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Apr.22.2009
Give me biology with a slow hand! I was really taken aback to read in the Globe and Mail (Annie McIlroy,"The birth of the biological single parent," April 21, www.globeandmail.com)this morning that, while it's not yet possible, it may not be long before babies can be born (manufactured?)...
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Mar.25.2009
There’s a big debate going on over at Pennwriters right now between those who have been published traditionally and those who aren’t about which writers “should” do.
The old guard insists that if you want to write novels you must get them to one of the five big houses, get the publicity machine and...
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Dec.27.2008
If I don’t get up this Sunday and sink myself in my picnic chair with my laptop in front- I may develop a permanent twitch! Not sure what I can call this state I am in, definitely afraid to think “midlife crisis” is setting in as I try very hard calling from memory my primary school graduation- in...
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Oct.07.2008
Now I'm usually not one to get worked up about being disrespected and all that, but damn there are moments.
I've made a living in two predominantly testosterone-driven industries: the auto industry and the tech industry. I know what it feels like to be in the minority -- both as an English major...
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Aug.30.2008
The first time I saw the movie Parenthood, it was lost on me because I was in the dense moment of being a parent. For some stupid reason, my former spouse and I decided it would be a swell movie to see after having had a long day of life--the kind with work and children issues and food preparation...
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Jul.24.2008
Vicki Forman's son died early this morning.
I've never met Vicki in person, I never met her son Evan. I've never met her brilliant daughter or her handsome husband -- she's an Internet friend and colleague.
It doesn't matter that we've never "met." She's extraordinary. As an advocate...
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Feb.07.2008
For months now, on my own blog, I've avoided writing about the one major event that is changing my life more dramatically than any other: pregnancy. Part of it has come from a desire for privacy--and because a first time mother gets enough unsolicited advice to start her own advice column. Another...
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