Sheila Lennon sent reader questions, including what I wrote about Outrage Radio last week to the Outrage folks, and has published their response. Regarding my comment, the voice of Outrage, James Linkin continues on a recent theme about language being co-opted by politcs, writing: In no particular order: We are all prisoners of language. The turmoil of political discourse over […]
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Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I wrote last week about visiting the Johnson Shut-Ins, trying to get some photos of unusual rock formations. This was my first visit to this part of the state, heading southwest rather than my usual northwest. It was a great day with cool weather but clear skies. As I drove South […]
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Bitches Club
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I swear I’m going to start a Bitches Club. And it’s not going to be for women only. I’ve been researching the extent of offshoring in this country in the last week; I’m appalled by what I’m finding, especially offshoring as related to the technology field. The more I read, […]
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The illusion of perfection
My last rock story. Today if only the sun would cooperate I could finish the photos of the mineral collection and finally put this show on the road. There’s a metallic taste in my mouth and I find looking at the last broken and browned leaves of Fall outside to be a soothing counter-point to […]
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But young women don’t want role models
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Halley Suitt wrote at misbehaving.net about .NET developer Julie Lerman and her attending the PDC (Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference). Halley mentions the usual bad ratio of men attendees to women, which is not a surprise to any of us. I wasn’t going to respond to Halley’s post, which was fine. But I could not […]