When I won the 1st place in the DBSA 2009 Facing Us Video Contest, I could not of envisioned/believed how much positive empowerment that little video would bring myself and others. The truth is… I thought after I got the prize money that would be the end of the video.

Not so fast!  That video helped me get to my first DBSA conference in 2010… Being there lead me to being able to do Stand -up comedy for the first time… I thought, “cool” nothing else could come from the video right…?

Lobster: You are not like your Melon-Headed Father! You must find your our own Porpoise!

Title: Deep Wisdom

My wife did not get this joke.  Well, not until I told her about the Genus Peponocephala electra also called the Melon-headed Whale. Don’t let the term “Whale” throw you off; melon-headed whales are a dolphin species sometimes called by other names like “many-toothed blackfish” and “electra dolphin.”

They are usually found in tropical warm-temperate waters throughout the world. My dad lived in Florida so I think the connection to him being a Melon-Head fit well with this cartoon…

[Chato is at work and is standing in a car parking lot wearing a valet vest.]

Sign: [Valet Parking Attendant]

Caption: I feel so unvalidated!

(Audio for the blind or visually impaired:)

Tongue Depressor:
Just cause I’m a tongue depressor, Doesn’t mean I should be DEPRESSED RIGHT?

Toilet Paper:
I wish that was TRUE… I know I’m not a butt wipe!!! But, that IS what I DO!