Archive for September, 2003


ON HAND: Being Deaf and bilingual/Gallaudet murders

These originally appeared in a twin issue of The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
A lot of things annoy me (which probably comes as no surprise to some of you), but there’s one thing that really, really annoys me. Because of my published writings, people sometimes recognize my name when we’re introduced.[.....]



ON HAND: Becoming a groupie

This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
The unimaginable has happened. I have become a band groupie.
I was in Tampa, Fla., over the weekend, and went to a performance given by Beethoven’s Nightmare (BN). BN is an all-deaf musical band, featuring Ed Chevy, Bob Hiltermann, and Steve Longo.
Mind you,[.....]



ON HAND: Bigotry at its best (worst)

This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
If you’d like to see bigotry at its best (worst), take a look at this: http://www.wfdnews.org/discuss/view.php?type=8&subid=113
I couldn’t even read through all of the postings in one sitting. Many of the postings are written by a person who says he (assuming it’s a[.....]