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The wise person finds the simple path

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I picked up a couple of books from the library yesterday that I’d ordered based on their being mentioned in other weblogs. One was Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language by Douglas Hofstadter. I would give credit to the person who mentioned this, in either a […]

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Just Shelley

The wise person finds the simple path

I picked up a couple of books from the library yesterday that I’d ordered based on their being mentioned in other weblogs. One was Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language by Douglas Hofstadter. I would give credit to the person who mentioned this, in either a posting or a comment, but […]

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Diversity

Women in IT Stuff

Recovered from the Wayback machine. update This discussion in Kevin’s comments has quickly degenerated into how women and men are different, physically, and how women can’t do math and engineering. I would stay to uphold the fight against this attitude, but I have to go to work. Doing the thing I should not be able […]

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Happily Busy

Just a ramble: Had a grand celebration meal with roommate last night: caesar salad and prime rib rubbed with seasons and lightly grilled, accompanied by margaritas made with Sauza Tres Generaciones Anejo tequila and Grand Marnier. Since I start my new job tomorrow, I am happily busy today, though I hope to get out for […]

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What’s new

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Well, I guess I won’t be able to take off this week to San Francisco as originally planned. Seems this nice company here in St. Louis has decided that they can’t live without me and that I need to start right away. In fact, this week. Yup, I finally got […]