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GG is a longtime skeptic and agnostic. She works as the VP of an energy company that specializes in natural gas processing technologies. She has also raised two good-looking skeptical sons. She blogs about nothing at www.twodifferentgirls.com

• Coca Ecuador – Doorway to the Amazon

  By Geek Goddess on June 12, 2013 • ( 4 )

  After a few days in the Galapagos (described here and here, and here), our group of three dozen friends headed slowly back towards Quito and, for some, the Amazon. Our days of wet and dry landings, staying up all night… Read More ›

• Keeping Kids Curious

  By Geek Goddess on June 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Last week I wrote this post about a conversation I overhead in the grocery store, where a knowledge-hungry girl was ignored by her preoccupied father. My oldest son Richard visited that weekend, and I told him the story and showed… Read More ›

• Friday Flicks! Omaha Beach Then and Now

  By Geek Goddess on June 6, 2013 • ( 1 )

  To all the brave people who faced the long shore, guns firing, no shelter, because they had to. Courage is doing something even when you are afraid.  Thank you all. Sixty years later, with my sons in 2004, on the… Read More ›

• Kids are Born Curious, then We Beat it Out of Them

  By Geek Goddess on June 3, 2013 • ( 4 )

    Last week I was at the grocer pushing my little cart through the dairy aisle, and heard part of a conversation. It made my soul sad and my brain hurt. ——————————————————- Girl (about 12, nerdy, skinny, big glasses, buck… Read More ›

• Friday Fun Flicks! Elvis Lives…at the fish taqueria

  By Geek Goddess on May 30, 2013 • ( 2 )

• Bartolomé Island: Volcanoes at Galapagos

  By Geek Goddess on May 29, 2013 • ( 7 )

  Another group of stops on our trip around the Galapagos Islands, which I’ve written about here and here, highlight the fantastic variety of landscapes and wildlife that are concentrated in this tiny island chain. One morning we paddled into the… Read More ›

• The Great Texas Death March and Armadillo Tour

  By Geek Goddess on May 22, 2013 • ( 1 )

  (Note: Jeff and I went on this trip together almost six years ago. Recently we decided to each write about it, from our own perspective, and post the stories without seeing each other’s versions first. I had a great time… Read More ›

• Lava, Lizards and Seal Lions on Galapagos Islands

  By Geek Goddess on May 20, 2013 • ( 5 )

  If our first day touring the Galapagos Islands led us to refer to the day as “Spider Island“, our second day was all about the lizards, lava, and (sea) lions. Oh my. We had a wet landing on Isabella Island,… Read More ›

• For the Curious Soul

  By Geek Goddess on May 13, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  Never lose a holy curiosity – Albert Einstein Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. – Eleanor Roosevelt Curiosity is the lust of the mind. – Thomas Hobbes… Read More ›

• My First Walk at Galapagos

  By Geek Goddess on May 8, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  After nearly a year of waiting, and a lifetime of wishing, today I put my feet onto the Galapagos Islands for the first time. Our party of a dozen friends is listening to our guide, who is a trained naturalist… Read More ›