Li-Li and Sammi at the gym
July 19, 2010 – 7:23 am | No Comment

Li-Li and Sammi at the gym

Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, … Read more »

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Li-Li and Sammi at the gym
July 19, 2010 – 7:23 am | No Comment
Li-Li and Sammi at the gym

Li-Li and Sammi at the gym

Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, … Read more »

Li-Li and Piamaw: Piano Duet in Charlottesville
May 1, 2009 – 10:01 pm | One Comment
Li-Li and Piamaw: Piano Duet in Charlottesville

Li-Li and Grandma play piano on mama’s birthday Read more »

We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot
August 3, 2008 – 1:39 pm | 2 Comments
We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot

That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering … on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Read more »

Cocker captioned for the clear-headed!
July 8, 2008 – 12:00 pm | No Comment

Joe Cocker at Woodstock: captioned for the clear-headed! With requisite shot of Li-Li blogging at the Apple Store … Read more »

We’ve come a long way, baby
June 6, 2008 – 9:54 am | No Comment

Update: on The Daily Show, Kristen Schaal says that the media treats Hillary Clinton like a Hooter’s waitress, so she strips to the Indigo Girls to end the sexism. Take that! Read more »

Say Goodbye to Hollywood — 3 seconds of fame
May 18, 2008 – 3:52 pm | No Comment

… holding unlit cigarettes and half-filled glasses of colored water in the dank fog-machine-driven cloud of smoke in a dingy bar in Huntington while Billy Joel and his band repeatedly played “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” Read more »

Faces of ASL-CI Users
April 11, 2008 – 1:43 pm | 3 Comments

I don’t yet know who made this amazing video found at the ASL-Cochlear Implant Community site, but I adore it!! Read more »

Better than the Wiggles
March 28, 2008 – 6:39 pm | 2 Comments

First, a gratuitous shot of Li-Li and Tess. Then a “Beautiful” video and finally, a very cool interpretation of a song I normally wouldn’t be all that into follows. Read more »

If a television commercial airs on Super Bowl Sunday and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
January 24, 2008 – 4:11 pm | One Comment

Holy cow! From CNNMoney, looks like the Performance with a Purpose campaign is putting its money where its hands are:
On Sunday, February 3, television viewers will be checking their volume controls when PepsiCo airs … Read more »

From D-PAN: Waiting on the World to Change
January 2, 2008 – 2:35 pm | No Comment

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=hKnF9CCYQPQ  Read more »

I want to hold your hand
December 28, 2007 – 9:41 am | One Comment

What a great way to introduce the wee one to great music using ASL, her primary language! We can’t tell yet if she’s hearing the music, but although he likely thinks of Li-Li as … Read more »

Sesame Street music video extravaganza
December 9, 2007 – 7:26 pm | One Comment

We watched some great vintage Sesame Street videos this evening with the little one! Billy Joel and Marlee Matlin with Don’t Go Changing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YekA5eswvLw 
And my all-time favorite — Mahna Mahna:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevYBsShxNs
and REM’s Furry Happy Monsters: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHM8xG6i8o Read more »

Not ASL, but so very funny: ‘Torn’ by Mime
November 21, 2007 – 11:07 am | No Comment

David Armand and Natalie Imbruglia:  “Torn” Mime Redux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TM3GbxaNLI Read more »

White Christmas ~ Bing Crosby
December 18, 2006 – 6:43 pm | Comments Off

White Christmas ~ Bing Crosby Read more »

Thank you, Georg!! Wuthering Heights ~ Kate Bush
December 17, 2006 – 9:05 pm | Comments Off

Wuthering Heights ~ Kate Bush Read more »

Happy Xmas (War is Over) ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono
December 17, 2006 – 2:27 pm | Comments Off

Happy Xmas (War is Over) ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono Read more »

Silent Night ~ Judy Garland (1937)
December 16, 2006 – 4:35 pm | Comments Off

Silent Night ~ Judy Garland (1937) Read more »

Jingle Bell Rock ~ Billy Idol (2006)
December 15, 2006 – 10:51 am | Comments Off

Jingle Bell Rock ~ Billy Idol (2006) Read more »

My history in 5 minutes. Or of the Net. Whichever.
December 14, 2006 – 5:53 pm | Comments Off

My history in 5 minutes. Or of the Net. Whichever. Read more »