Monthly Archives: July 2009

Sailor’s delight

July 31, 2009 by Annie

Crazy summer this year, huh? Drenched June, the first half of July so cool we needed sweaters (but beautiful, the type of weather we’d love year ’round.) The last week or so has seen more rain than sun, but as I sit here I see a little pale blue peeking out as the sky begins [...]

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Reactions to reactions to BlogHer ’09 from one who wasn’t there

July 27, 2009 by Annie

If you’re curious to read posts from people who attended BlogHer 2009, like I was, go here and click thru a few links. Overall, most seemed to have a great time! But there were some negatives relating to greed over swag, irritation with the in-your-face marketing and sponsorships, and whether babies belong at the parties [...]

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BlogHer 2010 (yeah, you heard me, 2010)

July 24, 2009 by Annie

The BlogHer ’09 conference is going on now in Chicago. I’ve been thinking of going to one since the very first (yes, I’ve been a member of BlogHer since the early days, albeit not a very active member… ‘cept for those ads over there –> ) But the timing, and the traveling, and the other [...]

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A new take on the Fail Whale?

July 21, 2009 by Annie

I have not read it so I’m not recommending this book- but LOVE the title…

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The charming tomboy sidekick

July 19, 2009 by Annie

The NY Times has a question: The gist of the essay is that Nancy Drew had varying degrees of influence on the women who grew up reading the books, including the about to be confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. I only read a few – I think I owned one and read one or [...]

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Facebook: My Real Name Update

July 16, 2009 by Annie

I get a lot of hits via search engines to this post, from (I assume) women wondering whether and how to add their maiden name to their Facebook profile. So I thought I’d add an update to let you know that Facebook has a new(ish) field in your account settings that lets you add an [...]

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Forty years ago…

July 16, 2009 by Annie

I was just past my sixth birthday when Neil Armstrong took that step on July 20, 1969. My parents got me out of bed to watch on our little tv, I remember it very clearly. What it must have been like for my grandparents, born at the start of the 20th century, to see so [...]

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Out of reach

July 12, 2009 by Annie

It’s a beautiful day. After a June full of rain it’s been a July of mostly dry, sunny, even cool days, and today has been another. It’s quiet here. Only my oldest son is home, and he’s keeping to himself. There’s nothing I really need to be doing (it is, after all, Sunday) so I [...]

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A political question

July 5, 2009 by Annie

I’d like to take this moment to thank Sarah Palin for providing much needed comic relief. I’ve been giggling for days. Is it the office of Governor that causes this stuff or is it just that you’d have to be nuts to run for Governor?

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Yesterday… and Today

July 3, 2009 by Annie

Yesterday began, not as a typical day, but as an inauspicious one. Then little by little things started to go wrong. Stupid things at first. A meeting not going as smoothly as I’d hoped. A coding error that refused to be tracked down. Then I heard some bad news about a friend, and some bad [...]

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