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After trying out two other majors (geophysics and interdisciplinary engineering), I became a history major. I studied, and studied, and studied, at Purdue and the University of Toronto, for so long that in 1991 the desperate Canadians gave me a Ph.D and shoved me out the door (but not before I met and became engaged to a wonderful man).
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Ontario, Canada; a place quite north of anywhere (or so
it seemed) full of nickel mines and other eccentricities.
Here my husband and I settled in, raising a family that
grew with the acquisition of a cat (mine), two dogs
(ours) and two lovely daughters: Eleanor, born in May
of 1995 and Constance, our Hallowe'en treat of 1996. At
the same time, I rose through the ranks to become an
Associate Professor of History at the city's university,
but found work a bit routine. Becoming a mom twice over
in 18 months put an end to my lazing around, and, as I
finished my second maternity leave, I realized that I'd
become addicted to the internet. Newsgroups, email lists,
webpages, you name it, I went there and loved it. So
much, that I started into the wild and wacky world of
webpages. I taught myself HTML, Javascript and a lot of
useless trivia about how PCs work, all in pursuit of a
fulfilling internet life.
that aren't here at iVillage,
but they're pretty minor). A place to meet, chat, post
and congregate! A place filled with people who fast
became great friends. Here's a place I'll always consider an online
home away from home.
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