I'm addicted to starting over. I like things to be new and fresh. I love learning new things on the job (or off). My husband? Not so great with the starting over. He once commented that "It's only a rut if you're looking down into it. When you're inside it, it's a groove." And yet it's time for my husband to shake some of the dust off his career, and for me to consider where the heck mine is going over the next few years.

I was sitting at a table sipping tea when I heard a man say to another, “You know he’s a little b**tch, right?” Um, gee what was he trying to say? That the man was gay? That the man expressed feelings? Perhaps the person in question was on the rag, metaphorically speaking. Not the first time I’ve heard men using the B-word to refer to another man in such a manner. Dyslogistic speech is a word or group of words used to express disapproval or intended as an insult. Now any word could be a pejorative term so context is extremely important. Here is an example:

Schools use technology, students use technology. What do you need to buy your student in addition to spirals and ballpoint pens to make sure they are technologically supplied and ready for school? We'll look at some software and security essentials for computers first, and then talk about hardware for students who are still at home and for students who are in school away from home.

Vanessa, Subject To Change Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5, I attended the "Twenty-Something Meet Up" at the BlogHer Conference. Why did I go? I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. So, having this opportunity listen was very valuable. Zandria did a fabulous job of facilitating the session. There were probably about 40 or 50 women in the room - not all were twenty somethings.

If a year ago you had told me that I would find a tech guru--and a new web crush--in a self-described "tubby" Internet marketer from Moonee Ponds, Australia, I'd have told you to go to hell. Internet marketers? Aren't they the smarmy bastards behind those ugly machismo-juiced squeeze pages filled with photos of cars and mansions? Don't they fill my inbox with spam? What could I learn from such a person? Plenty, it ends up.

I’m still digging into my pile of scraps of paper. From the Los Angeles Times section called The Homeroom the name of post is called Science: not a black or brown option. That got my attention.  The instructor was trying to get students to imagine a world without Anglo Americans. It is a short post, go read it and then come back.