This excellent ranticle by Heidi Cullinan (author of gay romance novels) articulates everything I hadn't quite thought of for myself about the way the Harlequin purchase by Murdoch has been covered in the media.

Briefly: The media, largely, regarded [the nearly half-billion-dollar sale of the leading firm in a billion dollar industry] as a women’s ( Read more... )

...the one that unwinds this coil of tension between my shoulder blades?

Good god, I've discovered a new circle of hell. It exists on the 14th floor of the World's Tallest Basement. It is overseen by Norm, whose instruments of torture include Rev-Proc 2010-26 and data transfer files for the Internal Revenue Service that have to be analyzed--by a ( Read more... )

Damn these people who bring Halloween candy to work. Seriously! I'm all on board with self-determination and personal responsibility, but the combination of stress, Smarties and Whoppers is about to kill me ( Read more... )

I try not to use my LJ as a rant receptacle, but this needs airing. It's about people's assumptions ( Read more... )

Well, you know I can, but may I? I just got out of a meeting with a newcomer to the project I'm working on. She's a real go-getter type. She had read ALL the background documentation on the meeting subject, and had a stack of material in front of her. She presented herself as generally smart, thorough, and detail-oriented ( Read more... )