I feel like waxing sentimental about sediments again. And one word, just one, is all it takes to put me in an altered state: Kaibab. Just say it: kye-bab. Short. Slightly exotic. Maybe it doesn’t roll off your tongue. Maybe it sounds a bit hard, truncated, abrupt. It’s a Paiute word that means “mountain lying …
Category Archive: navel gazing
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 …
Mar 27 2011
Some Brief Thoughts on Death and Dying
Diana Wynne Jones, outstanding fantasy writer and Neil Gaiman’s friend, died. She lived a long life, and a good life, and left a lot of magic behind. I found myself standing on the balcony after hearing the news, staring into the sky at the stars, and caught myself thinking, “I hope Death came for her.” …
Feb 10 2011
Confessions of a Female Misogynist Vol. 1: So Wrong About Writers
So, ScienceOnline 11 sparked a small revolution. I first noticed a small rumbling: celebration that over 50% of the participants were women. Then the rumbling turned into an eruption, as women and allied men started going “Well, then, why are the women so invisible WTF?!” For a selection of links on that topic, see here. …
Oct 12 2010
Memories
Over at Glacial Till, Ryan has a post up sparkling with excitement – his first trip up Mt. Hood, y’see. Read it if you haven’t. His enthusiasm’s contagious, and we can all use some of that. Sparked some memories, that, and a few realizations. This threw me a bit: Nor was I prepared for the …
Sep 09 2010
A Shout-Out to Evergreen and Union-Negotiated Health Insurance
Wednesday was fun. About half an hour into my shift, the mild discomfort I’d been feeling announced itself as a full-blown kidney stone. I’m prone to the bastards, and apparently the one that had announced its existence a few months ago didn’t so much pass as await a better opportunity. Anyone who’s had these before …
Sep 04 2010
The Hazards of Working for a Major Cell Phone Provider
So, the phone rings the instant I get home tonight. It’s my mother. She has acquired a phone with the company I work for. We then spend the next two hours going through her service with a fine-toothed comb to ensure there’s no surprises, and I have to explain how picture messaging works. Argh. I’m …
Aug 04 2010
Life on the Rocks
This whole post started because Lockwood asked me a question on Facebook: Where was your profile photo taken? Those are some rocks I would classify as Om Nom Nom. That was pretty much my response when I first saw ‘em. That’s the South Bluff at Discovery Park. Moi at Discovery Park. All photos taken by …
Aug 03 2010
Fangirl Gets Noticed by the Rock Stars, Freaks the Hell Out
And when I say rock stars, I mean geobloggers. Y’know, the real rock stars. My darlings. Please put down the handy throwable objects. I promise that’s the last silly pun in this post. Now stop aiming at my head. Thank you. Now, allow to ‘splain, or at least sum up. Earlier today, several geobloggers I …
Aug 01 2010
Now That’s An Engineering Project!
When we went to Arizona last year, my intrepid companion and I crossed Hoover Dam. It’s not an experience I care to repeat any time soon. Lots of traffic funneled through an itty-bitty road sucks mightily. But considering we weren’t getting anywhere anyway, we pulled over to snap some pictures and ogle the Hoover Bridge, …
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