DEAF ONLINE CLASS XXV: 10/12

Mickey Mouse is our idol, that's why our family and friends rather be in the theme parks than visiting us.

Enjoying the fall foliage along the Connecticut River on the Valley Railroad with dinner abroad. 

Singapore is next on my bucket list, it'll be cool to walk through these "super-trees"

at this national park, Gardens at The Bay, which is on 250 acres of reclaimed land.

A Deaf actor may be in an upcoming episode of "What Would You Do?" The series will deal with people reaction when a Deaf peddler approaches people with a manual alphabet card asking for money. This probably will take place at the Los Angeles (LAX) airport terminal. I think this is an interesting concept, but what they didn't expect a confrontation when Deaf travelers spotted them. I hope they accepted my submission, perhaps next season.

The American dream is still alive but it's out of reach for most of us Deaf who are struggling paychecks to paychecks to support our families. The latest trends is toward downsizing our homes, living off the grid, organic grown foods, and minimalist lifestyle. I've seen a couple of tiny homes on display so just imagine what's like living in a home that's only 160 square feet. I wouldn't mind living in one out in the wilderness, just as long it meet my basic needs. The savings would allow me to afford to travel around the world rather than being tied down with a mortgage.

Clearwater Aquarium in Florida is the site where the Dolphin Tales were filmed. Its star, Winter, has a Deaf, Panama, surrogate mother that take care of her. Rudolph and Rex, both Deaf recently joined in their new enclosure. Panama, the late Deaf dolphin was Winter's surrogate mother who took care of her.

DEAF CLASS XXIV: 10/9

This Deaf guy is waiting backstage, awaiting an opportunity of a lifetime to be in the spotlight, having been practicing at local comedy clubs, bringing in his dummy, actually a live interpreter, to showcase his skills as a ventriloquist. An alarm went off, the Deaf ventriloquist, wondering why he's sweating, assuming that he's nervous being on stage, been wondering why his dummy disappeared in thin air, not realizing the theater on fire.

I met child actress Lauren Chapin, known for her role as Kathy Anderson on "Father Knows Best" 

I envied Monica, a Deaf woman roaming the countryside in a VW biodiesel camper, meeting people, experiencing life as it meant to be.

America is a nation of immigrants. Thousands of Vietnamese fled after the fall of Saigon, with some resettling here. Their stories are being retold at a new exhibit at the Orange County Regional History Center, which coincides with Ken Burn's PBS documentary.    

DEAF CLASS XXIII: 10/8

Island H2O Live! the newest water park at the Margaritaville Resort Orlando, it'll be cool working here.

This Deaf individual disguised himself and went undercover to a Deaf event, a regional bowling tournament, watching everyone gossiping behind his back, now he knows who his real friends are!

This is a common occurrences, Deaf children are dying in their sleep from smoke inhalation, an tragic event that is preventable. Here's one incident to prove a point; in California there was a case where a home burned down to the grounds, killing all of its Deaf occupants. Newspaper investigators discovered that the Deaf parents repeatably been asking their local fire station for a free strobe smoke detectors that would've saved their lives. 

The Deaf, as taxpayers, have written to their to their aldermen complaining that they were being discriminated, because the city fails to make reasonable accommodation to provide a smoke detector that is specifically designed for Deaf households.

Horoscope been around since ancient times as man seek guidance from the stars.

ARIES: Your court appearance have been postponed once again for a parking ticket you got in 1962 because they still couldn't find an interpreter for you.
TAURUS: Replace the garbage disposal that burned out while you were on vacation.
GEMINI: "I wasn't speeding," but the sheriff stopped you asking that your muffler needs to be replaced, rattling our peaceful town.
CANCER: Your neighbors start moving out after your children set up a rock band, practicing in the basement.
LEO: You read a blog about a Deaf woman describing her affairs with several men, not realizing that it's your wife.
VIRGO: Your Deaf pastor wanted to know why you donated $500 to Gallaudet, nothing to the church.
LIBRA: You stopped contact with your mistress after your daughter got a job as a relay operator.
SCORPIO: Isn't your fault if the factory blown apart, not being trained to handle hazardous materials since they refused to provide an interpreter at safety talks.
SAGITTARIUS: The family enjoyed free open-captioned movies every week, with "We're sorry..." passes for the delays after forgetting to turn it on.
CAPRICORN: You were terminated after 15 years on the job for 15 seconds of fame on local television news your boss watch on the day you call in sick when you got a perfect 300 score at a Deaf bowling tournament.
AQUARIUS: Got off in Dublin instead of Detroit, no wonder your flight so long, free vouchers to get drunk at the local pub, and a meal of corned beef and cabbages and a round of golf while staying overnight at an inn. 
PISCES: "Show me your, and I will show you mind," the nude model at tonight's painting class was the same interpreter at your prostate exam.

DEAF CLASS XXII: 10/7

DEAF ONLINE CLASS XXI: 10/6

 

 

 

DEAF ONLINE CLASS XIX: 10/2

Thousands of us Deaf bloggers out there sharing their stories, among them is Mario Afonso with a message.

DEAF ONLINE CLASS XVII: 9/30

Search out the twelve Deaf words and circled them all, so enjoy the game

APQZMLASCX

NDREVGYTFY

T DFDEAFAED

HTEUDAIMVE

ODLAEDEHTA

LWEDFADEAF

OSFACAXADR

GTAHFAEDOL

YDEIFAEDRM

DEAFBLOGSZ

Today as we celebrate the dreams of MLK, the Navy announces its newest aircraft carrier will honor our hero, an African American serving on the sinking battleship West Virginia when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, managing, somehow, an anti-aircraft machine gun then rescuing wounded sailors, including the captain. 

Christine Sun Kim once to signed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.  

DEAF ONLINE CLASS XVI: 9/29

Deaf tellers at Chase Bank near Gallaudet can now seve their Deaf consumers in ASL. Most of the staff are fluent in ASL. Finally the Deaf  now can rob a bank without using a note, that's unlikely to happen at that branch, unless he's behind in his student loan payments. First a signing Starbuck, now a signing bank, what's next? Our future is getting brighter and brighter as our world becoming more accessible to us all!

Lori Kober is a Deaf funeral director in Wisconsin, she'll takes care of your body while God takes care of your soul,

Source: NAD

Mo O'Brien became the first Deaf woman to row a boat across the Atlantic Ocean, a 3,000 miles journey, being out on the rough seas for almost two months. The crew of three takes turn rowing four hours with two hours rest in between. The British Deaf pharmacy dispenser enjoys the views of the humpback whales, stars in the night skies, and the challenges of teamwork, overcoming obstacles along the way.

We can't enjoy the dolphins splashing at the aquariums. We can't feed peanuts to the elephants at the circus. We can't take our selfies with the giraffes at the zoo. We can't see the groundhog's shadows. We blame an organization that prevents us to access to wildlife and God forbid they take away our steak tailgate football parties. Support ATEP (Animals That Entertains People) as we protect their habitat, shield them from predators and and feed them well and most important, letting us interact with them at aquariums, zoos, conservation areas, nature cancers, national parks as we all are together in the circle of life, depending on each others for our survival on our great plant earth and we have a lot of things to do to prevent their extinction, combating global warming, ban deforestation and illegal exports, etc. (fictional)

Any Deaf artists out there to accept the challenges of creating a  Rubix mosaic of a legendary Deaf individual?  

Steven Brundage created one of the Legendary Kobe Bryant using 814 Rubix cubes in twenty hours.

Susan Scaletta is the first Deaf girl to join the Little League, she hit, bat and run faster than the boys.

There are only three countries in the world that don't uses the metric system of measurement:

United States of America, Liberia and Myanmar 

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DEAF ONLINE CLASS XIV: 9/25

Kobe Bryant is a role model that to all of us young Deaf basketball players who hope that someday they'll play in the NBA, even giving his support to a Deaf high school basketball coach, Sekoe White, of the Mississippi School for the Deaf, after seeing a video that went viral.

Kobe given his team a signed copy of his upcoming book and another supplying his team Wilson basketballs, etc.

I oppose to any developments in the area as it's our responsibility to protect our wildlife at the Black Bear wilderness area in Seminole County.

The grass wants a crew cut!

Deaf teenagers are having a great time skiing over the weekends in the mountains of Oregon.

If you got at least a million bucks, you can bid to purchase one of JFK watercolor paintings at an auction. 

DEAF ONLINE CLASS XIII: 9/24

"CALL OF THE WILD"

 

Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek is where you can explore the past with its set of historic structures on its grounds, including a replica of a church from centuries ago, volunteers are on hand to give guided tours, ASL interpreters are available with advanced notice.

Information: Osceola County Historical Society.

Our annual BBQ Cookout last weekend.

Deaf boy trying to communicate with his father. (Singapore) 

DEAF ONLINE CLASS XII: 9/23

This month African-Americans share their heritage and that also includes those who are Deaf

In Boston, Parents were surprised that their whole neighborhood learns ASL after their daughter were born Deaf

We often makes decisions that impact us all, but unfortunately the Deaf not in the equation.

If you need to contact Google, they got Deaf technicians on their staff that will assist you in ASL. that's great!

Zamboni driver David Ayres never played in the NHL was told to suit up, replacing their injured goalie. 

If you under a Medicare advantage plan,  you can order those disposable masks to protect yourselves during the pandemic, using its OTC allowances.

DEAF ONLINE CLASS IX: 9/18

Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell is another movie I'm looking forward, it's a story about a security guard that found a suspicious backpack at Centennial Park during the Atlanta Olympics and clearing the area, saving untold lives, being a hero then becoming a terrorist suspect. Just like Brian Banks in my previous blog, with the media tearing him apart, undergoing hours of FBI questionings, and fighting the same injustice.

As a Deaf film critic I give these two films, a documentary and an animated short a thumb up!

I enjoy the annual film festival, especially foreign films with subtitles. You don't often see independent films at local theaters. Enzian in Winter Park is the place to be. 

Answers:

1,  Last Supper

2. Galleria La Vittorio

3. Aperitivo

4. Duomo

 

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DEAF ONLINE CLASS: XIII 9/17

The Unisphere was the symbol of the 1964/65 New York World's Fair.

Now fifty years later, the Tree of Life is the symbol of the Milan World's Fair

Gallaudet University Alumni Association - Wisconsin Chapter  Harry Potter  Tour (Britain) Book now for your exclusive opportunity to make your favorite legend come to life!  Mr. Rankin, who brings the character "Percy Weasley" to life in the Harry Potter movies, will spend an entire day with you, your family and friends when he hosts the Medieval Banquet, and participates in a Question and Answer session.   Tour activities are designed for Deaf groups and that include a visit to the Tower of London where we explore the heritage of wizards and magical creatures in British literature and a Treasure Hunt through the city, complete with maps and clues given by our costumed guides. Our storyteller will snare you in a web of enchantment as she weaves tales from literary greats such as J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling. Oxford, York, Medieval Banquets, dragon-slaying lessons, Viking Feasts and a very special train ride on the Hogwarts Express. An ASL interpreter Accommodations at 4-star hotels including swimming pools in London and York All transportation by luxury motor coach to London, Oxford, and York Fully qualified Blue Badge Guide World-class Storyteller with an ASL interpreter Admissions to the Tower of London, Jorvik Viking center, and Christ Church College 5 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 3 dinners including medieval banquet and Viking feast Dragon-slaying classes Potions Class Treasure hunt Journey on the North York Moors Railway (Hogwarts Express) Note: I hosted this tour fifteen years ago. Deaf Anthology Adventurers may host another similar tours of various blockbuster movie sets in the future if there is enough interests among us.

Visit USA host an international conference with 6,000 attendees from overseas tour operators to do businesses with American travel industry being held this week in Orlando.

It's very hot and humid in Zaragoza, Spain, so I visited the digital water pavilion at the world's fair (Expo 08). I thought it's really cool, and we need something like that in our lakefront park here to hang out, to satisfied our thirsts and hunger.

The 1964/65 New York World's Fair was not sanctioned by the Bureau of International Exposition (BIE), based in Paris, because Moscow won the bid to host a world's fair in 1967, to celebrate their 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The communists couldn't get their act together, so the Soviet Union drop out, due to financial or political problems. BIE was in the process of giving recognition to New York City, but the Canadians protest, given that they came in second in the original voting, claiming to their rights to host a world's fair in Montreal, in observation of their centennial. The rules of BIE at the time was that a Class A Universal Exposition are limited to once every decade. Expo 67, with the theme: "Man and his World," was sanctioned by BIE instead of New York.

DEAF ONLINE CLASS VII: 9/16

 

Today let's sit back and relax taking a virtual tour of the city of Milan, Italy. 

Questions:

1. Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting, ____________, can be seen in Milan.

2. ____________ is the oldest mall in the world.

3. If you in a mood for snacks, ____________is a good way to experience the Italian culture. They are cheap and delicious. Don't forget their famous pizzas.

4. The  ____________ is a church. 

Words:

Galleria La Vittorio

Duomo

Last Supper

Aperitivo

Answers next Monday, September 21, 2020

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DEAF ONLINE CLASS VI: 9/15 oooooo

                                                  

This is my bookmark, that's where I left off on social me to all our employees"

504

Camp Jened located in the Catskill Mountains of New York is a for those with disabilities to gather together during the summer to share their experiences of oppression in our society and left with leadership skills to start a revolution demanding equal rights, that led to 504 and ADA. "Crip Camp" is a new documentary on Netflick, which also includes me and several Gallaudet participation in the sit-in takeover of the HEW in Washington, DC, it brings back memories of those days.

DEAF ONLINE CLASS II: 9/9

I checked the label on my MAGA cap, an American manufacture created millions of these overseas where cheap labor are abundant, but the tariffs imposed on imports helps reduced our national debts by repaying our debts to our major creditor, China. 
(Fictional, it's actually a Florida Firefox cap)

There is a Deaf character in an episode of Station 19, a Deaf girl whose parents died in the fire, siblings being separated and placed in the foster care system, while at the same time at group of unrelated homeless children loses one of their own, taken to the emergency room at Grey hospital which is three blocks away. This is my assumption, correct me if I'm wrong where a hearing child plays the Deaf character on Station 19 while a Deaf child plays the hearing child on the Good Doctor next week. 

 

Deaf child actor Zade Garcia is the hearing mute patient that uses ASL in an episode of the Good Doctor.. 

There is a new Deaf doctor on the hospital staff on Grey's Anatomy. Deaf actress Shoshannah Stern as Dr. Lauren Riley.

 An in-depth video discussion on the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. (ASL)

An in-depth video discussion on the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. (ASL)

A Deaf journalist reporting from the field in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma leaving a path of destruction throughout Florida.

Watch the video and fill in the blanks choosing the words listed:

1. During Hurricane Irma, ____________ trucks are out on the roads restoring electricity.

2. High winds are knocking down ____________.

3. Pumps at ____________ are wrapped around.

4. You must stay at home during a __________.

5. You need a ____________ during a blackout.

6. You need to stock up on ____________ and water bottles.

7. You may stay at a local ____________.

8. There are no ____________ on the  turnpikes. 

9. You need to carry plenty of __________ in your wallet just in case you had to evacuate the area with all the ATMs being out of order. 

10. Stay away from the ____________ during a hurricane.

Words:

cash

curfew

flashlight

food

gas stations

shelter

tolls

trees

utility

windows

Instruction: Study the chart and fill in the blanks.

1.  120 MPH  Category ______

2.    75 MPH  Category ______

3.  150 MPH  Category ______

4.  105 MPH  Category ______

5.  115 MPH  Category ______

6.  Category 2  ___ - ___ MPH

7.  Category 5  ___ - ___ MPH

8.  Category 3  ___ - ___ MPH

9.  Category 1  ___ - ___ MPH

10. Category 4 ___ - ___ MPH

Answers available Monday, September 14,,2020

There is a new bridge in the central mountains of Vietnam held up with a pair of hands.

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Bullitt

The Mustang that Steve McQueen drove in the movie ""Bullitt" will  soon be sold at in an auction.