I am Greatly, Greatly disappointed in Bill Cosby. I didn’t want to speak up before, when this first made the headlines months ago, but it now seems it’s been confirmed. Fifty yrs of “the good” that he’s done, now completely erased due to an incredibly WARPED (and morally WRONG) sense of “sexual entitlement” [just because […]
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Fat shaming of women – I’m tired of it
Article about an overweight female blogger (opens in a new window) You go, Girl! Regular size (aka plus size) women rock, and they certainly do not need any negativity about their body size. I’m hoping more and more women start to think more positively about their bodies. Please do not be ashamed or embarrassed about […]
Garbage disposal
Feeling a bit dumb. Garbage disposal jammed. Immediately tried the broomstick method a couple of times, no luck. Didn’t want to make it worse by frying the motor so I left it alone while I scratched my head. Finally goggled it, found a video showing the hole in the bottom of the unit, where you […]
BusinessWeek devotes double issue to “computer programming”
Not my quote: “It’s no longer acceptable to be ignorant about the ways it <BSW: “software”> works,” he said. “If everybody brought the same ignorance about software to medicine, it would be insane, we would be mocked.” “Software is a completely different discipline and we wanted to help to demystify it for the world that […]
Gay rights, Stonewall, & President Obama
Please read this man’s letter to the president dated March, 2013, and also read the president’s response dated Nov, 2013. People have asked me to repost the letter that I read last night at the Pride Rally. When I finished reading it there was a tremendous round of applause. I cut them off by saying […]