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Tag: Personal reflections

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My Thoughts and Prayers are with Ukraine

It’s a cold Saturday in February. I’m taking the dogs out to do their business, and across the street there’s…
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Posted on: March 7, 2022 Last updated on: March 6, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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Should You Give Homeless People Money?

When you come across homeless people asking for money, do you give them some or keep walking? As of January…
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Posted on: November 22, 2021 Last updated on: November 20, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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Diversity in the Workplace Fails People with Disabilities

Why do conversations about diversity generally include every minority except people with disabilities? I originally wrote the article below in…
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Posted on: May 3, 2021 Last updated on: April 29, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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Keep Your Kindness to Yourself If You Plan to Charge Me Later

Have you ever had someone do something nice for you? Very likely, but, how many times did they later hold…
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Posted on: April 19, 2021 Last updated on: April 18, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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Preparing Blind People for the Rest of Reality

There’s never been a better time to be blind, or so I’ve heard. And I have to ask: How low…
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Posted on: April 12, 2021 Last updated on: April 17, 2021 Comments: 2 Written by: Joe
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Gator

Tomorrow marks eight years since I lost my first guide dog to cancer. The original post acknowledging his passing was…
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Posted on: January 18, 2021 Last updated on: December 30, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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There is Hope for the Young and Foolish

Have you ever read something and thought to yourself: What the hell persuaded this moron to write that? There’s a…
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Posted on: December 17, 2020 Last updated on: December 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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The World is Thirsty for a Glass of Shut the Hell Up

Sometimes people do a fair job of hiding their special nature. Other times they can’t wait to put it on…
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Posted on: December 3, 2020 Last updated on: December 3, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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The Dream Job that Got Away

What if what you thought you wanted to be is not what you were cut out to be? One afternoon…
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Posted on: November 23, 2020 Last updated on: November 22, 2020 Comments: 3 Written by: Joe
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Life Lessons From a Funeral Home

From time to time I’m going to share articles that resonated with me. The first is from my usual source…
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Posted on: November 19, 2020 Last updated on: November 18, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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The Biggest Challenge for the Blind

Not long after the KNFB Reader app, an OCR app, came out, someone posted to a blindness technology forum asking…
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Posted on: November 12, 2020 Last updated on: November 5, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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A Double Tap to the Touch Screen Devil’s Head

In the battle between touch screens and tactile buttons, the touch screen is quickly becoming the reigning champion. It’s not…
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Posted on: October 1, 2020 Last updated on: September 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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Should Religion Influence Politicians?

The other day I was arguing politics with a coworker, never a good idea under the best of circumstances but…
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Posted on: September 28, 2020 Last updated on: September 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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Stephen King’s Christine and the Technology Evolution

Not long ago I reread Stephen King’s Christine for what was probably the third time. I am very likely to…
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Posted on: September 21, 2020 Last updated on: January 17, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe
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The Power of Apologies

On April 16, 2014 the MV Sewol capsized en route to Jeju from Incheon. Most of the ferry’s 476 passengers…
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Posted on: August 24, 2020 Last updated on: August 23, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Joe

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