Ok, so I may not seem all that feminine to you, especially if you only know me from the JoshuaInk mailing list. After spending about an hour on the list this morning, and then transitioning back into meat-space, my husband informed me that I now “have the mouth of a soccer hooligan”. Heh heh. However, this post is sure to let the cat out of the bag that I am firmly trapped within the confines of my X chromosomes. …

I got a lot of comments after my last post that I should consider some fucker mistaking me for a college freshman a compliment. Um, no. In that one misguided sentence, that guy encapsulated the professional struggle I go through every day. I am female, blonde, and I look younger than I am, and it is very hard for me to be seen as a serious professional in this world. That comment was just a reminder of how far I have to go to achieve that status. So I thought I’d help this guy, and anyone else who is trying...… →

With a little help from Warren Zevon, I was able to finally express what I have been feeling about events that have been happening this past week. First there were the bombings in London, then John Oxton taking his site offline, and then the death of Design in Flight, which I was finally going to get around to subscribing to. I know these things aren’t of the same magnitude, but they all add to a certain sense of melancholy and change that seems to be in the air right now. I was heading home after an unusually shitty day at...… →

This being 7/11, Brian and I have officially been married 7 years. Traditional gifts for year 7 are copper and wool. The modern alternative is desk sets. Desk sets?!? What I love about Brian is that he knows I will kick his ass if he ever gives me a desk set as an anniversary gift. Usually, for our anniversary we choose one gift that we both give to each other— something we both want and will use together. We’re trying to decide if year 7 is going be the year of Center Arts season tickets (got to see John Cleese!),...… →

Today, an article was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled Bloggers Need Not Apply. The author talks about how reading the blogs of several job applicants caused the search committee not to hire them. The committe pulled up the blogs of candidates, learned things about them that didn’t come up in the interview, didn’t like those things, and so didn’t hire the person. The article is written in the tone of “Why would thse candidates be so stupid as to have blogs?”. They assume that the blogger was making a mistake airing their true self online: We all...… →

Crap. Now my redesign is going to look like it’s part of a “trend”… ——- … →