Hello My Fellow Caramel Covered Crimson Crisps,

The following is a true story:

On Monday, July 6, 2009 after having used my iPhone 3GS (complete with the VoiceOver screen reader for the visually impaired) since purchasing it on the day of its debut, Friday, June 19, 2009 at approximately 7:12am, I decided to return my one and only AT&T Wireless SIM card to its original host, my beloved Samsung Epix SGH-i907 Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 touch-screen Smartphone.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

It is virtually impossible to live in the Los Angeles area without being inundated and, to some degree, affected by the death of Michael Jackson. 

I will not comment on his legacy or attempt to add a prophetic track to the melody that was his life for only history is qualified to do so.

What I will do is share perhaps my fondest memory of his showmanship, for in this one way, Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 to June 25, 2009) for just a little while, made me believe in magic, one last time.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The following is my comment in the growing debate, among some persons with disabilities, as to which wireless platform is superior:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello My Fellow Drive-Time Direction-Finding Draftees,

Before I discuss a very handy useful feature of Code Factory’s Mobile Geo, a software GPS navigation solution for the blind and low vision, embrace the following piece and always remember.

The following was recently discovered in an old abandoned cavern over two kilometers beneath the earth’s surface.  It has been translated into English by a team of linguistic experts who readily admit that they had to improvise some of the words due to a lack of understanding of the author’s now extinct dialect.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello My Fellow Midnight Munchers, 

An interesting salutation?  I hope you think so.  By the end of this post, you will certainly understand why I chose to use it.

This past Saturday night, at approximately 11pm , I received a call from an old buddy of mine who asked me if I would like to go grab a cup of coffee at The International House of Pancakes (iHOP).  Since my wife had already retired for the evening and my two feline owners of 15 years, Amy and Rosalie were clearly finding me annoying, I accepted his invitation.  Read the rest of this entry »

On the 200th anniversary of your blessed birth, it is my esteemed honor to thank you, Monsieur Louis Braille, for giving me and thousands and thousands like me, who see by the candles of  the mind, a means, a written language to explore the path of life with those who see by the light of the stars.

The name Braille!  Ah, there’s something about your name.  Perhaps it’s special because I know that without you, I would not be what I am and I could not become what I one day hope to be.

Most sincerely,

Mark Taylor
Please Click Here to read more about Monsieur Braille and to learn how you can help further Braille literacy in your community.

Hello Fellow Candle Shore Comrades,

The following announcement does not apply to any Candle Shore email subscribers but only to those who use RSS or podcast aggregators to receive updates from Candle Shore.

If you subscribe to the Candle Shore BLOG or the Candle Shore Podcasts via RSS feed or via iTunes or any podcast aggregator, such as the Juice Podcast Receiver, you must update Candle Shore’s feed address, in your applications, to reflect Feedburner’s migration into Google. 

The new feed addresses are listed below:

For the Candle Shore general BLOG, including both articles and podcasts:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/candleshore

For the Candle Shore Podcasts, only:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/candleshorepodcasts

Thank you,

Mark

Mom and Pop,

I know we have all had our differences over the years, but I am confident that we have moved passed that now.

There comes a time in one’s life when one has to realize what’s actually important, and our relationship is just that to me. 

I wish there was more that I could give you, but hope that my love and reassurance will quiet the doubts that either of you may have.

Merry Christmas and may we all share a Happy New Year.

Love Always.

Hello Kids from 1 to 92,

Well, just a few more hours and the world’s best known holiday will be upon us.

Christmas!  You know, there is something about that word that moves me.  I know that there are many today who do not celebrate or even acknowledge Christmas but, no matter, like the wind itself, Christmas touches us all whether we see it or not.

As I write this, I am overwhelmed by a heart wrenching sense of homesickness for…  Well, that is the question for all of us, respectively, is it not?  Read the rest of this entry »

Perfect Love
Part 1
By Mark Marcus

My Love,
 
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find you.

But some how, some way, I did for you are here, in my life.

In those moments when you and I lie together, stars crossed in the midnight sky, bodies crossed in the midnight hour, I know that I have, at long last, found perfect love.  Read the rest of this entry »