"Naire" a Dull Moment ...

Hey everyone. Okay, so I thought I'd tell you all about a rather
interesting situation that I got myself into yesterday. I was getting ready
to get into the shower so I could get ready to leave. Before stepping in
though, I realized that I was going to be wearing shorts and so should
probably try to do something about my legs. So, I grabbed the bottle of
Naire lotion and started applying it to my left leg. I keep my bathroom
door open when I shower partly because the litter box is in the bathroom and
partly because I don't want to deprive Cally of her chance to get wet. Taz
had been hanging around, kind of making a pest of himself, but I figured
that he wouldn't be a problem. I was wrong. So, picture this, and no, it's
nothing graphic or anything. Here I am, sitting on the lid of the toilet,
the lotion bottle in my right hand, and a handful of goop in my left. From
out of nowhere came Taz, and put his head right into my hand. Okay, so
normally this wouldn't be a problem, but I obviously wasn't thrilled that he
got this stuff on him. So the question of the day for me became, does Naire
work on cats? I was picturing this cat with a big bald spot on the top of
his head. I did what I could to get the stuff off of him, but that's not
exactly easy to do, plus he wanted no part in it. So, when I left a while
later, Taz still had goop in his fur. I was hoping really hard that it
wasn't going to make him sick, or even worse, kill him, but unfortunately
there really wasn't anything I could do to help him. When I got home last
night I saw Cally, but there was no sign of Taz. I wasn't too concerned,
only because he likes to hide sometimes. It took a while, but he did
eventually come out. He kept trying to keep his head out of my reach though
which was actually kind of funny when you think about it. Eventually I was
able to get him and take a look at his head. I am happy to report that he
still has his fur, and doesn't seem to have any goop left. So, the answer
to life, the universe, and everything is in fact, not 42, it's no. Naire
does not work on cats. SMILE!

Technology, Why does it Like to Make Liars out of People?

Okay, so yeah, it's me again. Believe it or not, I really do work. SMILE!
Actually, that's kind of what prompted me to do this post in the first
place.

I may have mentioned last week that I did a couple of K-NFB reader demos.
In both cases, our particular unit decided to get really flaky, froze up
several times, so on and so forth. This is not normal for these units, and
in fact we have had absolutely no complaints from our customers who
purchased them. So, it's got to be something to do with our particular
unit. Okay, so I got a call this morning from the office telling me that
they need the reader for an appointment next Thursday. Great. It's all
theirs. SMILE! Accept, there's one little catch. Before they get it, I'm
supposed to call tech support and see if I can get to the bottom of the
problems we're having. So, before I called, I sat down with the unit. I
pulled something out to read, powered up the unit, turned on the camera, and
took my first picture. No freezing, no weird wacky camera behavior, just
terribly unintelligible Spanish. So I turned the paper over and tried
again. Still no lock-up, no wacky camera, and perfectly understandable
English. So, what gives here? Why is it that when you really want and need
something to work it doesn't, and when you want it to mess up it works
great? It drives me crazy! So, I left a message for tech support, and I'm
going to hope that when I get the call back that the reader will act weird
again so that I can figure out what's going on.

And, as long as I'm rambling about technology anyway, I've got a story about
technology that did work really well. I mentioned that I was going to be
seeing a RIM demo yesterday afternoon. For those who don't know, RIM is a
product that allows a blind computer user to be able to connect remotely to
someone else's computer, whether that person is using adaptive technology or
not, and provide training or troubleshooting on that system. The potential
for this technology is incredible, and I'm really excited about what it
could do for me. The options for remote training and troubleshooting for
our customers without having to make a physical trip to their location is a
tremendous money-saving solution, which makes the rehab agencies happy, and
cuts down on the overall costs that would be incurred with me needing a
driver. I currently have a trial account and am looking for someone who
would be interested in working with me on this. So, if anyone's interested,
give me a call on my work phone,
262-375-2020, Ext. 106. If long distance is a problem, let me know that
too, and I can call you back. I have unlimited long distance in both the US
and Canada on this line, so there's no limits on me. SMILE! The only thing
I ask is that you be patient with me because it'll be my first time doing
it, so I'll still kind of be learning.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go curl up in a chair with the J-Say manual and
see if I can get myself a crash course in how it works so that I can
configure a computer with JAWS, Dragon, and J-Say. This is going to be fun!

A Funny

I got this as an email and thought I'd pass it along. Yes, I apparently
have way too much time on my hands tonight.



A young couple got married and went on their honeymoon. When they got back,
the bride immediately called her mother.

"Well", said her mother, "so how was the honeymoon?" "

Oh mama", she replied, "the honeymoon was wonderful! So romantic"......

Suddenly she burst out crying. "But, mama, as soon as we returned, Sam
started using the most horrible language --things I'd never heard before! I
mean, all these awful 4-letter words! You've got to take me home! PLEASE
MAMA!"

"Sarah, Sarah", her mother said, "calm down! You need to stay with your
husband and work this out. Now, tell me, what could be so awful? WHAT
4-letter words?"

"Please don't make me tell you, mama," wept the daughter. "I'm so
embarrassed, they're just too awful! COME GET ME, PLEASE!!"

"Darling, baby, you must tell me what has you so upset. Tell your mother
these horrible 4-letter words."

Sobbing, the bride said, "Oh, Mama..., he used words like: dust, wash,
iron, and cook ..."

"I'll pick you up in twenty minutes," said the mother.