Cross Posted from Jack Yoest

The CotillionNot a day goes by without hearing the complaint of the lack of women in technology. No one, it seems, seems to know a woman in tech.

Are you looking for a real woman who knows code from cooties? I know 45.

See below. Pick one from the list. Pick any one and visit. And you will know a real woman in technology.

A Mom And Her Blog
A North American Patriot
Absinthe & Cookies

agentbedhead.com
And Rightly So!
annika's journal
Are You Conservative?
Armies of Liberation

Atlas Shrugs
baldilocks
Bobo Blogger
Cake Eater Chronicles
CatHouse Chat

Common Sense Runs Wild
Darleen's Place
Dr. Sanity
e-Claire
Fistful of Fortnights

Florida Cracker
Free Thoughts
Girl on the Right
Ilyka Damen
KelliPundit

Knowledge Is Power: SondraK.com
Little Miss Attila
Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room
MaxedOutMama
Merri Musings

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Janette at Common Sense Runs Wild (a Finalist for Best New Blog this year!) gives us a great bloggy roundup in the Cotillion Christmas this week. . .

There are a bunch of great reads -- my favorite: did you know that the Transportation Safety Administration has named every one of their bomb-sniffing dogs after a victim of 9-11? Read about it at Florida Cracker.

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The Cotillion Carnival is up, thanks to the good work of Girl on the Right(for Girls with Pearls).

And the suspense is over: the King of the Cotillion has been named over at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, and the winner is. . .

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Jennifer O'Neill
Jennifer O'Neill will present the keynote talk celebrating the 25th anniversary of the local Crisis Pregnancy Center.

Friday, October 7th 2005.

These centers are deserving of your pro bono time, talent and treasure. They get mine.

Contact me or the Greater Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Center for more information.

Cross posted at Jack Yoest.

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From Merri Musings
This week's Cotillion is a more sober affair. . .with most of our attention focused down South. Annika gives us a "Kiss to Build a Dream On;" while Right Girl aptly reminds us that "We're all Southern today;" Merri gives us heroes, great and small; and Stacy honors the "Real America."

Thanks ladies for a labor of love.

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. . . can stop the Cotillion Ball! Our fearless leader, Beth, had to get in a car and head north to stay a few steps ahead of the Evil Katrina, and found herself with other things on her mind than blogging. Like safety. She is now in an Undisclosed Location, reportedly "unpacking her shoe collection." But of course.

But the American Princess jumped in the breach, and single-handedly pulled together a fantastic Cotillion Carnival, "Don't Worry Everyone, I'm Fine."

And lastly, and most of all: Congratulations to the Right-Thinking Girl for the arrival of Parker Grace!

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The Cotillion girls are sassy and smart. . . .and most of the time, a blast to hang around and fun to read.

But other times, they hit you in the gut.

This week, Cassandra, of Villainous Company, gives us a roundup asking "What is it about boots?" that just knocked me out. Go see why.

Emily, of the American Princess, gives us "Fast Cars and Hot Conservative Women." Anyone who describes herself as a "right-wing extremist with impeccable fashion sense". . .definitely worth reading in my book.

And Holly Aho of Soldiers' Angel, gives us a, what else??!, a soldier-tribute roundup. . .

Then, lastly, Fausta, she of the Bad Hair Blog, was having a good hair day with her spin around the dance floor.

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. . . dance over to the Cotillion.

This week's gala is hosted by Tammy at A Mom and Her Blog, Mary Katherine Hamm at Townhall, and Stacy, who is definitely Not a Desperate Housewife.

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Blogette Brilliance
from Kate, Small Dead Animals

I was packing my bags for Nashville on Tuesday when the Cotillion ball came out -- so now, for your Saturday morning coffee, be sure to stop by to see Kate's great Blogettes photo in its original glory; Juliette of Baldilocks; Darleen brings us Disco Divas; and Maxed Out Mama has a ball reminding us that "life's a wonderful, chancy, gloriously uncertain and rather serious affair."

A favorite this week you won't want to miss: Denita at Who Tends the Fires writes a moving description of how teaching her son to pray is drawing her closer to faith. . .

I am a jaded skeptic who has spent years looking at God from the outside. I still have many questions I haven't found satisfactory answers to. A part of me still finds these spiritual vestments odd and itchy, finds the words and the habits a bit hard to swallow, and all too easy to forget. At times I feel like a wild animal at the edge of the firelit circle--wary, curious, yearning for what wonders may be found there in the light, but also cautious of traps and deceptions. And there are days when I have terrible conflicts within myself, between that which wants to run from the brightness and return to the chaotic comfort of the forest, and that which seeks to shuck off this flea-ridden fur coat and bask in the glow and the warmth.

But of all the devout friends I know...it may be my son who makes an honest Christian of me.

I think that's so beautiful.

I feel fortunate to have been raised in a Christian home and to have grown into my faith throughout my life. But nobody gets a free pass to faith. And I've had the same experience Denita describes -- watching the purity and the glory of my children's natural faith always draws me back to the "glow and the warmth."

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Another great Cotillion Carnival this week, hosted by the girls with pearls. . .Pat, who is Dr. Sanity; Beth at MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy; Annika at Annika's Journal; and Girl on the Right. . .

One of my favorites was the post Annika submitted, which was about her most popular post ever, "My E-Mail To L!nds@y Loh@n." Go figure. Very funny.

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