The right-wing media (with the notable exception of Ron Paul's blogs) is all up in arms because reporters and bloggers are putting irrational "spin" on Rick Santorum's public statements about his opposition to birth control. The media is creating headlines that say things like "Rick Santorum Fa… Read full post »

Obama's speech was a good one.  He emphasized the talking points he needed to, and he firmly rebutted some of the scare tactics.

I haven't read the bill (of course) but I've heard that one money-saving proposal is still very much "off the table". 

That proposal is to allow Medicare and… Read full post »

    OS seems like a good place to discuss neurological problems, so I'm relating this story for your sympathy and edification.

    A woman I know takes an SSRI (that's an anti-depressant in the Prozac family) to avoid giving the world the third finger on a mon… Read full post »

Three letters.

 G P S

That lovely calm voice that warns me when my exit is approaching.

The beauty of the green arrow showing me how I can recover from a  wrong turn.   

Sleeping blissfully in the passenger seat instead of being lectured for imperfect navigation.

I love my GP… Read full post »

  No, the iphone isn't the innovation changing our culture.   It is a good symbol, however.  The evolving innovation is the fact that humanity is like a giant brain which is building more and more neural paths.   The whole non-impoverished world (and most of U.S. cult… Read full post »

"You are Really Great!"

 A nice Chinese guy whom I don’t know wrote me this in an email today.  In fact, he wrote this to me and about 25 other people on an email alias

 An American, French, German, Russian, or (god-forbid) British person would never have said anything… Read full post »

1. I was a spaz as a child. Anything ball-shaped hit me in the nose.
2. When I was 30 I bought myself a nose job for a birthday present. My fiancé bought me a “Honker” doll as/
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  This is my second post on the subject of women and technology.     The topic is a favorite of mine because it gets under my skin.

  I read an article in the Boston Globe the other day that I found rather annoying.  It's the latest of a number… Read full post »

  I'm tired of being the only woman in the room during product meetings.

  Oh, sometimes there's another woman on the phone, or one other woman in the meeting.  But we rarely rise above the level of "token" to the less uncomfortable level of "minority".

  Every wo… Read full post »