Archive | February, 2008

StickKing to Commitments

A long time believer in the self-interested nature of mankind, I appreciate a person, company or organization which is able to align motivations in productive ways. Want to raise money for your team? Give people something for it. Throw a fund raising party so they can meet new people. Put the donating company’s logo on [...]

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Abstinence-Only Driver’s Ed

On Abstinence-Only Driver’s Ed (parody): ABSTINENCE-ONLY DRIVER’S ED.BY SUZANNE KLEID – – – - Thanks for making it out on a rainy Saturday, kids. Slippery out there, huh? Let’s get started. We’re gonna have some fun today! Car accidents are a leading cause of death for teenagers. The school board and your elected representatives want [...]

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Apples vs. Oranges: Sexism vs. Racism

Today while browsing on Facebook, I ran across this charming group: Hillary Clinton: Stop Running for President and Make Me a Sandwich “Dedicated to keeping Hillary Clinton out of the Oval Office and in the kitchen” It’s funny how overt sexism is so much more accepted than over racism. This got me thinking about some [...]

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Am I a Feminist?

More than one friend has read my blog and asked, “when did you become such a feminist?” The assumption is, of course, that all feminists must be bra-burning and man-hating lesbians. Having never observed me actually burn a bra, universally hate men, or, well, “swing the other way” (much to some people’s disappointment), you can [...]

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Form Happy – Happy Forms!

I’ve gone a little bit form happy today. Google Docs just announced today the introduction of forms in Google Spreadsheets. Oh, happy day… Prior to this, I had a simple little form app that I wrote. It wasn’t great, but it kind-of-sort-of did the trick. There were two versions that I used for Seattle Anti-Freeze:1) [...]

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