People often ask us about being blind, and how we do the things we do. Our anchor segment features a facet of the adaptive skills we learned from the Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). We discuss various specialized products that blind people use as a prosthetic, as well as simple ways to adapt to the world around us and in the home.
Along the way we have some fun telling funny life stories, share unusual news items, top 10 lists, and even letters from listeners. Leave us ratings, reviews, blah blah blah. But feel free to tell us your funny life story, ask a question, or suggest a topic you want to hear about.
Our goal is to keep the conversation family-friendly, fun, and humorous. Language may drift to the childish, but kept as clean as possible. Some topics may not be geared to children, so parental guidance is preferred.
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People often ask us about being blind, and how we do the things we do. Our anchor segment features a facet of the adaptive skills we learned from the Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). We discuss various specialized products that blind people use as a prosthetic, as well as simple ways to adapt to the world around us and in the home.
Along the way we have some fun telling funny life stories, share unusual news items, top 10 lists, and even letters from listeners. Leave us ratings, reviews, blah blah blah. But feel free to tell us your funny life story, ask a question, or suggest a topic you want to hear about.
Our goal is to keep the conversation family-friendly, fun, and humorous. Language may drift to the childish, but kept as clean as possible. Some topics may not be geared to children, so parental guidance is preferred.
Quick recap
your hosts, Keith, Jill, and Terry shared personal vacation experiences and discussed various news stories, including unusual events and humorous anecdotes. The group explored word meanings and etymology, followed by a discussion of presidential candidates and technology topics like water-resistant phones and charging devices. The conversation ended with lighthearted banter and jokes, along with a reminder for listeners to subscribe to the podcast and leave ratings and reviews.
Summary
Jill shared details about her trip to Florida with her family, including visiting the beach and various attractions. They talked about the challenges of navigating the beach with visual impairments and the importance of wearing appropriate footwear. Keith inquired about a Facebook picture of Jill petting a taxidermic crocodile, which she confirmed was not alive. The conversation was light-hearted and focused on their personal experiences.
Jill shared her fishing experiences, including catching a seahorse with her grandson, and discussed trying various types of fish during a vacation. Keith mentioned his son, Mike, visited from Wichita, Kansas, on a motorcycle trip, and they spent time together before Mikey continued his journey. Terry and Keith briefly discussed Mike’s job as a maintenance department shopper at the Wichita airport. Terry shared an update about his truck being repaired after a long breakdown, with the motor replaced and a $356 bill to cover the costs.
Random Topic
It’s time once again for gas the year! The team played a guessing game about historical events from 1984, including Michael Jackson winning 8 Grammy awards and the boycott of the summer Olympics.
News of the Week
Terry shared details about a postponed world’s largest omelet event in New York City due to a milk truck spill, while Jill recounted a Florida wildlife conservation rescue of a 9-foot alligator blocking an interstate. Keith then presented a story about a 54-pound meteorite from Mars being auctioned in New York, estimated to sell for $2-4 million, alongside a mounted dinosaur skeleton. Terry questioned how scientists determined the rock’s Martian origin, leading to a discussion about the meteorite’s long journey and its discovery site in Africa.
We continue our quest for odd news stories and laughs by sharing several humorous news stories, including one about English chefs attempting to create the world’s largest Scotch egg, which broke apart during frying and was turned into breakfast burritos. Jill then discussed an escaped monitor lizard in Massachusetts that crossed into Connecticut, heading south towards Mexico despite its owners lacking proper paperwork. Terry concluded with stories about a chicken pecking at a Buffalo Wild Wings door in Iowa and unusual items found on a Megabus in the UK, which are either returned to owners or donated to charity. The conversation ended with Terry mentioning a bear interrupting a golf tournament in Japan, leading to a discussion about the Happy Gilmore movie.
Jill’s Weird Words
The group discussed several words and their meanings, including ornithopter (a flying device that flaps its wings), abstruse (difficult to understand), glyptic (related to engraving or carving), tortuous (full of twists and turns), ductile (able to be drawn out into thin wire), and delineate (to describe or portray something precisely). They also discussed the word arras, which means a tapestry hung over a wall or window, and noctumulus, which means to sleepwalk. The conversation was informal and included jokes and puns related to the words being discussed.
Terry’s Top 10 Lists
We transition into Terry’s top 10 list of entertaining presidential candidates, including Dwayne Johnson, Steve Carell, Bill Nye, Morgan Freeman, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Goldblum, Danny DeVito, Tom Hanks, and Weird Al Yankovic.
That Sounds Funny
People often ask us about being blind, and how we do the things we do. Our anchor segment features a facet of the adaptive skills we learned from the Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). We discuss various specialized products that blind people use as a prosthetic, as well as simple ways to adapt to the world around us and in the home.
Along the way we have some fun telling funny life stories, share unusual news items, top 10 lists, and even letters from listeners. Leave us ratings, reviews, blah blah blah. But feel free to tell us your funny life story, ask a question, or suggest a topic you want to hear about.
Our goal is to keep the conversation family-friendly, fun, and humorous. Language may drift to the childish, but kept as clean as possible. Some topics may not be geared to children, so parental guidance is preferred.
