The HandBasket Vox 2008-07-03T22:58:49Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd97877987f9cc/ Where are we going again? How To Eat Ice Cream And Lose Weight! tag:vox.com,2008-07-03:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fae8c8b5a0000b 2008-07-03T22:57:23Z 2008-07-03T22:58:49Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I may have mentioned to some that I have a big blog post coming about Pride. It is still in its birthing stages as my virtual life is currently taking a backseat to my actual life. However, I have just returned from the place that does my weighin...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

]]> Root Cause Analysis tag:vox.com,2008-06-20:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fad692492e0005 2008-06-23T03:24:37Z 2008-06-23T03:47:36Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom One of the more enjoyable aspects of my teaching practice involves guiding students through the process of problem-solving. In particular, I'm the hard-ass (a quote from a former student) who demands that teams dig all the way down, sort out sympt...

Send to a friend

]]> 80's Time Warp tag:vox.com,2008-06-20:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fad6922b9e0005 2008-06-20T03:45:58Z 2008-06-20T03:47:51Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Propaganda - Duel (live tv show) Slave to The Rhythm 2004 The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way [7" Single Edit]

Since seeing that movie last weekend, I've been stuck in an 80's time warp. Here are a few choice selections from YouTube ... The afore-mentioned Propaganda, although the YouTube offering is rather weak here. Grace "I've still got legs up to ...

Send to a friend

]]> Getting Married Today ... NOT! tag:vox.com,2008-06-18:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fae8c413c2000b 2008-06-18T16:20:08Z 2008-06-19T11:45:42Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom One of my heros, Susie Bright, wrote a blog entry today about the enthusiastic tidal wave of queer marriage overtaking California at the moment. I wrote the following in response. It is posts like this that make me such a fan. Thanks, Susie ... ...

Send to a friend

]]> Son of Rambow tag:vox.com,2008-06-17:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fad69217b70004 2008-06-17T01:27:56Z 2008-06-17T01:30:04Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Occasionally, I think people use their blogs as sort of "message in a bottle" form of communication. Subtle little messages buried within to people in the writer's life. I'm going to be more overt with this post ... this post is, in fact, directed...

Send to a friend

]]> Engaged Idealist tag:vox.com,2008-06-14:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fad6914bdb0004 2008-06-14T13:20:24Z 2008-06-15T03:10:13Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom (Just visiting? Take the free test and determine your personality type!) Engaged Idealists are extroverted and helpful. Others find them to be very congenial and inspiring - especially as they are always willing to see the best in the other pers...

Send to a friend

]]> We Are NOT One tag:vox.com,2008-06-07:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fa967cd6720003 2008-06-07T17:00:14Z 2008-06-07T20:42:36Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom As much as I find over-cooked nationalism to be distasteful, I am nonetheless a deeply proud Canadian. This much to the annoyance of some of my American Internet buddies. To imagine the US as a monolithic, homogeneous entity is, of course, ridicu...

Send to a friend

]]> An Amazing Few Days tag:vox.com,2008-06-02:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fa967a96150002 2008-06-02T04:16:51Z 2008-06-02T11:54:53Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

La Dress Tea For Two Getting Married Today Bad Connection (Yaz) Love Shack (B-52s)

Thursday, May 29, 2008 Morning Three hours on-site with a client Afternoon Then, shopping for a dress. Yup. A dress. I'd been, more or less, dared by my friend/classmate Jane to wear a dress to the MBA class reunion. I think her words were someth...

Send to a friend

]]> Stop Me In My Tracks tag:vox.com,2008-05-29:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fae8bdef8c000b 2008-05-29T12:37:47Z 2008-05-31T01:58:13Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sand And Water Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse If I Loved You

I'm listening to my iPod more now than I ever have and lovin' it. I've always been a music hound but this work situation has just cranked that up a notch or two. I find, with the iPod, there are tunes that come on when it is on shuffle that just s...

Send to a friend

]]> Notes To Self ... tag:vox.com,2008-05-26:asset-6a00cd97877987f9cc00fad68a8a720005 2008-05-26T12:03:10Z 2008-05-29T15:54:01Z Venus http://handbasket.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Recent lessons, all of which fall into the category "I already knew that ..." but, clearly, not well enough. Uncooked chicken does not keep in the fridge for as long as I think it will. Beer, pizza and scotch are not compatible with my current ...

Send to a friend

]]>