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Glass Ceiling Myths

Fem­i­nists want you to believe that the glass ceil­ings are there to keep females from advanc­ing. Sup­port­ers of his­tor­i­cally sup­pressed races want you to believe that the glass ceil­ings are there to keep mem­bers of the his­tor­i­cally sup­pressed races from advanc­ing. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Office Magic

How the hell did I end up in a posi­tion like this? There is noth­ing in the cor­po­rate job descrip­tion about sit­ting in my office and lis­ten­ing to a never-ending stream of peo­ple spilling their guts out about the issues … Con­tinue read­ing

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Insurance Wars

Hav­ing now been released from med­ical lockup for what appears to be very suc­cess­ful cor­rec­tion of a long-standing issue (time will really tell), I feel it is safe to relate the behav­ior of my insur­ance com­pany prior to my admis­sion. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Bite my Tongue or the Hand that Feeds Me

Every three months I have the plea­sure (duty?) of sit­ting through a sum­mary pre­sen­ta­tion of back­ground infor­ma­tion related to the per­for­mance of the cor­po­ra­tion I work for over the pre­vi­ous fis­cal quar­ter. Dur­ing this pre­sen­ta­tion, there is always some addi­tional … Con­tinue read­ing

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Eureka Moments

Ah ha, now I get it!” … Not really, what usu­ally hap­pens is quite dif­fer­ent. I have actu­ally had what could be called a few real break­throughs in my sci­en­tific career. Noth­ing that is going to gen­er­ate true fame; you will … Con­tinue read­ing

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Chronic Illness in America — Hope Not You

Amer­ica (The US, or more appro­pri­ately, the United States of Amer­ica) likes to believe itself to be the most advanced civ­i­liza­tion of today’s world. While there is much to praise about the nation of our cit­i­zen­ship, the state of its … Con­tinue read­ing

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Got a Problem? Just Have a Tea Party

We have had few Amer­i­can polit­i­cal dynas­ties. It was not in our makeup to trust them. After all, we orig­i­nally broke away from a monar­chy; namely the House of Hanover, specif­i­cally George III, King of Great Britain and King of … Con­tinue read­ing

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Corporate Castrato

This has noth­ing to do with this post, but one of Ann Rice’s very best books is “Cry to Heaven”. The story revolves around life as cas­trati. Must be they like the sound of my voice. I can think of … Con­tinue read­ing

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