Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

TSHA Keynote Address, 2009 Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob A surprising number of people have emailed me to ask for a copy of the keynote...

Too cool to smile Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob The tragic story of Maddie Spohr has been making the rounds online, and it's one a...

Most days of the week, I listen to a program on my local public radio station called Think . It's been one of my favorites since it fir...

In the interest of full disclosure, Gwen is a friend of mine. But that wasn't always the case, and by the time we become friends, I alr...

On her return Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Okay, first of all, the important news. Schuyler's solo trip on an airplane? A total ...

Schuyler & Jasper Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Tomorrow morning, we are going to take Schuyler to the airport, put her on an airpl...

Celebration of Faculty Creative Works from 2007-2008 The Office of the Provost and the UT Arlington Library announce the first annual exhibi...

Those of you who are always saying "More Julie, more Julie!" will be happy to know that she shot video on our trip to Austin, and...

(Photo by Shannon Sakmary-Best) So yes, it turns out that 2500 people is, well, a lot of people. I got a sense of that fact when we went to ...

Okay, so here's where I'm be speaking in the morning, as seen from the back of the room. The room is so big that the screen behind m...

Austin Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob It's an exciting week for us as the Rummel-Hudson take to the road. We're heading back to...

This isn't a demonstration video of Schuyler using her new speech device (which she has named "Pinkessa", by the way). She do...

It is pink. It is very very pink. I mean, you see photos in a catalogue and you say "Oh, yeah. That's pink." But in person...

Schuyler and the PRC Vantage Lite Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob A week from now, a box should be arriving from Wooster, Ohio. Inside t...

Okay, so I keep getting email about President Obama's "Special Olympics" remark on Leno last night, so I thought I'd addre...

Approved. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Today we got word that Schuyler was officially approved for a next generation speech device . D...

In Chapter 19 of Schuyler's Monster , "A Big Box of Words", I described a short video I'd taken of then-five year-old Schu...

Schuyler got it into her head that she wanted a guinea pig after seeing babies at the pet store over the weekend. After she saw an adult ye...

If you liked my last entry but found the whole "left-to-right eyeball tracking" thing to be a distraction, you'll be pleased t...

Pondering monsters Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Sometimes it sort of sneaks up on us. Schuyler came home from school without her speec...