Posted on June 4, 2008 by Jared Simpson
We were momentarily surprised to get a pingback from Gender & Water Community (GWC), a blog focused on, in the editors’ words, “sharing gender perspectives in everyday water use.” They’d linked to our recent post about rainmaking. “What the heck does cloud-seeding have to do with gender?” we pondered during our morning time-wasting chatter fest. [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2008 by Jared Simpson
The wrenching wails emanating from the copy editor’s direction cut through the normal bustling din of the Waterblogged.info press room like a sharp cutting implement of some sort. “WTF?” the entire editorial team thought as we surrounded his cubicle. Did his chihuahua, Marmaduke, die? Did he lose at that goddamned video game he plays [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2007 by Jared Simpson
[3/6/08: The editorial staff of Waterblogged.info is perplexed by the unusual amount of interest in this post recently, which is among one of our more obscure. Leave us a comment if you can enlighten us as to why. Heck, leave a comment if you can't enlighten us. Ed.]
In the locker room at our local Y—after [...]
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