BurningbirdThe importance of supporting diversity
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Recently, the Information Technology Association of America released a report examining the state of diversity in IT in the United States and the results are less than comforting: IT is rapidly becoming less diversified, rather than more. According to the study the *number of women in IT-related positions dropped by 20% in the last […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I hadn’t intended to write any more on BlogHer, the blogger conference focused on women. At least, I hadn’t planned on it until I read Chris Nolan’s post today, trying to encourage Kevin Drum to attend. If you don’t know who Kevin Drum is, he’s a political weblogger/journalist who is assumed to have […]
Today’s outing to the St. Louis PrideFest 2005 parade did not begin auspiciously–we were hit from behind by a lady driving an SUV. Luckily my roommate, who was giving me a lift, drives a larger van and we could drive away after the insurance cards were exchanged. (I hate the sensations of a car wreck: […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I struggled for my first breath at 7:01 in the morning on the 18th of November, 1954. My struggle for equality began at 7:02. Last week, Kos of the Daily Kos published a post supposedly in response to some people who were offended by an ad at his site. The ad […]
I thought I would share a photo of Missouri’s colorful flora. Yes, you never know what exotic bloom you’ll come upon when out walking in these hills. This silk floral lei was hanging from a tree in the middle of the forest that surrounds the Illinois end of the the Chain or Rocks Bridge. For […]