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		Ray Charles Memorial Library opens in Los Angeles. EPIC BRAILLE (pastemagazine.com)		39
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ArkAngel		2010-09-26 10:55:17 PM

Sun God		2010-09-27 12:16:17 AM

Tap tap. Is this screen on?

jaylectricity		2010-09-27 01:30:09 AM

I hope you all use your inside voices in this thread. No sense rubbing it in.

Aar1012		2010-09-27 07:58:48 AM

Library and foundation president Valerie Ervin said that the library's main aim is to educate and inspire disenfranchised children who have seen arts education cut from their school curricula.

They can fix it when they turn 18.

linker3000		2010-09-27 08:01:57 AM

cwolf20		2010-09-27 08:04:37 AM

Now if they'll just put up a Ray Stevens museum complete with streakers and squirrels running berserk...

The Billdozer		2010-09-27 08:06:50 AM

The First Visitor:

t2.gstatic.com

Scandalicious		2010-09-27 08:09:46 AM

+1 for the headline subby

Freakin Rican		2010-09-27 08:22:46 AM

i "see" what you did there subby

MrFi5ter		2010-09-27 08:24:31 AM

I always wondered about payphones with braille on the buttons. How do the blind even find the phone to begin with?

gregory311		2010-09-27 08:28:43 AM

MrFi5ter: I always wondered about payphones with braille on the buttons. How do the blind even find the phone to begin with?

Or drive-thru ATMs.

/yeah, I know they are the same as walk-up ATMs
//cue Eddie Murphy's Stevie Wonder driving bit

Fano		2010-09-27 08:38:12 AM

cwolf20: Now if they'll just put up a Ray Stevens museum complete with streakers and squirrels running berserk...

Yeah, but they need to be sure they have caller ID. There's this guy that has just one thought on his brain.

Fano		2010-09-27 08:38:48 AM

MrFi5ter: I always wondered about payphones with braille on the buttons. How do the blind even find the phone to begin with?

Echolocation.

KelvinTheClown		2010-09-27 08:47:40 AM

I SAID, RAY CHARLES MEMORIAL LIBRARY OPENS IN LOS ANGELES!

Freakin Rican		2010-09-27 08:55:12 AM

KelvinTheClown: I SAID, RAY CHARLES MEMORIAL LIBRARY OPENS IN LOS ANGELES!

im lol'g

PirateKing		2010-09-27 08:58:16 AM

Here's one my dad says:

God is love, love is blind, god is Ray Charles.

jigger		2010-09-27 08:58:30 AM

Now THAT'S ironic!

PC LOAD LETTER		2010-09-27 09:15:52 AM

The Billdozer: The First Visitor:

What the hell does Emilia Earhart have to do with deafness? Don't you mean Clara Barton?

kent_eh		2010-09-27 09:19:22 AM

gregory311: MrFi5ter: I always wondered about payphones with braille on the buttons. How do the blind even find the phone to begin with?

Or drive-thru ATMs.

/yeah, I know they are the same as walk-up ATMs
//cue Eddie Murphy's Stevie Wonder driving bit

My drivers' license renewal forms have the (mandatory on all government forms) footnote that reads "this form also available in braille"

I hope the braille version of the drivers license says "WTF do you think you're trying to do"

NannyStatePark		2010-09-27 09:28:28 AM

I always wonder if blind people get sick from all the germs on the braille lettering. It's got to be gross to be touching everything all the time to feel your way around.

DigitalCoffee		2010-09-27 09:55:09 AM

Did someone say Epic Ray Charles? (explodes)

/got something in my eye

Titanius Anglesmith		2010-09-27 09:57:40 AM

The Billdozer: The First Visitor:

What?

Omegamerc		2010-09-27 10:19:09 AM

Now they can link directly to his twitter account @ the museum!!

http://twitter.com/raycharl

Nightsweat		2010-09-27 10:20:12 AM

And when the librarian shushes you, you should reply -

♫ Tell me what'd I say? Tell me what'd I say? Tell me I gotta know right now! ♫

GacysBasement		2010-09-27 10:54:42 AM

Ray Charles couldn't see what you did there, subby.

Mr Miracle		2010-09-27 11:14:38 AM

golf claps//

nolanomad		2010-09-27 11:24:50 AM

PC LOAD LETTER: The Billdozer: The First Visitor:

What the hell does Emilia Earhart have to do with deafness? Don't you mean Clara Barton?

No, silly, Clara Barton's the one who pioneered radioactivity. You mean Harriet Tubman.

srhp29		2010-09-27 11:32:46 AM

Titanius Anglesmith: The Billdozer: The First Visitor:

What?

See "Clerks 2" I believe.

JonnyBGoode		2010-09-27 12:30:02 PM

GavinTheAlmighty		2010-09-27 01:24:26 PM

nolanomad: No, silly, Clara Barton's the one who pioneered radioactivity. You mean Harriet Tubman.

No no, she's the one that made the trains run on time. You're thinking of Susan B. Anthony.

apeiron242		2010-09-27 01:30:08 PM

Could Alanis explain how a Ray Charles Memorial Library opening is ironic?

Was Ray Charles illiterate?

ChiWhiteSox_56		2010-09-27 03:45:37 PM

punto		2010-09-27 04:01:11 PM

"lol"

dholway		2010-09-27 06:03:56 PM

Has no comment to make at all.

Mr. Shabooboo		2010-09-27 10:32:24 PM

cwolf20: Now if they'll just put up a Ray Stevens museum complete with streakers and squirrels running berserk...

Don't look Ethel!

/too late..

Phoenix_M		2010-09-27 10:36:29 PM

Did he even know how to read braille?

Sun God		2010-09-28 12:55:32 AM

Do pianos come with Braille keys? What are those funny little raised points on the F and J keys on my keyboard?

DigitalCoffee		2010-09-28 02:05:54 AM

Sun God: Do pianos come with Braille keys? What are those funny little raised points on the F and J keys on my keyboard?

Those mark the 'home position' for touch typists.

/TMYK
//swoosh

jaylectricity		2010-09-28 11:40:42 PM

Sun God: Do pianos come with Braille keys? What are those funny little raised points on the F and J keys on my keyboard?

I got up to check the keys on my Yamaha keyboard before realizing you were talking about a typing keyboard.

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