Sightless Scribbles https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USRobert Kingett Robert Kingett kingettr@gmail.com no Sightless Scribbles https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/7395ea79-2011-475b-aa85-54a984f3150a/sightless-scribbles-1400px.jpg episodic Copyright 2026 Short stories and essays by Robert Kingett The Cruelty of Many, The Grace of One https://pinecast.com/guid/fdab03ae-a199-4594-84c8-246647247c3f Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:00:29 -0000 00:05:55 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/fdab03ae/the-cruelty-of-many-the-grace-of-one Narrated by Sean Crisden

Robert loses his debit card on the street, and he is saved by a gay Black British man.

]]> no An Open Letter to the Future Man Who Will Hold My Face https://pinecast.com/guid/679a8c6a-ee13-4754-ab82-85c3f8cf107c Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:00:29 -0000 00:04:04 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/679a8c6a/an-open-letter-to-the-future-man-who-will-hold-my-face Narrated by Sean Crisden

An open letter to a future gay man about the act of holding Robert's face in his hands. Robert please with all future men that will do this intimate act.

]]> no A Bridge Made of Ableism https://pinecast.com/guid/35b20ee1-aa8e-40d0-bc90-60f541fbe849 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:00:29 -0000 00:07:09 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/35b20ee1/a-bridge-made-of-ableism Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert uses technology to help out a Deaf man at a bank, wherein they become fastt friends.

]]> no The First Snowfall https://pinecast.com/guid/501f0d85-8fda-41cf-926a-1e211cd6a51f Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:00:29 -0000 00:05:21 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/501f0d85/the-first-snowfall Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert writes about experiencing snowfall as a totally blind person.

]]> no The Cartography of an Open Palm https://pinecast.com/guid/13d2bc6f-c416-48e4-bfed-d220bd3a30ac Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0000 00:05:04 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/13d2bc6f/the-cartography-of-an-open-palm Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert imagines what it would be like to read a man's open and unguarded open palm.

]]> no The Weight of a Voice https://pinecast.com/guid/71513517-9c57-49df-8bed-bc28dc4f5059 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:47:00 -0000 00:08:09 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/71513517/the-weight-of-a-voice Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert examines a voice and it's power, for everyone.

]]> no My Refrigerator Thinks I'm in a Cult https://pinecast.com/guid/635a3d6c-51b3-438e-874b-accb13eb1abe Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:37:00 -0000 00:07:26 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/635a3d6c/my-refrigerator-thinks-i-m-in-a-cult Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert battles a smart fridge and wins, tricking it's algorithm

]]> no The Conversation of a Kiss https://pinecast.com/guid/66b42ecf-6321-4170-a94d-c87c4baa4182 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:31:24 -0000 00:06:41 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/66b42ecf/the-conversation-of-a-kiss Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert imagines what a kiss would be like with another man.

]]> no A Map of my Scars, Read by Your Fingertips. https://pinecast.com/guid/83bdefd7-53f1-4b2f-bbc8-02584d0ddef8 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:17:24 -0000 00:05:13 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/83bdefd7/a-map-of-my-scars-read-by-your-fingertips- Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert writes an open letter to the future man that will get to see his scars.

]]> no The Acoustic Signature of Weather https://pinecast.com/guid/04ad6e0f-6686-476d-9c11-05f826114f4d Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:12:36 -0000 00:03:59 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/04ad6e0f/the-acoustic-signature-of-weather Narrated by Sean Crisden

In this short essay, Robert describes what the weather is like for him using his other senses.

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]]> no Third Grade Letter to Santa https://pinecast.com/guid/70314548-2a54-47f9-a0d1-7bad81fc412e Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:15:00 -0000 00:04:45 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/70314548/third-grade-letter-to-santa Narrated by Sean Crisden

Robert wrote a third grade letter to Santa, explaining to Santa how capitalism and business works, and explaining to Santa how he could improve his operations.

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]]> no The Accessibility link is a Lie: My Adventures in Weaponizing Corporate Virtue Signaling https://pinecast.com/guid/7111b66c-f6ef-475e-a118-0981361258a2 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:46:10 -0000 00:05:23 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/7111b66c/the-accessibility-link-is-a-lie-my-adventures-in-weaponizing-corporate-virtue-signaling Narrated by Sean Crisden

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Robert writes about encountering an inaccessible website despite their glowing accessibility statement, wherein he takes it to legal, instead of customer service, to get it resolved.

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]]> no The Gift Horse's Mouth is Full of Terrible Braille https://pinecast.com/guid/c8450d38-3cb8-4de6-bba8-f6bad97e0f85 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:46:10 -0000 00:05:58 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/c8450d38/the-gift-horse-s-mouth-is-full-of-terrible-braille Narrated by Sean Crisden

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In this essay, Robert receives an inaccessible game that is supposed to be accessible. How will he tell his friend that he can't play the gifted game? Listen and find out.

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]]> no An Ode to the Perfectly Weighted Object https://pinecast.com/guid/2577fe31-1ec7-4275-b825-50f42b05068c Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:46:10 -0000 00:03:30 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/2577fe31/an-ode-to-the-perfectly-weighted-object Narrated by Sean Crisden

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]]> no The Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs Gabriel Michael version https://pinecast.com/guid/3e680169-dbbc-44a6-9d94-4b033b30a06e Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:16:13 -0000 00:16:35 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/3e680169/the-architectural-hostility-of-doorknobs-gabriel-michael-version Narrated by Gabriel Michael

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In this essay, Robert writes about how round doorknobs could be hostile to his entrances and exits.

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]]> no Off the Grid Audiobook sample. https://pinecast.com/guid/b4b05e13-e62b-4b08-82c0-28fceef9ea42 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 01:00:50 -0000 00:10:49 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/b4b05e13/off-the-grid-audiobook-sample- Buy the Off the Grid audiobook here!

The audiobook is narrated by Sean Crisden

Could you survive a month without the internet?

Robert Kingett didn’t think he could—until a friend dared him to try.

The catch? Robert is blind, and he relies on the internet for everything. For thirty days he must use no Google. No social media. No online banking, shopping or job hunting. Ultimately, no digital shortcuts to help him navigate a world that’s already built to ignore people with disabilities.

But as a journalist who advocates for accessibility, he knows this is a project that might just make a difference for the thousands of Disabled people across the country who still don’t have adequate access to the internet—and who face additional and unnecessary struggles as a result. And what begins as a personal challenge quickly becomes a radical social experiment.

In his month off the grid, Robert encounters a whole host of challenges, both expected and unexpected, but also finds himself rediscovering, relearning and reconnecting in ways he never saw coming.

Funny, eye-opening, and deeply human, this memoir is more than a story of digital withdrawal—it’s a bold wake-up call for improved Disability accessibility, inclusion, and the right to connect. Because being offline shouldn’t mean being left behind.

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]]> no The Gospel of the Public Library https://pinecast.com/guid/6a5f6c04-2add-4f01-840b-fbbc648bac71 Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:05:29 -0000 00:05:05 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/6a5f6c04/the-gospel-of-the-public-library Narrated by Sean Crisden

Robert takes the listener on a non-visual appreciation of the library.

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]]> no A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI https://pinecast.com/guid/3feab1c9-a8d9-4e9c-ba44-1d363f036f48 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 14:05:29 -0000 00:07:11 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/3feab1c9/a-requiem-for-my-dignity-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-ai Narrated by Sean Crisden

Robert battles a screen reader made from AI code, and it does not go well.

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]]> no Grief Alongside Water. https://pinecast.com/guid/1b14eb42-df92-4144-9e58-3ee82a85731a Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:19:43 -0000 00:07:03 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/1b14eb42/grief-alongside-water- Narrated by Sean Crisden

Robert has a lengthy cry in the shower. Read the essay here

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]]> no Pass the Salt Sample 2. The Strange Comfort. https://pinecast.com/guid/c05428dc-b6a2-4148-90cd-3732160f1c89 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:54:10 -0000 00:05:01 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/c05428dc/pass-the-salt-sample-2-the-strange-comfort- Narrated by Kevin R Free, this is another sample from the Pass the Salt audiobook

Robert gets a random message from a stranger online and they have a connection in each other's conversations and company.

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]]> no A Sensual Exploration of Chocolate https://pinecast.com/guid/a759dbb6-c53d-4f39-91fa-38ec291c3eaf Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:05:00 -0000 00:05:38 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/a759dbb6/a-sensual-exploration-of-chocolate Narrated by Sean Crisden

Chocolate is more than just chocolate. It is a sensual lover all by itself.

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]]> no On The Violent Aerodynamics of a Pastry https://pinecast.com/guid/f129884a-b282-40b0-866f-669da9c00ea9 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 02:58:04 -0000 00:05:06 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/f129884a/on-the-violent-aerodynamics-of-a-pastry Narrated by Sean Crisden

One morning, Robert has a battle of wits with his toaster and the pastry. It's a tag team. Will Robert win?

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]]> no The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza https://pinecast.com/guid/9c701cfc-ff19-41e8-9f8f-2862f5a89341 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:31:22 -0000 00:07:38 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/9c701cfc/the-kingett-guide-to-free-pizza Read the text version here. Narrated by Sean Crisden

A hungry blind writer encounters a buggy Pizza website and then finds an ally on the inside as they work together to rectify a faulty coupon.

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]]> no A Field Guide to the Personal Space Violations of Public Transit https://pinecast.com/guid/22b7a0fd-6da3-47c0-a1d4-a904b2620f0e Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:05:06 -0000 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/22b7a0fd/a-field-guide-to-the-personal-space-violations-of-public-transit Narrated by Sean Crisden

A Blind rider of US Public Transit gives a breakdown of the kinds of riders and how to spot them.

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]]> no On Hearing in Color https://pinecast.com/guid/301b46f4-52ad-472e-b902-c66e024f9112 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 06:25:33 -0000 00:06:36 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/301b46f4/on-hearing-in-color Read the blog post here. Narrated by Sean Crisden, this episode talks about how Robert can hear colors even though he is totally blind.

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]]> no An Obituary for a Cookie https://pinecast.com/guid/80e3e78b-22db-4c36-bafd-55f622c5500e Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:42:19 -0000 00:07:33 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/80e3e78b/an-obituary-for-a-cookie Read the text version here. Narrated by Sean Crisden, this essay hilariously frames a date like a crime scene. Robert's latest date eats his last cookie. How will Robert cope with this loss?

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]]> no A Conversation with a Voicemail I will never delete https://pinecast.com/guid/403cee92-ccaf-4f1e-ac86-2ba50bb6ff5f Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:02:08 -0000 00:05:11 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/403cee92/a-conversation-with-a-voicemail-i-will-never-delete Read the essay here. Narrated by Sean Crisden this essay is about Robert, a gay man, listening to the voicemail of a friend that is no longer here with us. His last words were, I love you.

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]]> no The Automated Labyrinth, and How I Slew the Minotaur https://pinecast.com/guid/d746d334-54fc-43ed-8e74-0779d3bfb9a3 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:51:23 -0000 00:02:50 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/d746d334/the-automated-labyrinth-and-how-i-slew-the-minotaur Narrated by Sean Crisden, this blog post is an account of how a blind and gay nerd overcame the pitfalls of the automated labyrinth of a health insurance phone tree.

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]]> no On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs https://pinecast.com/guid/7e8b7700-5272-4660-930d-2ac7e3e49146 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:33:12 -0000 00:16:34 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/7e8b7700/on-the-architectural-hostility-of-doorknobs Narrated by Sean Crisden this essay, originally published on Sightless Scribbles, is an examination of doorknobs and how they relate to accessibility for blind people. Read the essay online here.

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]]> no Pass the Salt audiobook sample https://pinecast.com/guid/88bcf5c8-2397-4da1-8161-091606b768cc Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:27:37 -0000 00:05:01 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/88bcf5c8/pass-the-salt-audiobook-sample Narrated by Kevin R Free. This is the audiobook sample of Pass the Salt

Online dating is never easy. You’re meeting a complete stranger, and you’re opening yourself up in a way that some of your best friends don’t even get to see. But when Robert Kingett stepped out onto the dating scene, he faced a whole host of additional challenges as gay man living with blindness, cerebral palsy, and a speech impediment. Pass the Salt details Robert’s time on the dating scene in 2010s Chicago. Get ready to meet the brightest and best from the online dating world, including The Fare Fan, The Smooth Catfish, and the dashing Richard, who’s better company than Robert’s humming fridge. It’s a hilarious and often moving account of his adventures, guaranteed to make you laugh, make you think, and above all, inspire you.

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]]> no Access Trauma narration 2 https://pinecast.com/guid/779c71cf-9323-4e88-9b72-c890d1b68b10 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:51:16 -0000 00:12:27 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/779c71cf/access-trauma-narration-2 no How I would make the World Better https://pinecast.com/guid/c4dd6d1d-a9ac-40d4-ad4b-616ec5cb6941 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:55:31 -0000 00:10:56 Mortified Spotlight. https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/c4dd6d1d/how-i-would-make-the-world-better Watch with ASL and Captions here A blind writer has an idea in a second grade essay how we could radically change the work system with dead animals, body Oder, and old people.

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]]> no Access Trauma https://pinecast.com/guid/051952b2-a40d-4aeb-8cc9-36ffd6782db6 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 02:00:03 -0000 00:14:37 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/051952b2/access-trauma This is a reading of this blog post by Robert Kingett on access Trauma

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]]> no We should rehabilitate https://pinecast.com/guid/e408f073-8457-4313-9600-7e0a33d5dd71 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:57:44 -0000 00:07:18 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/e408f073/we-should-rehabilitate Read the blog post here about my letter writing journey regarding writing to prisoners.

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]]> no A Disabled gamers time with the Xbox 360 console. https://pinecast.com/guid/d2969c3e-233e-42ec-806e-eb04d0e0387b Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:40:01 -0000 00:06:16 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/d2969c3e/a-disabled-gamers-time-with-the-xbox-360-console- no Pointy Chances, a short Rom Com story. https://pinecast.com/guid/d97e615b-e589-4d3b-af81-0415c572b56f Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:35:58 -0000 00:17:43 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/d97e615b/pointy-chances-a-short-rom-com-story- Episode Notes

Read the print version here Nick's sentient pen doesn't just write in Braille, it helps him have the courage to talk to the Goalball star and student activist Nick had a crush on for years. With a Braille note created by the sentient pen, maybe love can finally happen for an insecure hero.

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]]> no An NVDA review from the past. https://pinecast.com/guid/f747ba7b-7483-4d57-8ff6-7d825f0cb4e5 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:30:35 -0000 00:06:21 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/f747ba7b/an-nvda-review-from-the-past- Episode Notes

Previously from Dialog magazine that is no longer publishing, this was a review of NVDA, a free and open source screen reader.

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]]> no Clarifying my Disability identity. https://pinecast.com/guid/bde79901-48c8-49ee-a3b9-102fb737db78 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:12:46 -0000 00:06:21 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/bde79901/clarifying-my-disability-identity- Episode Notes

This is a recording of one of my blog posts, clarifying my disability identity.

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]]> no A Deserving Conference https://pinecast.com/guid/7ac50213-c63f-46dc-859f-f3aa4602060c Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:59:57 -0000 00:32:08 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/7ac50213/a-deserving-conference Our final podcast from the anthology IT CAME FROM THE COMMENT SECTION! couldn’t be more appropriate or seasonal.  Typically our writer’s run dark –  maybe that’s just the nature of creating compelling stories.  But every now and then we get a story that’s full of empathy and compassion – a story such as this one from Robert Kingett.  Please enjoy this personal and heartfelt tale that celebrates selflessness and humanity.

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]]> no GTA V Review https://pinecast.com/guid/b10e3aa5-4de6-4c44-9bd1-951df03af9a5 Tue, 18 May 2021 19:59:57 -0000 00:06:37 https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/b10e3aa5/gta-v-review no