Commonality

Ah, the thing that unites the Red states and the Blue states. The thing that can get Democrats and Republicans agreeing and chatting amiably within moments.

Sneering at women who don't cook.

(admittedly, the Repubs would seem to me to be more likely to limit this to women, while the Dems in my experience limit it to women. Yes, I meant to write it that way.)

I love to see such a spirit of friendship. It warms my heart.

Musing on geekitude

Yesterday I noticed a round hole in the drywall of a marketing person's office at work. I mused about what various types of people might do with such a thing, and along the way I found a difference in how I use the words "nerd" and "geek". Here are my offerings. Feel free to add your own!

- An "engineer" would fix it.
- A "nerd" would ignore it.
- A "geek" would use it for something creative, eg, mount a periscope to show who's outside the door.
- An "artist" would hang something interesting-looking in front of it (despite the fact that it's at waist height an inch from the doorframe), or might paint sunflower petals around it.

Based on these observations, marketing persons are "nerds". ;-)