Kari J. Kells, Personal Interests

Personal Interests

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Deaf culture / American Sign Language

Deafness/Hard of Hearing at About.com: You'll be happy with what you find here, whether you're looking for information on celebrities who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Cochlear implants, interpreting, sports for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, parenting help, information on Deaf animals, hearing loss later in life, links to churches of the deaf and to religious organizations of the deaf, or lists of national and international organizations for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. And that's just a handfull of what you'll find at this site.
DEAF-L FAQ: this is more than just information about DEAF-L, it has a lot of Deaf-related links
DeafWatch: includes links to information on ADA, free/low-cost legal aid organizations, and interpreters and captioners.
DeafWeb Washington: washington state information for and about the Deaf community.
Hearing, Speech, & Deafness Center: a regional not-for-profit agency helping people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Speech impaired
Real World Success: professional development and success motivation for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing.
SignWriting: by Center For Sutton Movement Writing, an educational, non-profit sponsor of the Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting.
Animated American Sign Language Dictionary
DeafNation
Deafness - it's a language thing
Deafness
Gallaudet Research Institute: research information & statistics & publications
Signer's Network

Homelessness

National Coalition for the Homeless
54 ways you can help the homeless
North American Street Newspaper Association
Real Change: The best newspaper written by and about homeless persons I've ever come across.
Streetlife gallery: An art gallery featuring works of homeless persons in Seattle.

Human Rights

Amnesty International
Human Rights Web
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: official site on the UN server
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

for more, visit Yahoo! Human Rights

Literature

Margaret Atwood: official web site for scholars and fans! if only more authors and musicians saw how useful this was.
Jane Austen: more info than any other author site i've seen.
Dave Barry: finally there are dave sites! (the FAQ is a good one). i've been waiting. you gotta love this guy. well, if you watch the t.v. show, maybe not. but if you read his stuff, you just gotta.
William Faulkner
Tom Robbins
John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces (or see this excerpt)
Mark Twain: an excellent site dedicated to the master of wit. he is my absolute #1 favorite author - i adore his short stories most of all. of his novels, my vote for the best goes to Pudd'nhead Wilson.
Kurt Vonnegut
Oscar Wilde

Music

Mose Allison: Mose Allison (created and maintained by high school students in NY); Mose Bio; Mose CDs available through CDnow
Ace of Base
Tori Amos
Barenaked Ladies
Bauhaus
Beatles
Bjork
Edie Brickell
Concrete Blonde
En Vogue
Erasure
Janes Addiction
Joe Jackson
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
Sarah McLachlan
Mermen
Bob Mould / Husker Du / Sugar
Nine Inch Nails
Pogues
Sex Pistols: Sex Pistols; Sex Pistols, text-heavy w/ tons of photos
The Smiths
Sparks
10,000 Maniacs
They Might Be Giants

for more music stuff, take a look at Ultimate Band List.

Seattle-area I've created a page of links to Seattle-oriented web sites.

Misc other links

the Modified Librarian: A web site about librarians with body modifications (piercings and tattoos).
Biblia's Warrior Librarian
library underground: A guide to alternative library culture online.
overdue: An interesting comic strip with characters that work in a library and deal with all sorts of library-related situations. (sometimes real, mostly absurd situations.)
The Onion: a hysterical spoof of a newspaper straight from the midwest. i got hooked in grad school at the University of Illinois, and now i can connect & giggle virtually!
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Frida Kahlo: Kahlo is an artist whose work touches my soul. When I first saw her paintings it was like looking at my own work - as if I had labored over these paintings. I'm greatly drawn to her very open and raw paintings. Her life story is amazing - encouraging and inspiring.
Green Bay Packers: They play hard and they play clean. I think bret farve is an absolutely brilliant QB. when he's calling the shots, the packers really come to life. You can tell he's done his research, knows his opponent, and can make amazing snap decisions. He repeatedly pulls off plays that you wouldn't believe if you hadn't seen them yourself!
Jackie Chan fan club, USA
Word a Day