March 13, 2007

um, did you think of looking me up?

A recruiter called me last week from a search technology company on an “internal referral”, thinking I was a developer. Kinda says it all, doesn’t it?

March 13, 2007

laboring for spring

The ice heaves and groans, and weather thrashes through nature in labor. Nothing gentle about the arrival of spring, save the hints – the scent of hyacinth and daffodils, tulip leaves, robin song. Then, there’s the wild rains (here), the sudden shock of frost, and the mud the mud the mud.
We’re watching robins and their [...]

March 13, 2007

in the end, you can’t buy votes.

I’m not in the political blogging in-club, but I have to say that I resent the fact that Darcy Burner talks to Kos before she talks to donors in what might have been her district.
Note to Darcy: He can give you money, but he can’t vote for you unless he moves. You’re not entitled to [...]

March 13, 2007

ahead of MSM by days, leaps and bounds

In ‘04, I began consuming my news from blogs, and I read Cursor the way I took my prenatal vitamins – religiously, without fail, with the knowledge that I missed them at significant peril. On matters of national interest, they are now my predominant news resources. Anyone following the US Attorney scandal or the Libby [...]