I told you recently about The Conversation. It’s still ongoing, despite attempts to derail it by some folks who just can’t quite seem to understand why sexual harassment is not okay, and that putting policies in place to ensure harassment is handled quickly and appropriately are not, in fact, going to to turn the skeptical …
Category Archive: bloggers
May 21 2012
“Don’t Think Your Life Didn’t Matter”
Leaving religion can be soul-crushing, at first. The memory of all that pain has faded for me, and it wasn’t as if I’d spent my life immersed in faith. I’d just been raised to believe God was out there, somewhere, and had a fleeting flirtation with Pentecostalism, before a years-long seeking after something. Something huge, …
Apr 06 2012
She’ll Make It a Country For Women
This is still kinda secret, because magic buttons haven’t been pressed in order to make her appear on the front page, but Taslima Nasreen has joined us, and she’s come out of the gate roaring. I’ll admit that I read her first post at work. I very nearly told the person who called in while …
Oct 29 2011
“You Want Something Old? Pick Up a Rock.”
There’s this thing that happens, sometimes, when a blogger’s busier than an overstocked daycare center whose charges have gotten into the coffee supply and disregarded the decaf. You post a little throwaway something: a video, some photos, a few thoughts. You think nothing of it. You were just filling a gap, sharing something of passing …
Oct 02 2011
At the Beginning of the Universe…
…there was geology. Oh, I know, some folks will tell you it was physics. Yes, there was that, too. And there might be a few who argue for chemistry, and we’ll grant them chemistry. Of course those things were there. Can’t have a universe without them. Not a universe like ours, anyway. But geology was …
Apr 03 2011
How It All Began
Here we are, then: the first in the series of user-generated topics. Glacial Till writes: I think a post on your blogging history would be cool. What led you to blogging? Who are your inspirations and such. Oh, my. Let’s see if I can remember back that far… Got me start on LiveJournal, actually, many …
Feb 03 2011
Impostor Syndrome
So, there’s this thing I’ve been struggling with for a while, now. Stephanie Zvan left me this comment: Please do me a favor. Take your Sunset Crater post and another one that you love, and go promote yourself at Ed’s. His pool needs widening, and it’ll be good practice for you. :) At Ed’s? This …
Dec 29 2010
Two Must-Reads You May Not Have Read
Whelp, Christmas is over. We’ve got a bit o’ breathing room before New Year’s. Time now to catch up on some of that great stuff you put off. Brian Switek’s got 6 Strange Fossils That Enlightened Evolutionary Scientists. It’s Brian, so I don’t have to tell you how awesome it is. Just get yer arse …
Dec 05 2010
Suzanne and Sunset
If that doesn’t take your breath away, you have no eye for beauty. Two more where that comes from. Now do you see why Suzanne makes my heart sing?
Dec 05 2010
Wupatki Wonders
I’m behind the times. One Fly has had a gorgeous, photo-filled post on Wupatki National Monument up at his Picture Place up since November, and your own dear cantinera makes a cameo appearance. You geo-types will like to know that the monument’s built from the sandstones of the Moenkopi Formation and the limestones of the …
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