This is just the most amazing thing ever – the Grid-It cord organizer, sold by ThinkGeek. It’s so simple – woven elastic bands that you can slide all sorts of miscellaneous items under. And it has made my bag so much more organized! I don’t get paid to promote this, I just love it and… [Read More]
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Wild Swans and nations in transition
This is an amazing book. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is about one family’s experience in China before and during the Communist era. The author’s parents were high up in the Communist Party at the time of the Communist Revolution, and then they suffered mightily during the Cultural Revolution. The author, Jung Chang, has… [Read More]
Illinois is flat. Women face discrimination in STEM. Dog bites man.
Today is the day for obvious news stories. For example, did you know that Illinois is the second-flattest state in the mainland? And given that Alaska and Hawaii both have mountains and we only have the suburb of Mt. Prospect, I’ll bet we’re second flattest out of 50! You know why many people in the… [Read More]
