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Monday, September 10, 2012

Hear the Shofar - Not This Year

Shofar - Rosh Hashanah I am what you call a "Messianic Emergent Jew".  I created a blog a long time ago which has a ...

Friday, September 7, 2012

I Don't Get This? Please Explain.

The topic today is for mature audience but needs to be addressed: You can get a box of trojans for free at several places to ha...

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Rollar-Coaster Day

"Excited" in ASL Today was a roller-coaster of a day.  I woke up not in the best of moods.  I was feeling sad a...

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Let's Talk About Blood

I am not a doctor so don't send me questions related to health but I have taken a few semesters of Human Anatomy and P...

Monday, September 3, 2012

My Favorite Show - Switched is Back!

Switched is Back! : A new episode of Switched at Birth airs tonight on ABC Family. If you've never seen the show before, or just want ...

Bionics

What color should I get?  This is the cochlear implant external processor I put on my head.  They have some cool colors. The technolo...

Saturday, September 1, 2012

13 Years Ago

This blog is about my WIFE . . . come on . . .if I don't say something about her in my "World of Silence" she might ...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Happy and You Know It . . . But What if Your Not?

I loved this song when I was a little Jeff.  But know Big Jeff needs to learn it in ASL. What if your not happy?  Do we expect people...

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Cowardly Lion Needs Courage

Wizard of Oz Who was your favorite character in the movie "Wizard of Oz"?  And please don't say Dorot...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Ear Infections and Jeff Update

Have you ever had an ear infection?  They hurt and irritating.  I remember as a child I use to get them all the time, which was an earl...

Monday, August 20, 2012

Dead Battery - New Battery

I guess we will call this month - " Battery Month ".  New $60K battery in my butt (Interstim).  New battery for my car ($1...

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Up and Down - Teeter-Totter Game

Do you remember playing on the teeter-totter?  Did you like being up in the air or down on the bottom? It takes a lot of eff...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Questions Day

This post today is for my hearing friends.   Some of you might have questions about what it is like being deaf or hard ...

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Can I Be Like Charlie - - Golden Ticket

I want my Golden Ticket.  Why can't anyone figure out why I lost my hearing and why I have ear pain.  It will be almo...

Monday, August 13, 2012

"Back to Jeff's Future"

Everyone has either probably heard or seen this famous movie, "Back to the Future".  If not, you can read about it on IMDB...

Friday, August 10, 2012

Did You Hear Me Howl?

"CHILDREN SHOULD NOT WATCH THE FOLLOWING CLIP"      The clip above is from the TV show " Bein...

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Night Time is Not Easy

I remember when I was a kid I used to love to sleep.  I would sleep in late on weekends and hate waking up early to go to school.  I r...

Monday, August 6, 2012

Expectations

Limbo Dance Most of you know the game called Limbo .  The way the game is played is two people hold each side of th...

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Reflecting Back in Time

I have come a long way from losing my hearing several months ago.  The amount of time I was in the hospital, getting ...

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Inside My Brain

Some of you may not know this movie but it is called " Fantastic Voyage " made back in 1966.  I saw it many, many, many year...