In the Huffington Post

Since it was the wonderful Lalla Lydia who tagged me for this meme, I can’t help but give in and participate! The Rules: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. 2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. 4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. The Facts: 1. When I was a kid, one of my dream jobs ... more

I remember the internet in 1996.  It was about two years after my family got our first internet connection (through Prodigy , an early AOL competitor) and I’d just gotten my first e-mail address (jill@mv.com) and had begun to use Netscape Navigator to navigate the big ol’ WWW.  I wish I could remember what sites I looked at back then, but I’m sure it was mostly stuff hosted on Geocities ) Although my own memory is lacking, fortunately someone else has... more

When I learned that my GV friend Renata would be in town for the Berkman@10 celebration, I told her that she just had to stay an extra day so she could come to my birthday party.  Although all sorts of chaos involving her awful subletter in Somerville prevented her from staying very long (instead leading her to my apartment to crash with the kitties), I was glad to have her at my birthday party. The next morning, having been unable to find them all week, she ventured into the Commo... more

* Caveat: I just want to say that while I do not believe there is a word that should not be spoken, a topic that should not be broached, or an image that should be hidden from sight, I do believe that when any of the aforementioned are used to hurt, slander, or otherwise harm another person, they become weapons. So, with that in mind, I am going to share a story with you. I’ve found much of the information on this recent controversy to be fairly insider, so I’m writing this for t... more