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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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Tag Archives: Musings
The first sensible thing I’ve seen on dating in a long time…
Ok, so let me be the first to say that I am not an Oprah fan. Sure, I admire what she’s managed to build and what she’s been able to do, and I don’t actually dislike her, but I’m just … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Phil, good things, media, Musings, Oprah Winfrey, relationships
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Miscellaneous and sundry
As I said in my previous post, I’ve been more tired this week than I’ve ever been in my life. That may be an exaggeration – I was so tired I hallucinated in class when I was in grad school … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, evil husband, German, good things, Life, Musings, pregnancy, religion
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My favorite query for this blog this month, at the very least…
Better than all of those people who are quite clearly looking for ways to hack into other people’s DSL modems… Better than “CAN I DRINK MILK IF IM PREGNANT” (in all caps, because we all know that in addition to … Continue reading
Names, names, names…
So I was tagged over at the wonderful Cheeze Whiz and Mustard blog to write a post about names. And I was thinking, as much as it would be so easy to write another post on baby names and the … Continue reading
The thing that bugs me most about LinkedIn
So every so often, someone I used to work with or went to school with will find my name on LinkedIn and ask to add him/herself to my connections. And when that happens, I have a tendency to look up … Continue reading
Fun with blog stats, and saying goodbye to U3…
Well, apparently my disturbing popularity as a top hit for removing U3 software from Sandisk (and other) thumb drives is at an end, which amuses me highly. Now this blog is back to what it was meant to be, a … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, corporate bullshit, hardware, Internet, Musings, software
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A response to a search query… A comment on privacy on the Internet and personal relationships
So one of the nifty benefits of WordPress is that I can see at least some of the search terms people use to get to my blog. Often they’re amusing, most of them are predictable, and some of them are … Continue reading
Someday, I’ll have my revenge! – 5 of 30
My husband has a history of renting movies with gore or terror that I can’t stomach – that, or apocalyptic documentaries about how we’re all going to Hell in a handcart (driven by Dick Cheney, of course). He doesn’t do … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, evil husband, Life, Musings, thirty posts in thirty days
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Friends in Nomad’s Land – 2 of 30
So in my self-imposed 30 in 30 rules, I basically promised to do something social in Denver and blog about it. That certainly makes me sound so much more pitiful than I actual am (which bothers me surprisingly little, actually) … Continue reading
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Tagged Denver, friends, Life, moving, Musings, thirty posts in thirty days
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