BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Any movie that features betrayal as part of the plot usually features a scene where the injured party cries out I trusted you! In one form or another, it is the ultimate denouncement, the worst condemnation of another. Yet, how many times have we asked for trust, and how many times has […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A few weeks back a person who I hadn’t talked to on the phone for some time called me and we were chatting away. While talking, he got another call and excused himself for a moment to check who it was. He then came back on the line to say […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Instead of writing a new post, I updated the Bombs away posting to reflect new view, opinions, what have you. I also gave my opinion of the Coders Only Club (COC), this tendency on the part of some elite technologists to respond to expressed concerns and arguments with exhortations to a) deliver code; b) […]
Two things today: Jonathon posts an apology to Dorothea and Tish that I thought was well done. And both Tish and Dorothea deserved it. Sheila has much good to say about feminism and girlism. As does Suzanne in my comments to the posting “Looking Glass Self”. She writes: Okay, so I took some time to follow the thread a little and I have […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was cleaning out my old email when I found an outgoing email with the following: There is no warmth among the wires. It’s only plastic, and metal, and electricity. That was long ago, but this is now.