Sign Language Class Preparations

This coming Sunday I teach my first Sign Language class. Now keep in mind as you read this post that I do not teach classes. I taught a Relief Society class many years ago for a few weeks, and once I tried to teach the Sunbeams (5 year olds). That lasted three weeks and then [...]

A Day at the Movies

Steve and I usually do not go out to movies for obvious reasons (to a deaf person). We wait for the movie to come out on DVD. As far as I know there is one open captioned theater in Salt Lake City at the Ritz in West Valley City. We get our information from http://www.uad.org/cmoviesutah/ [...]

Job Hunting with Deaf Relay

Connecting to relay center…
Waiting for next available operator…
Session started at 3:05pm on Monday, May 7, 2007
Hello! i711.com CA#XXXXXX
Special Instructions: Ask for Bob Tell him this is Steven Shumko returning his call regarding my resume I emailed him.
THK U DIALING XXX-XXX-XXXXRINGING I…
(M)
good afternoon.
.. (asking for bob)
Yes Good afternoon GA
one moment pease… no this is not bob [...]

Learn Sign Language and Deaf Culture

Prior to last Sunday, I decided I needed to get some people in the ward learning about Deaf Culture and Sign Language. After doing a bit of research on the internet, I came up with a list of options that people could choose from and created a handout and sign up sheet. I had not [...]

No Neon Jobs in Utah

Here I am back home after completing the Neon making course.
The other day I had reason to go into the city (Salt Lake City) to get something taken care of for my computer. I decided to text message my neighbor (whom I had worked with for a while in the sign and display business) at [...]