A whole new set of friends

The internet is an amazing place. In the past few weeks, I've discovered several women (I can't call them a group, but most of them seem to have electronically met each other, which may make for some sort of group-like thing) who intelligently and sometimes emotionally put themselves out there into e-space. I've come to really like these people I've never met. Check out the links on the right-hand side of my LJ page to get to know Miki (at Theory of the Daily), Leah ("Struggle in a Bungalow Kitchen"), Clotilde (at "Chocolate and Zucchini"), and Charlotte (at LivingSmall). Deb at MurrayHill5 just had a baby and isn't posting much at the moment. Rayne at Rayne Today is campaigning for Howard Dean but should be back soon. Kathy at A Cautionary Tale doesn't post much, but lives in Indianapolis, so often says something I am interested in when she does. Richard at Living Code writes occasionally about science topics and is not, as far as I can tell, a woman, so he's the odd one out, but still worth reading.

I find that Miki, Leah, and Rayne, especially, get me thinking about things I had come to believe no one outside of a college campus really thought much about. It's heartening, truly, to find women who aren't afraid to ask questions and voice their opinions and even change their minds.

I feel strangely lucky.

Update

Online Voting Canceled for Americans Overseas
By JOHN SCHWARTZ

Citing security concerns, the Department of Defense yesterday canceled plans to use an electronic voting system that would have allowed Americans overseas to cast votes over the Internet in this year's elections.

more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/06/politics/campaign/06VOTE.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1076125685-AV4gn57p8bUTBNddN5Es7g