Feel free. I'm going to continue to use they, which usually fits
without violating gender grammar too much.
I use they when referring to the third person of a gender-unknown someone
I'm not expecting to join the conversation and s/he when I am (possibly as
a prod to clarification on said
I used to use they, but with all these she's lately, and some editors
calling her he, I thought... why not.
Someone mentioned privately
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Modern_solutions
So options is best way to go, and let nature take its course as what
seems most