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Oh Boys? Boys! No fighting now

Dvorak’s on the loose again blowing blogs out of the water but this time he’s better prepared, or at least he reads a bit more thoughtful. And fancy! He didn’t mention cats once. Among others, Steve Gillmor takes him on with: I’m not sure who John is referring to when he bemoans “the emergence of the professional blogger working […]

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To the challenge but first, before I go…

I’m off to walk two trails today that have been long-time nemesis. But today, today, the relationship between us will fall, or rise might be a better word, from animosity to amicability. We shall part by day’s end, these trails and I, as friends. Before I go, I did want to point out two stories […]

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Neighborhoods

Last night a massive late fall storm hit our area, causing flooding and even generating funnel clouds not far from where we live. Today the trees are stripped bare for the most part, leaves littering the ground like summer’s last soldiers felled honorably on the field of battle. Except for one tree. One tree on […]

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Change begins at home

The effects of my gender posts recently are starting to thread their way around, slowly but slow change is usually the most lasting change. Julia Lerman posts on an article with the deplorable title “Why can’t women keep up with men in high tech”. Julia writes: t’s more like this – most agree that in our programming […]

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Hands gloved, legs crossed at the knees

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I appreciated the folks that commented on the Gender Ghetto and G Quotient postings. I am lucky to have thoughtful readers. I have to admit, though, that I am disappointed by the lack of feminine response to the writings. I received honest, interested, humorous, even slightly angry responses from men, […]