I went to the “Rally to Recall Judge Persky” at the San Jose Hall of Justice on September 2nd. It was the first rally I’d…
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Ridiculous conversations with housemates
I have tons of things I should be writing and reading and painting and training and cleaning and organizing and researching and blah blah blah……
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Squeeee time! I’m so proud of my clever girl! :) Here’s a photo of Goldie looking unimpressed at me gleeing so much at her that…
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To all my friends with children: I am so very, very sorry! I owe you all an apology… and some explanation. :-D It is probably…
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Okay, finished the book; ready to give a few more thoughts on it. Some notes: Same trigger warnings as before (i.e: rape, able-ism, & thoughtless…
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Trigger warnings for rape, able-ism, & thoughtless misogyny. My bookclub read this book this last month. It has a nifty (and for nerds, self-aggrandizing)…
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Now, admittedly I was just taking quick glances at small photos on google, and the author does state up front that these are just the…
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When I read the title — Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making A Difference by Sandra Waddock — I really, really wanted to like this book,…
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We have a covered patio on one side of our house which is accessed by a sliding glass door. I use it most often to…
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Woo! Just finished my first interview for my dissertation research — and it went swimmingly, I think! Feeling much relief here, as well as some…
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