All Purls. No Swine.
A few years ago, I wrote a post with this same title, recounting an experience from a few years before that. What follows is a shorter version of the original, and my conclusion--which hasn't changed; perhaps it's getting more emphatic with time--that we should be careful when sharing our "talent, time and treasure" with those… Continue reading Here Be Dragons . . . The Perils of Volunteering in Cyberspace
...Pearls before swine." Wealthy socialite, well-known conservative, staunch anti-Communist, former U.S. Ambassador, playwright, politician and all-round doyenne (a word much underused these days) of all things mid-twentieth century and American, Clare Boothe Luce died thirty-seven years ago today, on October 9, 1987. She was eighty-four years old. Her extraordinary life, which began under the stigma… Continue reading Quote of the Day: “Age before beauty…
Dear Peeps, I apologize in advance for the opacity of this post. I may lift the veil in the future, but right now I have no interest in shaming the organization or the individuals involved. I'm simply offering this as an object lesson and a gentle warning. A few years ago, I volunteered to code… Continue reading Here Be Dragons . . . The Perils of Volunteering in Cyberspace