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“Mommy-tracked” or when is work-life, just plain old life?

Posted on July 13, 2008. Filed under: That's how DC rolls, family, single, work | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Mommy-track post, or as Maggie Dammit would say, the post in which I lose several readers (in a fiery rage? she didn’t say that part). Anywho, back to my point, which was… am I evil for resenting a “New Parent Community of Practice” recently (heh) spawned at work? Don’t answer yet. Let me [...]

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FDA implicates tomato! Watch out!!!

Posted on June 11, 2008. Filed under: humor, spelling error, work, writing | Tags: , , , , , , |

Round red tomato implicated
in outbreak
This guy just LOOKs like a bad seed, you can tell. Tune in next week for more of FDA’s most wanted (produce.) Yep, this is straight from FDA’s Web site. hee. Special thanks to my pal, SuperT, for her award-winning health policy research skills that yielded this tip!

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OMG OMG, Washwords Makes Washingtonian!

Posted on May 14, 2008. Filed under: That's how DC rolls, society, work, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

So okay, I didn’t know Washingtonian HAD a web site, let alone a daily blog update. And so, I only got three hits from it, and so, they think I’m a boy… still! I made Washingtonian! hip hip hooraaaaay.
Don’t worry, I’ll totally still remember all you little people who read me way back when. And [...]

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Wearing your acheivments on your sleeve

Posted on May 12, 2008. Filed under: 9092, family, friend, society, work, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My sister and I were discussing the magazine “Penny Power” of our youth. Wondering if it was still around, I went to my trusty friend, the Interweb and found this instead:

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twitter me this, del.icio.us me that, washwords is … confused

Posted on May 8, 2008. Filed under: That's how DC rolls, society, technology, work, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In The Declining Value Of Redundant News Content On The Web – Publishing 2.0 Scott Karp examines the media Oversatura-plosion-ama that is the Interweb.
Microsoft withdrawing its offer to buy Yahoo is a sufficiently large story to demonstrate the problem of redundant news content on the web. Google News is currently tracking about 2,000 versions of [...]

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PLEASE to do/not REcyCLe

Posted on April 28, 2008. Filed under: overheard, society, work | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A bright red sign reading: “PLEASE Turn off Lights when Leaving” greeted me bright and early at my Official Government Office Building when I returned from vacation today. I saw it first in the hallway, then another and another, then one in my office itself.
Besides the freakish capitalization and angled placement, besides my oft-repeated [...]

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Simplicity

Posted on April 13, 2008. Filed under: That's how DC rolls, family, overheard, society, work | Tags: , , , , , , , |

I sat next to a six-year-old on the Metro today. On the way to a Nats game, complete with red cap and baseball glove. and gameboy, of course.
His parents were in the row behind us though I didn’t see them at first and he didn’t seem to be paying them much mind, just chattering away [...]

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