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Bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

July 12, 2009

A couple months ago, I met a girl from Kyrgyzstan.  When you’re in DC, you run into people like that, that make you realize you pretty much know nothing about the world.  When I got home to read up on Kyrgyzstan, I came upon the custom of bride kidnapping. Well, I kind of already knew about it.  Except the only knowledge I had of bride kidnapping was from the classic Soviet comedy, Caucasian Prisoner (as in Prisoner in the Caucaus ...

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Vicki goes to the World Bank

May 30, 2009

This week, I had lunch at the World Bank. It was AWESOME. Since I love international politics, international economics, and pretty much international anything (international Nutella), me going to lunch at the World Bank is like a hypochondriac being invited to tour the Centers for Disease Control. From the moment I set foot in the door, I instantly forgot about the concern and criticism surrounding the effectiveness of the Bank’s programs (found here, here, and here.)  I was in awe.  ...

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Learning SAS by Example: First Impressions

May 27, 2009

As you may recall, I was super-hyped to receive my SAS book to review from SAS Press. The book is Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer’s Guide by Ron Cody, and you can pick it up here or here. A little bit of background about how I came to SAS (aka, life history): One of the reasons I was really excited to receive it is that, I was going to purchase it anyway.  As someone starting in SAS (my company ...

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Women, careers, big cities, and other thoughts

April 30, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot about women lately.  I’ve seen a couple articles floating around online about the role of women in the workplace, with children, and so on.  Penelope Trunk talks a lot about it in her blog (which you can Google because I’m still undecided whether I want to link to her).   While I’m convinced that she’s having a mental breakdown, in the meantime, she is running a company and taking care of two children, one of ...

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Why we all sometimes need a Roman Holiday

April 26, 2009

I just finished watching Roman Holiday with Mr. B, who harbors a long-time crush on Audrey Hepburn, cause he’s classy like that.  It’s actually one of the reasons I admire him most.  I like to think that, not being able to marry Audrey, he saw me as the second-best choice. I also like to think that I will lose 5 lbs simply by switching to low-fat ice cream.  I live in delusion-land sometimes.  Come join me, it’s great over here ...

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