Written by Lincoln Adams on
March 12, 2011 |
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Travelogues
I knew this was going to happen, because it’s happened before. I must have developed ADD over the years, because it seems every time I’m at a seminar now it’s not 30 seconds of listening before I start zoning out and thinking of pizza, cupcakes, and girls named Zooey. Due to my hearing loss, I…
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I recently caught this article on the BBC: People’s health could be harmed by social networking sites because they reduce levels of face-to-face contact, an expert claims. A lack of “real” social networking, involving personal interaction, may have biological effects, he suggests. He also says that evidence suggests that a lack of face-to-face networking could…
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Tags: community, deaf, disability, friend, friends, health, health problems, hearing, internet, life, lonely, network, online, people, personality, relationship, single, social, social networking, social networking sites, social networks
Another coworker of mine is getting married, this time it’s a woman with cerebral palsy. Very nice person too, and when she talked about her fiance, she indicated that he had a similar disability as well. She showed us all her lovely new ring. “Wow, that’s probably about as close as I’ll ever get to…
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Had a bad dream last night. I dreamt of having a chance encounter with the very comely Mary Katharine Ham, the conservative journalist and blogger from Townhall.com. We were inside the lobby of a museum, and I somehow managed to engage her in a conversation. Only problem was, I couldn’t understand a word she was…
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Tags: aids, alone, blogger, disability, dreams, grief, hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, loneliness, social life, tendency
Written by Lincoln Adams on
May 22, 2007 |
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My Job
My boss had been playing games with me for the better part of a month now, from denying my proposed work schedule so I couldn’t attend law school, to threatening me over my request for accommodations because of my hearing disability. Naturally there have been days when I wished a meteor would land on his…
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Written by Lincoln Adams on
April 25, 2007 |
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Blogging
I woke up late this morning, and not being in any hurry to get to work, I lazily surfed the Daily Blog Tips site, looking for advice and suggestions that I could apply to my own blog. I came across one post that linked to this article on how bloggers can use social networking sites…
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Tags: advice, blog, blogging, digg, disability, flickr, hearing loss, hurry, internet, myspace, online, social life, social networking, social networking sites, social networks, stumbleupon, tips, traffic, YouTube
Written by Lincoln Adams on
April 18, 2007 |
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My Job
The saga at work continued today as I signed in and was immediately tapped by the boss to go talk to him in his office. “Linc, you made a lot of mistakes yesterday on the phone.” No sh–, Sherlock. Maybe it might just have something to do with the fact that I’m HEARING IMPAIRED?? “Well,…
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Tags: anger, boss, coworkers, disability, evil, hearing loss, hell, job, justice, schedule, union