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So, it's been a while since I posted here. The culture here in Alaska is predominately blue-collar type work. This essentially means that on average the job qualifications requirement include "Answer Phones and assist customers, good communications skills" and a bunch of other requirements. It...

Warning to Deafies that must deal with police force in Alaska After numerous incidents involving those that are entrusted to "protect and serve" I offer bitter warning: DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE. Crossing the cross-walk while the blue "Safe to Cross" sign was illuminated, I was hit by a Ford...

Ah, out with the old, in with the new. Some of the new and upcoming non-deaf partial artists are actually LOVING ASL because it is to them a "living art" form, beautiful, simple, and uses every aspect of body language from facial, hands, body movement... and they seem to be enjoying it far...

I am having a total blast here! You, however, should get a boat and stay dry! My neighbor's house just got ruined from flooding at creek. My in-laws house just lost all the fancy flooring on first floor due to flooding of Wasilla Creek. -Chris

OH AWESOME!! My friend from Fairbanks is down here, and we are preparing to go to Kodiak right now, so my time remaining in Wasilla is measured in minutes for the moment, and then in October I'll be back.... -Chris

Well, I had that happen to me the day after I lost my hearing. SO my solution was pretty simple. I went to the hardware store and bought .22 caliber concrete nail charges. They work in my Walther P22 pistol I waited till everyone was in the same room. I pulled out the P22, pointed it at myself...

Melissa, I went from hearing to 100% deaf in just 3 days. Knowing that I will never hear my wife say "I love you" is not the biggest worry in life. Bigger worries come with time. You'll understand what I mean in a year, unfortunately. I have perfect cochlea, but no bones nor drums...

Wow. I seriously feel for you there. What you have going on with the ringing is known as "tinnitus" but not all tinnitus is the same. The lack of balance, feeling off kilter or dizzy is known as a VESTIBULAR IMBALANCE which is caused by the inner ear. Now, as the nerves degrade, either in...

Ohh... the irony that I happen to have a stack of airbag sensors sitting here! The contacts are gold, and the weighted steel ball is gold covered, not plated. It's covered with gold because the ball is bigger than the aluminum tube that it must slide through to touch the contacts. There is a...

I made it into the newspaper on Sunday: Local inventor wants to change snowboarding - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman: Business For all those that feel like they are at a disadvantage from being deaf in a world that typically ignores or doesn't acknowledge that you exist, please read the article...

No, I don't know a Thomas Mitchell. The only other deafies I know in Alaska are: Sandy Sloat Marion Wood Geraldine "GK" Sandy taught me ASL back in '09 -Chris

dereksbicycles: a "Pseudo-mom" in this example is that she is not my mother. My birth mom is a psychotic hoarder with inwardly and outwardly destructive an negative behaviors unbecoming of a responsible parent. My "Pseudo-Mom" actually gave a darn and actually cared enough to get me off of my...

Yes, I lived with the Monks in Kodiak. I was invited there by 3 of them, and worked as an electrician in the harbor on the fishing vessels including the Cornelia Marie which is currently sitting dormant in the harbor. I was repairing a Chevy Aveo that belongs to a friend. The transmission had...

Recently discovered that if I have a reason to dial 9-1-1, that to properly do that as a deafie, I must dial 9-1-1, wait until they hang up, redial, wait till they hang up, redial, and keep doing this so that they can get a lock on my cell position. Sucks, wouldn't you say? I guess that...

Well, you can't "Make" the world more "deaf-friendly" any more than I can "Make" our government leaders start to use that brain for something more useful than preventing their ears from touching. Free will is the reign that I face the challenge of, and in that, I face people who are mentally...

So I recently took a trip on the Denali Highway for blueberry picking between Paxson and Cantwell. Had 5 people total on the trip, and 3 of them were semi-fluent-ish in ASL. It's interesting to note how keen my other senses have gotten as I spotted a good sized Grizzly that they didn't...

Terminator Redemption. One kid in movie was a mute, used some sign for a very short clip on a rooftop.

I have no respect for Alaska State Troopers at all. They are as crooked as they come. In the last few years, they have been caught for the following activities: *Drinking and driving in a squad car *Taking a moose out of season *Taking of an illegal moose *Child Molesting *Domestic...

Hi, I thought I would introduce myself. New to the site as a member, been lurking as a spectator now since December 2011 when I was living with the monks on Kodiak Island. I lost 100% of my hearing in a tragic mix of my being stubborn and 2 horrible doctors and my official last day of almost...

Wasilla, Alaska.