Billy Seago's old newspaper clipping

I found an old newspaper clipping of Bill Seago (around mid 1970s) about how his deafness was not a hindrance. If you don't know the name Seago then you should be familiar with his brother Howie Seago who played the part as a deaf mediator, Riva, in one Star Trek episode. Look here on how Howie came up with a better idea for him to sign instead of speaking in this Star Trek episode, producers liked his suggestion. And thus born was an episode where his character, Riva, was forced to use an alternate communication, ASL.

Silence? Don't bet on it.

Ever since the "news" broke out it caught a lot of deaf people's attention and we all know why. I or anybody else do not need to explain why. If you already know the history then there's nothing more to tell. Regardless of a person's background everybody is innocent until proven guilty as I have said before. But ever since the release was announced a few days ago many people were betting whether this person would be humbled by all that experience and be a better person. Most seem to be saying it wouldn't be the case. I wonder what the odds maker at Las Vegas would say? A 10 to 1 odd? A 100 to 1 odd? 10,000 to 1 odd? Never? I guess we'll have to wait and see but according to many people they seem to be saying "keep your money" instead. That is, don't bet on it. Sometimes there is certain but important key event that can be seen as a signal in a person's life. It's up to the person to recognize that and decide which fork in the road to take. But if ego is any indicator then that path will be the same path as before. A path that goes nowhere.