Daniel Greene

Author: Daniel Greene

  • I get choked up at John Mayer’s “Clarity”

    John Mayer’s “Clarity” hits me so hard I can’t even sing’ “ooh Ooh ohh,” I get so choked up.

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  • Reblog: interpreter’s viral moment misses the point (opinion) – CNN

    Lilit Marcus, who is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), whose first language was American Sign Language, calls out hearing folks who are sharing the now-viral video of ASL interpreter Amber Galloway Gallego working at a Twista performance.
    — Read on www-m.cnn.com/2019/08/23/opinions/asl-interpreter-twista-video-deaf-culture-marcus/index.html

    I love this article. it reminds me of what I want to say to the 1,000 hearing people watching me while I interpret for a single Deaf person: “I’m here for them, not for you.”

  • Let there be no pumpkin at Starbucks until after Labor Day!

    Let there be no pumpkin at Starbucks until after Labor Day!

    Starbucks Pumpkin and Cream cheese muffin

    I went into a Starbucks this morning and they already had the pumpkin spice latte (PSL), pumpkin cream cold brew, and pumpkin cream cheese muffin. The muffin is pretty good, but I think there should be a rule like no wearing white pants or white shoes after Labor Day – no pumpkin at Starbucks until after Labor Day. Wouldn’t you agree?

  • Tried literally cutting and pasting

    Printed and cut sections of my long syllabus, taped together

    I was having such a hard time ordering the sections of my syllabus on the computer because I just couldn’t see the whole picture. I decided to do something I’ve never done before— print the document, use scissors to cut the sheets of paper into sections according to headings, move the sections around as seemed logical, and tape them together. I then took these sheets of paper back to the computer and cut and pasted the screen text into the order of the printed text. Even ordering the sections physically was agonizing for this indecisive perfectionist, but at least seeing them in real life I was able to see them all at once and organize them. Cutting and pasting on the computer was even more busy work, but at least I had a reference to help keep everything in line. Would I do it again? Probably.

  • Thirteen years on WordPress

    Thirteen years on WordPress

    Happy anniversary with WordPress.com! You registered with WordPress.com 13 years ago. Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging.
    “Happy anniversary with WordPress.com! You registered with WordPress.com 13 years ago. Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging.”

    I have been off-and-on with blogging over the years, but I’m really happy I turned my 10-year-old website into a blog in 2006 and have kept it up all these years. WordPress has definitely made it easier to publish new content on DanielGreene.com.