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Butch and Femme are reflective of the individuals. Butch is more masculine; Femme is more feminine. Still, neither identity can be placed in a neat little box, as there are plenty of Femmes who will change the oil in a car, and plenty of Butches who will spend hours in the bathroom getting...

Great stuff! Friend request pending. :)

Another good one: ASL American Sign Language (Edited to say... Oh! Kaitin already suggested that.) My ASL instructor suggested this one, too: Signing Online - Learn American Sign Language I'm discovering that, as hearing people, our best learning will be by immersion in the Deaf...

Thanks for saying that. My first grandchild will be born next month... a baby girl with Down Syndrome. She'll be different. But it doesn't mean she'll be dumb.

Thanks for the link!!

As a current ASL student, we do fingerspelling drills. We do it to become accustomed to doing combinations of letters, and to pull our brain out of "hearing mode." For more practice, I'll sign roadsigns and billboards as I drive down the road. This is a great explanation, Reba... I...

Fingerspelling was a big part of my first ASL class (along with a few basic signs), but not so much since. I think the sign for "fingerspelling" is used more often than actually fingerspelling words. We've started to do fingerspelling drills for odd combinations of letters. While we learn...

That doesn't sound very sexy! :laugh2:

I guess it's your choice. But, dang... that makes your dating pool about the size of a puddle. :giggle: Good luck with that. As for me: Out. I can't say I go to work and make announcements or anything. But I make reference to my partner, and I don't censor my stories to keep someone...

From what I've seen, a hard pecker now means much more to a man than his ability to hear later! :boink:

Numbers make me nervous. I'm more of a word-game gal. Truth be told, I probably just didn't try hard enough to understand Sudoku. Might try again someday, but for now I feel as if it's "too hard for me."

Lanee is a derivative of my last name, which is Lane. I've used this screen name since I got my first computer back in 1995.

I'm a hearie, but only mildly moronic. :doh: Welcome, Jess. And if it makes you feel any better, my hearing kids couldn't say ambulance, either. It came out: AM...BLEE...ANCE.

Beautiful hair! Just like the beautiful Pamela Means... We always want what we don't don't have, though. I have stick straight hair. Boring!

I think more people are bi than straight (or gay). Maybe it's a sign of the times that young people don't have to choose to be straight just because "someone" decided it's the best thing to be. Started off straight... but I'm not now. Since I've lived both lives, that would technically make...

Beautiful! Would you also call yourself a "beadologist?"

I understand both sides of this argument. If I choose to vacation in China, I will learn Chinese. If I choose to live there, I will learn to be fluent. Communicating by written word on a message board is the same concept. It is our responsibility, out of respect for those with whom we...

This is my daughter, Hope, and me... Hope is the overly-dramatic redhead. :aw:

I agree with you, Reba. I'm not comfortable taking my shoes off in the home of someone who is only an acquaintance or a friendly neighbor... although, sure, I will do it if it is requested. I wouldn't want a guest to feel obligated to remove their shoes, either. So, as much as I would...

SEE is what I'll have trouble *not* doing as I learn ASL. But, learning that ASL is different is a huge relief to me.