Monday, September 04, 2006

Glad to be where I am

I love my colleagues.

It has come to my attention that some people think that many of them are sexist pigs. Actually, I mostly know this because one of them pointed it out to me. He and I have been joking about it a bit now. But he turned to me tonight, and for the second time now, said to me something to the effect of, "Look, we're joking about this, but also I do know that we're painfully inadequate sometimes and we just don't know how to include women well. Please let us know what you need from us or if there's anything we can do better. We're really glad to have you here."

And all this happened at a Labor Day BBQ where people also very graciously included my brother.

I'm really glad to be here.

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