I am a relatively patient person.

But when I encounter folk sneeringly stating that the Bureau of Meteorology are hiding 'the truth' by not displaying station records and only showing climate extremes australia-wide rather than by location to give the 'false' impression that Climate Change is real then I feel like smacking someone in the face ( Read more... )

So, I was in a meeting today with our Fearless Leader and some upper level managers. I was the only employee of my level there (lowest executive rung in the room). Here is a sample of the conversation ( Read more... )

Okay, it was an absolutely insane day on Thursday. BUT I WON A BOOK FOR BEING TEH SMARTS.

BOOYAH.

Curious about the whole thing? You could choose to Meet your Ancestors with Alex Wright: ...The concept of artifacts as ways of mediating trust and social structures. They were a way of communicating shared objectives that people could act on - an ( Read more... )

God, sometimes I love my job ( Read more... )

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The following is an advertisement from my work. I'm replicating it here because the pay is very good (in my opinion). If you apply for it and get it, you will be working with some people I like and respect, and you will also be liaising with me as well. Essentially, I will be your counterpart at the stickier end of the coding, whereas this job ( Read more... )

Today I went to the International Women's Day celebration for the Australian Public Service. A lot of high powered women there, politicians, policy makers. A lot of interesting things that were discussed and said. I suppose my forays into online feminism have bolstered me somewhat, as a lot of the women at my table expressed shock and depression ( Read more... )

Okay, so now that makes it every work place save for Vanguard Media where folk have assumed I am Wiccan without asking and either introduced me to others as such or asked me if I find that the belief system helps me get through difficult times. Though it's not quite like Monash where they clubbed together to get me some version of 'Pagan Monthly' ( Read more... )

So, in putting together a collection of information on weather patterns and indigenous seasons ( Read more... )

A few things!

Apparently some friends/folk (who, I don't know) have been under the misapprehension that I was involved in a relationship with someone that has recently broken up and thus gossip is doing the rounds. This is not so, I'm still happily married to chaos_crafter, and that's my sole/soul relationship. I do have lots of friends, and I like hugging ( Read more... )