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Just Shelley

File under timing

A legacy from the walk through the weeds was several tick and insect bites, and what looks like plant allergic reactions. Let me hear you folks: Way to go Shelley! We knew you couldn’t go one year without being invited to lunch! Ah well. Best get the ritual over and done with and now that […]

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Connecting

Lord, grant me tolerance

My belief in the existence of God or not is simple. And personal. My country does not have to believe as I do. If a child is hungry they don’t have to believe as I do for me to give them food. If a man is sick and can’t rise from his bed, he doesn’t […]

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Connecting Technology

Googled to death

For someone interested in this sort of thing–I am interested in this sort of thing, aren’t I?–I never did make a statement about Google’s Gmail. Gmail is a centralized email system with virtually unlimited space to hold your messages, and with the ability to use Google’s search algorithms to research your email. Bells and whistles […]

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Burningbird Weblogging

WordPress 1.2 update

WordPress is heading into beta test on 1.2, and I’ve installed this with my Practical RDF weblog (though I don’t have the old MT entries ported yet). This release made some very good changes to the interface, including providing options that allow you to set how long a post entry field is, and what to […]

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Diversity Weblogging

It’s about women, dear

I was so very pleased about the turnout for the Women’s march last Sunday. What impressive pictures there were! All those people, united in support of a woman’s right to control her own destiny. I can’t really add much to the discussion on this March that hasn’t been ably said by Feministe, Body & Soul, and Ampersand. However, […]