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The Chicks Are Angry, Part 1

April 17, 2012
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As an (over-)analytical, career, married and childless woman progressing in a mostly desirable career path, I feel compelled to dissect some of the legislation coming out of the escalating Republican War on Women. First, we frame. Is the goal here marginalizing women because God said Men First!, increasing what is believed to be a dwindling [...]

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Trayvon Martin

March 22, 2012

The injustice is not that his killer is not black. Nor does justice lie in that George Zimmerman is not white. You don’t have to be white to act from a place of irrationality and strange fears. Justice and injustice lie in the aftermath. This is why I ask friends and members of my own [...]

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Wednesday Geology Picture: Eye-Of-Sauron Basalt In Fire Coral

December 14, 2011

One dreary Wisconsin day right before Christmas, D and I drove down a grey country road towards Manitowoc. We stepped out of the car for a minute and, to our chagrin, the car kept going without us. Suddenly, stop lights appeared out of nowhere and we followed the vehicle as it continued forward through these [...]

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Lowe’s Knows – Updated

December 12, 2011

Updated December 12th, 2011: Today’s USA Today has a column on the “All-American Muslim” controversy written by an American Muslim. In it, the author is asked by an Ohio man if Muslim girls can own dolls. It’s a valid question and understanding starts with honest curiosity, respectful interrogation and civil cross-cultural dialogue, which also seems [...]

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It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way, Google (Reader)

November 1, 2011

Yesterday, Google released the overhaul of its feedreader, Reader, which features increased integration with Google’s relatively new answer to Facebook, Google+. If you like auto-spamming your Facebook or Google+ timeline with links to articles minus context or, in general, do not think of the internet as a space in which to share information in a [...]

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Not Preventing Terrorism, But Preventing Blame

August 19, 2011

After boarding a couple dozen flights in the last few months, I am an old hand at the opt-out and full body pat down. One doesn’t have to be a statistician or a mind-reader to figure out why underpaid TSA hands “randomly” pick me for the millimeter-wave scanner. These workers are so used to passengers robotically [...]

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Of Interest On January 26th, 2011

January 26, 2011

Scientific American | Obama spotlights science in his State of the Union address For innovation, Obama noted how, when Sputnik was launched in 1957, the U.S. did not have the science to beat the Soviet Union to the moon. The space race triggered a series of innovations that created new industries and millions of new [...]

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Blogs, Newspapers, Your Arm, Whatever. Just Write.

January 21, 2011

Bora Zivkovic: “Not all bloggers want to be journalists.” Bora talks about science blogging in particular, but you could apply his explanation to any discipline. I’d like to add that those of us in New Orleans in late 2005 learned quickly that if we didn’t blog, many local and national journalists would write a limited [...]

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Arizona Shootings

January 10, 2011

Fight, Gabby, fight hard. Lots of energy coming your way, dear lady. Not much to add, other than: 1) As a geologist, let me assure you I’ve never had to “take a stand” or “reload” when using a theodolite. 2) I would never have even thought of Sarah Palin in relation to this shooting had [...]

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Life’s Not Long

December 20, 2010

People die of illness and accident all the time. But to have five people you know pass away in the span of a month. This is all too much. Betty Ann Davis, friend and partner of Morwen Madrigal, passed away last night after a long illness. Sweet, quiet Betts, until she got behind a pool [...]

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