th) RID conference in Philadelphia, first week in August Genealogical research, if [...]
Archive for May, 2009
My Economic Losses
I am going through some old papers, and I came across my final 401k statement from when I quit my job. As of 6/30/07, my balance with Merrill Lynch was $11,124.40. Having no more recent statements, I called the recorded line to find out how much I have now. After establishing a new PIN, I [...]
No Tofu
Today I got a check from the Virginia DMV for $16.67, with the note “RES LICENSE FEE REF” – they’re refunding the money I paid for a personalized license plate. I ordered the plate on April 14th, and it was supposed to take about four weeks to come, so I’ve been eagerly watching the mail. [...]
Basic Rights: Hearing, Marriage
My friend Sara, who just got a cochlear implant last week, posed the following suggestion on Twitter and wanted to know if it was offensive, or more like comparing apples and oranges: Deaf people protesting others choice to get a CI is like ppl protesting gay marriage. I don’t really find it offensive at all, [...]
New Netbook
I got a new computer today, a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. It was given free to Honors students at Gallaudet by Purple, the behemoth communications company for deaf people – they provide video relay, text relay, and onsite (“community”) interpreting services. It’s pretty cool, comes with a 16GB solid state drive and 1GB of [...]