I saw this video, laughed, and then thought it made a great point. Now, doesn’t that look ridiculous? And I’m pretty sure I’ve seen all those things happen, if not directly to me, then to someone else I know who has a service dog. It adds another dimension to the no petting the dog rule. …
Author Archives: Carin Headrick
The Tanser Bear Birthday Bash!
It’s almost Tansy’s birthday. The beast turns 5 on Tuesday. Can you believe it? I can’t, and I know it to be a fact. Since I have missed all the other anniversaries this year, it’s time to have a giant Shmans chatter fest. Goddamnit, her life needs to be documented too, even if it has …
Help Sassy Outwater
Wow, I feel like I’m on a roll of sad stories. But at least this story isn’t over yet. Back a while ago, I started noticing tweets from Sarah (Sassy) Outwater. Most of the ones I saw were about access denials from Uber, but there were other ones too. When she got retweeted, which was …
Nehemiah’s Story Is At An End
I hate writing these, but this one needs a spot. The weird thing about this story is before about mid March, I had never heard of Nehemiah. Apparently, I had been living under a rock because most people I knew, whether they were tech people, guide dog people, NFB people, newly blind people, or anyone …
Get The Dru, It’s Domino’s!
When I saw this video about Domino’s Pizza making a delivery robot, I had to wonder…did Steve’s friend Greg go to Australia? That has to be why they invented the thing. Story time. A long, long time ago, when Steve and I still lived in that building that had the big fire that night in …
Uberbot
I think this post needs a soundtrack. I heard rumours about this months ago, but they were only rumours. Now it is happening. Uber is testing using driverless cars. There was a small part of me that thought “Well, at least a driverless car won’t get allergic to my guide dog.” But when I thought …
Ann Adams Is Gone
It’s been such a good long weekend for me, it’s sad that it’s been less so for others. Last March, I talked about Ann Adams, and hoped she would recover from her massive stroke. Although she seemed to get a little better, she was never able to write on her Facebook or blogs again. After …
Helping The Folks from Fort McMurray
Whenever I think about Fort McMurray, and the fire that raged through there and burned down lots of homes and buildings, I feel this huge emptiness in my chest and this feeling of overwhelming helplessness. How do you help a community that needs so much? Well, thankfully the good people at Maclean’s have gathered up …
Come To Your Census
Another mark of passing time has come. It’s census time! Well…it was 5 days ago. I guess it wouldn’t be a VC post if it wasn’t at least a little bit late. But I figured I’d write about this because a. it might be useful to anyone who hasn’t done their census yet and is …
A Beastly Post
Brad sent this in. I’m so glad he did. I can’t really tell Trixie stories because I don’t see her every day. It’s so nice to have a few more, and this one has pics! Woo! So in honour of Trix’s recently-passed 11th birthday, here’s Brad. Oh, and here’s the post about the nail disaster. …