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Hi folks,

Over the next while there’ll be a bit of restructuring happening in my business life. DisabilityPride.net will remain DisabilityPride.net, but as many of you know, I’m into many, many things.

Honestly over the past several months, I’ve felt like I’ve been being pulled in many directions all at once; but a few months back, Karen Dean inadvertently presented me with an inspiration. In a bookkeeping workshop with GO-3D, she mentioned how she has all her smaller business ventures under her personal name. The more I thought about this concept, the more it made sense to me. For hiring staff, CRA  already recognizes my personal name as my business name, and that’s been the case for many years, so from an employer’s viewpoint, it even makes sense to take a page from Karen’s book.
The visioning and transitioning will take time as I plan how I want things to be, but one of the first seemingly natural steps would be to migrate any job opportunities with me to: GerianneBHull.com/jobs. So, from henceforth, please check there for current vacant positions.

As always I Welcome feedback from my readers, followers, and community at large.

Thank You.

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While I’m NOT a supporter of AI in terms of “creativity” – i.e. as a writer, I’m adamant that such matters of writing and art should be created by humans, not by AI. If you don’t consider yourself a good writer, either learn how to write well, or if you need something written for you, get or hire A HUMAN WRIITER! Likewise for works of art. Art and writing are expressions of HUMAN emotion and thought.

Having said that, I’m not advocating to “throw the baby out with the bathwater.” In recognition of Global Access Awareness Day, the fine folks at MicroSoft have a few items worth reading. So check out the link: MicroSoft and have an awesome Global Access Awareness Day!

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On March 5, 2023, I presented my Testimony of Faith, at my church – Calvin Presbyterian church, Halifax, NS, Canada.

In my introduction I said:

“This is a friend of mine, Isaac Pafitis. Isaac is an international Exchange Student, from the U.K., who’s currently studying Marine Biology, at Dal. Isaac also helps me keep my current Betta Fighter Fish, “Buddy”, healthy & happy.

Isaac’s girlfriend, Ayesha, works for me as one of my attendants, and when I told them about this morning, Isaac offered to help by reading my words. So Isaac will read my testimony out loud, to make it easier for all you guys. As Isaac reads, I may pop in a few very short extra details as well.

FYI, as Isaac reads, I’m going to try my very best to trick myself into thinking that he’s reading about someone else, because honestly, all these decades later, some of this stuff is still very emotional for me. Still, it is Rev. Mike’s and my prayer, that when you hear about my journey with God & Jesus, it just may encourage you and others to share your faith stories as well.

I want to thank Rev. Mike for welcoming me to share my faith journey thus far. I  also want to thank Isaac Pafitis for his reading of my testimony.

Anyone wanting a pdf copy of my testimony, either dm me on Facebook. or email me at: disabilitypridens@gmail.com 

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People who know me well (or even a little) know that as an employer I try very hard to give others who have difficulties finding employment a real chance. I know what it’s like to have employers sell you very very short. I hire people with social phobias, anxiety, addictions, mental health issues. I hire people who are lgbtqia2s+. I focus on the person and if they can do what I need doing. That’s all. And I never regret doing so. I have great compassion for people who “don’t fit the mould.”

Still, sometimes it leaves me in very tight jams of being very short staffed and on a few occasions I find myself in a situation where I’m truly at my wits end. Today is one of those days.

Yesterday one of my attendants unexpectedly messaged me with a: “Hi Gerianne I quit, I’m doing drugs and I don’t think I’m fit to work for you”

Wow! I know this person has a mental illness. They’ve trusted me enough to tell me and I truly appreciate that; but they have been doing extremely well job-wise. This person has been extremely reliable, punctual, etc.

At first I thought this attendant’s phone must have been stolen or something, so I asked them to call me, to confirm it was indeed them. Sadly it was indeed this person.

I know I have applicants on indeed, as I’ve been needing to hire anyway. When I tried to log into indeed, it tried to send me a verification code to my cellphone, only my cellphone isn’t receiving it, and because today’s a holiday, I can’t get help to determine why I’m not receiving texts. Of my remaining attendants, one’s out of town; another has to be at her other job at 5:30am; and the other is not able to put me to bed tonight. For a time I thought I would have to stay up all night, but a former staff has very kindly agreed to help me get in bed tonight. And tomorrow will be another day.

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Folks, many of you know I’ve been a lonnnng time customer and avid fan of iPage.com.

I’ve been a loyal customer for around 20+ years. I’ve enjoyed unlimited hosting, unlimited domains names, (and trust me, I have many), unlimited email accounts, and more, all for around $140 a year. But I ain’t too happy right now.

This morning, when checking my credit card transitions,, I noticed two charges: one for $49.99; the other for $79.99. On a chat with  iPage, I was told that the renewal price has increased, (no shit Sherlock!) but just the annual renewal fee, with NO REFUNDS possible. Renewals used to be around (or even less than) $20 a year.

I was considering selling off some domain names, (which can be transferred to most web hosting companies – i.e. GoDaddy or whichever) since I haven’t really used many of them, but now I’m a bit more motivated (and pissed).

I’d like to see some go to “good homes” as I’ve seen some horrible things happen to good domain names. My ex had his own Beatles fan website. He put his heart & soul into that thing for over 17 years. It was listed in the top 20 Beatles fan sites world wide, in “The Rough Guide to the Beatles”, for at least 3 years running and the site got at least a thousand hits/visits per day. When I got up one morning, he unexpectedly told me that he had decided to shut the site down during the night. I asked him if he had backed up his stuff. (He had written many of his own articles.) ‘Nope!” He replied. So I urged him: “For frig sake! At least keep your domain name! You were getting a ton of traffic! Don’t let it expire. It only costs a few bucks a year to keep the domain name, and you never know…. Someone could buy it and turn it into a porno site or something.” He laughed: “No one’s gonna buy that!” Last time I checked, it was an Asian porn site!

Okay, that example was a matter of stubbornness and stupidity – easily avoided if he wasn’t such a dumb-ass, but here’s a heart-breaking example…

Ever wonder why I have DisabilityPride.net and not DisabilityPride.com? There’s a reason for that. At the time, it was taken by a disabled woman, in the U.S. I believe. (.org was also taken.) Although this woman and I had never ever communicated, we were living very similar lives. She was a strong disability rights advocate, a writer; I think she was even a lawyer and may have been disabled since birth. Ii felt a kindred spirit to this woman who wasn’t even aware of me. Mary and I would occasionally check in on her site, just to see if she was still in play. One day Mary saw an announcement of this woman’s passing. I waited what we thought would be a respectable amount of time (a couple of months) and then we composed a very respectful email, asking if the estate had any plans for the site. I mentioned that if the estate were to ever not want to continue operating the site,, not only would I be honoured to purchase the domain, but I would also create a specific section on the site to dedicate to her memory and contributions to the disability movement. The estate’s lawyer said he would let me know once the estate decided. A short time later, I saw the domain for sale! I tried to jump on it. At that point I simply wanted to get it for the sake of honouring her and to try to prevent her site suffering a similar fate as my ex’s. Very sadly, a slime company who gobbles up domain names and resells them for a fortune, bought it and appealing to any sense of moral decency has done absolutely no good.