Sarah Elkins - Identi.ca

2016-08-05T02:28:55Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

I read the novella "The Ballad of Black Tom" a couple of months ago and found it powerful. The protagonist's increasing anger (justifiable, but with unfortunate results) reminded me of Chester Himes' *If He Hollers Let Him Go*, but with reclaimed Lovecraftian-mythology elements. This Fresh Aire interview with the author was interesting. http://www.npr.org/2016/02/29/468558238/the-ballad-of-black-tom-offers-a-tribute-and-critique-of-lov...

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2016-05-19T12:59:31Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

G+ has decided I need hot blond men in my life.

2016-04-16T12:22:20Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

I am the one thing in life I can control.

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2016-04-12T15:25:36Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

I can't talk about our repertoire until it's finalized, but we (the chorus) rehearsed with the orchestra last night and it was AWESOME! Washington Metro Gamer Symphony Orchestra, 80 strong, doing our own arrangements of video game music from all over.

Sounds pretty cool =)

JanKusanagi at 2016-04-12T15:38:18Z

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E.g., this unofficial vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsjho-CV1BE&nohtml5=False

Sarah Elkins at 2016-04-12T17:01:54Z

2015-12-22T15:24:20Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

I can't seem to post this as a reply to @brainwane's article http://geekfeminism.org/2015/10/28/book-club-sorcerer-to-the-crown-microaggressions-and-diaspora/ about Zen Cho's *Sorceror To The Crown*, so
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Re ugly ducklings: I remember in the novel Flicker (https://www.librarything.com/work/217143 but not for everyone), the narrator has seen a woman, Clare, with greasy hair and non-glamorous clothes for weeks and weeks, and only until he runs into a crowd of women with the same sort of look (beatnik?) that he realizes this IS a look, and she's rocking it.

Re YOU LOVE EACH OTHER, I figured she grew up in an almost-convent, and he had that issue of being eaten alive, and both of them were regarded by everyone around them as Icky Other (with but-we-love-you-anyway parents for him), so yeah it would take a while for them to realize anyone could be attracted to them, much less love them romantically.

Oops, Sorcerer to the Crown, that is.

Sarah Elkins at 2015-12-22T15:26:48Z

Thank you!

Sumana Harihareswara at 2016-01-05T23:26:56Z

2015-12-20T16:13:29Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

Comedian Hari Kondabolu on excesses of the rich (and media coverage issues): "A Shirt Made of Gold" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVZ-tFY35A

2015-11-19T18:17:27Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers

Drinking my weirdo mulled cider (leftover-from-book-club) + CTC leaf tea combination from the fridge, which I guess is like Snapple or something, but I made it, it's mine! And I like it.

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2015-08-27T13:16:18Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

Does anyone know why the top entry keeps truncating from the top for me? E.g., today I can see a quote in Spanish at the top, "Distrutando de un cafe ...", but not the avatar or name which should show on top of that. Firefox 40 on Ubuntu.

This is intermittent; I only noticed it last week or so. Refreshing the page doesn't help. But posting this note and then refreshing showed me my full entry on top (no truncation).

Sarah Elkins at 2015-08-27T13:17:32Z

When that happens, have you tried unmaximizing the window?

JanKusanagi at 2015-08-27T13:20:17Z

Saw the same behavior, looks like JS is failing to load. Identi.ca refuses TCP connections on a regular basis now, so occasionally some parts of the UI would just stop working.

Roman at 2015-08-27T19:48:01Z

JanKusanagi I'll try that, thanks.
Roman, thanks for confirming the behavior.

Sarah Elkins at 2015-08-28T03:17:44Z

2015-06-20T16:19:45Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

Got my telework days mixed up and teleworked yesterday, when I was supposed to be in the office. Argh! Sent an apology to team at 4:30pm. No one had noticed. +/- :}

ooops xD

JanKusanagi at 2015-06-20T16:22:20Z

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2015-03-17T14:09:50Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

Heavy sigh at more and more of my co-workers spelling management "managment". It's a virus, I guess.

I've seen that kind of virus...

If you quote a message from them containing that word, insert the 'e' and make it bold :p

JanKusanagi at 2015-03-17T14:25:36Z

He fixed it! (the latest one, anyway, after a friendly note from me)

Sarah Elkins at 2015-03-26T00:35:16Z

Good =)

JanKusanagi at 2015-03-26T00:37:18Z

2015-01-08T14:59:10Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers

Egregious use of slide animation on the first three slides of a deck someone posted on the net convinced me

I don't need to see the rest of the slides that much.
I won't be taking the training class this person is offering.

2014-11-29T16:50:52Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

Pictures from around where my dad grew up in North Carolina during the Great Depression and WWII:

Two brothers, 1936: http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1998019840/PP
Father, child, cow, 1936: http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997002210/PP
Kitchen, 1937 http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000006889/PP
Living quarters in the 2nd story of a tobacco barn, 1941 http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000024859/PP
Some of the first black Marines, playing checkers, 1942 http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=owi2001002734/PP

More about "rehabilitation" mentioned in photos: http://www.ruralrehab.org/briefhistory.html

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2014-10-22T00:31:34Z via Identi.ca Web To: CC: Followers , Public

Introducing oneself as "I am a Six Sigma Black Belt" repeatedly does not actually inspire confidence about your software project management skills for those who a) know that six sigma is a reference to (little) variance in a million items that are supposed to be identical
b) get bored easily.

But it inspires confidence about your ability to kick someone's ass... or something :p

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2014-08-26T21:47:50Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers

""Human Capital Consultant" -- job title I just came across. (sigh, shaking head)

That sounds pretty ugly...

Dana at 2014-08-26T21:59:11Z

2014-06-27T16:27:31Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers

Today's speaker keeps saying he, he, he. All the roles are populated by men in his examples. I know it's harder to get it right when speaking than writing, but it is SO annoying to be disappeared like this. I exist. I am not "guys", I am not "he". It makes me discount the rest of what he's saying. Poor messaging.

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